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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: He has had five minutes to answer them.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Taoiseach was particularly thrilled at the election of a fellow conservative in Australia. Like Ireland, one of the big challenges that faces Australia is climate change. We are all aware from Irish people, including relatives, living in Australia of severe forest fires in the vicinity of many of the big cities. Much of the election, in the case of the National Party, centred...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: They all would have fitted in an electric taxi.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: They could have got a minibus.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: They could have walked. That would have been the most carbon neutral measure.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on State-owned banks selling non-performing loan books to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25320/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lift the €500,000 pay cap for workers in the banking sector; the reports he has commissioned on the matter; his further plans to make such reports public; when such reports will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25317/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the plans of the OECD for a minimum effective corporate tax rate to cut down on tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25318/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Agreements (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent communiqué by G20 finance leaders on digital services taxes; his further views on plans for a new tax policy based on the amount of business a digital company does in a state and not the location it is headquartered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25319/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the country-by-country report of the European Commission recommending the State to address features of the tax system that may facilitate aggressive tax planning and to focus in particular on outbound payments and reference to the tech giants using Irish corporate tax structures here to repatriate EU wide revenues back to the United States of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department, including public bodies, in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25916/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) in respect of each of the quarterly lists of defaulters issued by the Revenue Commissioners for list A in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25676/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) in respect of each of the quarterly lists of defaulters issued by the Revenue Commissioners for list B in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25677/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Requests (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure public bodies have the appropriate resources, knowledge and experience to apply the Freedom of Information Acts following the recent increase in demand for such requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25690/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25917/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 162. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for her Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25913/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25918/19]