Results 39,761-39,780 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hedge Cutting Season (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports of hedgerow destruction on the part of Irish Rail, including severe hedge trimming and hedge removal (details supplied); if he has raised the matter with Irish Rail; his plans to carry out an investigation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that lead concentration levels well above the legal limit have been found in drinking water in areas of north Dublin, including Cabra, Drumcondra and Phibsborough; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18826/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gorse Burning (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the recent gorse fires that destroyed hundreds of acres of land around the villages of Loughanure and Annagry, County Donegal; her plans to carry out an evaluation of the destruction of flora, fauna and wildlife as a consequence of these fires; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to reports of hedgerow destruction on the part of Irish Rail, including severe hedge trimming and hedge removal (details supplied); if she has raised the matter with Irish Rail; her plans to carry out an investigation in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gorse Burning (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to put in place an information and support system for landowners in order that they will not engage in the burning of vegetation outside the burning season from September to February inclusive as legislated in section 7(1) of the Heritage Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20006/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [20535/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: I attended the meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly yesterday and this morning. Many of the people attending from the United Kingdom, whether Conservative or Labour Party members, are deeply concerned. In the context of European policy, while the Barnier withdrawal agreement is available, I doubt if the United Kingdom will sign up to it as is. I presume that the diplomats...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [20537/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: In all the recent reviews of policing, community policing has been identified as being at the heart of a really good community based policing service where people develop confidence in the police, the police can get to know people and crime can be headed off before it is committed. In the constituency shared by the Taoiseach and I, the Minister for Justice and Equality has confessed we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: In that case the Government should nationalise it and have the State own it. If it is the people's broadband, it should be owned by the people.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of negotiations with the European Commission or other European Union bodies in respect of the relaxation of state aid rules in which it is appropriate for particular sectors that may require additional funding in the context of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18018/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 96. To ask the Taoiseach when the term of the director general of the Central Statistics Office will come to an end; and his plans in respect of appointing a new director general. [20649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of primary school places in Rathcoole, County Dublin; his plans to assist the approximately 24 children who cannot get a school place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wild Fires (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of significant wildfires that have occurred in forested areas since 1 January 2018; his plans to undertake a damage assessment of each of these wildfires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wild Fires (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of significant wildfires that have occurred in local authority areas since 1 January 2018; his plans to undertake a damage assessment of each of these wildfires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wild Fires (14 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 521. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of significant wild fires that have occurred in national parks since 1 January 2018; her plans to undertake a damage assessment of each of these wild fires; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20632/19]

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2019)

Joan Burton: When I read the Government amendment to the motion, I felt that the Minister had been sat on by her Cabinet colleagues who have about three pages of printed legalese that essentially continues to deny people the right to their information. Regarding the scandal of the illegal birth registrations, I think the Minister acknowledged that the number of cases in the Department's records had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied); when the new school building will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21101/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injury Claims (16 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a statutory cap on insurance compensation awards for minor injuries in view of the fact that the Personal Injuries Commission found that awards for minor injuries here are almost five times those paid in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17830/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (16 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Central Statistics Office to commence the sexual abuse and violence in Ireland survey; and when he expects the survey to be completed. [13948/19]