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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Would the Taoiseach ever tell the Department that?

Offshore Islands: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Is mór an onóir é dom labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. Like many who were brought up in cities or towns, particularly as I was in the centre of Dublin, my experience as a 15 and 16 year old of spending summers in the Gaeltacht on Arranmore in Donegal was amazing. I have always viewed all of the islands that I have had the good fortune to spend time on...

Offshore Islands: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: -----in terms of education and I urge the Government to accept the motion and get on with doing the job.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has examined or commissioned a cost profile of the likely costs of a united Ireland. [36416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the restrictions now being placed on adopted persons that are tracing information on their birth families and particularly birth parents; her views on the policy of refusing to give identifying information in respect of birth parents particularly birth mothers on the grounds that this is in contravention of GDPR rules; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has received counsel from the European Commission in respect of refusing to give identifying information in respect of birth parents to adopted persons that are tracing; her views on whether adopted persons should have access to all of their own information and the full details included on all files in public records...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Minister here today. The Minister has already indicated that he is not inclined to change income tax credits or allowances for people paying income tax, which is the whole PAYE sector and others who pay income tax. Speaking at this committee last week the chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council indicated that this is worth some €600 million. At a time when...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: -----is about smuggling.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: It is just one sentence.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: We are potentially looking at a smuggling zone. Nobody wants a hard border, but I understand there are about seven gangs operating along the Border, some of which have loyalist links, while the majority have republican links. What will the Minister do to deal with the smuggling issue? When I was in government we had lots of briefings.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: The Minister must also receive lots of briefings on smuggling.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: My point was about the source of the additional money.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister put a calculation on that-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: I am speaking on behalf of Deputy Howlin. I thank the Taoiseach. The future of the European Union depends in many ways on the quality of the incoming Commission. For all our sakes, we hope its members do well. Do the Taoiseach and his party, as members of the EPP, accept Dr. von der Leyen's decision to label the Commissioner in charge of migration issues as the vice-president for...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [29954/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: At the most recent meeting of the British-Irish Council, the Taoiseach expressed regret that no Northern Ireland representatives were present due to the prevailing political impasse at Stormont. I am of the view that the latter is adding to the Brexit difficulties for the whole island. There is a real prospect of direct rule in Northern Ireland in the case of a no-deal Brexit. The Minister...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: The media will be delighted to hear that Prime Minister Johnson may make a reappearance in Dublin.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: People will be fascinated with what he will wear on the day and the hairstyle to go with it.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: On a related matter, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , Mr. Julian Smith, this week stated that a revived Stormont Assembly-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Smith, stated that a revived Stormont Assembly could be part of the solution to the Brexit impasse. However, he stated that efforts aimed at securing an agreement to revive power-sharing have been very difficult because there are issues, including the Irish language and culture, that need to be resolved. It seems that neither Sinn...