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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: The reason I am raising the issue of DEIS schools and a living or minimum wage in this and in other questions is this that the young people to whom the Minister has referred, who are at the start of their career working in the arts, find it difficult to get adequate remuneration. The Minister and the Government will be aware that rents are now sky high. If people involved in the arts are to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Minister is aware that there is a thriving arts community in Ireland. I know she has met various people. We had a searing presentation a couple of weeks ago from mostly young people working in the arts outlining how precarious and low their income was. The Minister chose to go back to the bank collapse in this country. Happily, I was part of the Government that got the...

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: I am glad that the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, is present as she has a long-standing interest in this issue and much detailed knowledge of it. There is a great deal of unhappiness at the fact that there is a further delay. Much of the delay is probably inevitable, but arrangements should be made to deal with a number of issues which I believe...

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: Yes, I will. Where is the Minister's radicalism gone that she is leaving these thousands of people in no man's land? The commission will proceed; it will now be another year before it reports. Half the people affected will be dead before it ever does so.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to figures that found one third of artists and creative practitioners earn less than the national minimum wage; her views on a movement to a living wage for persons working in the arts, culture and heritage sector; the actions she is taking to achieve same; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding for arts and culture to DEIS schools, in tabular form; if she has met with the Department of Education and Skills in relation to the matter; and if a memo has been sent to Government on this matter. [8687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to further designate land for national parks and nature reserves; her further plans to expand public access to reasonable and proximate quality open space; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8688/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supplied to an organisation (details supplied) or via the Arts Council in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of men and women, respectively, that qualify for funding from the organisation in each of these years; and the county of residence of each. [8690/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: The committee put forward the proposal in part in the context of the information which came into the public domain in relation to the children's hospital and the stunning cost overruns. That is understandable on the part of the committee. Both Secretaries General have at times appeared before the committee. It is not an unreasonable request. While Mr. Watt has now agreed to meet the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: The fact remains that the Secretary General is the Accounting Officer. It is the entitlement of any committee of the Dáil to seek to have the presence of the Accounting Officer. That is a well-established precedent. We all understand people who are Accounting Officers are very busy people and, of course, there is the matter of the Secretary General arranging his diary. Nobody is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the appointments made by him to State boards and agencies under the aegis of his Department. [9422/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: Some time ago, we discussed the issue of women on boards. I understand that the Taoiseach has committed to increasing gradually the numbers of women on boards, particularly in areas like finance. That is all to the good. How long will we have to wait in those areas, including with reference to the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach? Ireland is now a very...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach said the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is about to transfer to this system. Did I understand correctly that the Department of Finance is to follow later?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: I wonder what is happening to the Revenue Commissioners. Like the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, the Revenue Commissioners deal with vast amounts of personal data and queries individual to the person. That information is really important to people. The current changes being made by the Revenue Commissioners concerning smallscale employers, such as a person employing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: Not for the Revenue.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: That is going into the mix.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: It has data sharing and this now as well. It is being given many responsibilities.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: If I heard the Taoiseach correctly, there was one Cabinet sub-committee meeting in January and one in February. This means that, allowing for a month off in August, there are a maximum of 11 Cabinet sub-committee meetings each year. The Taoiseach has told us about his dislike of the system of Cabinet sub-committees. That may be an explanation for some of the matters in respect of which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 58. To ask the Taoiseach the number of conferences staff of his Department have attended in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of staff that attended each conference; and the cost of same in each year. [9176/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Joan Burton: 59. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent in advertising and-or sponsorship in respect of conferences external and internal, respectively in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by conference; the aggregate amount for each year; and the amount available in the remainder of 2019 to fund same. [9193/19]