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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Why did the Government not follow Deputy Kelly's example and ban it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he is considering new divisions in his Department. [44457/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: One of the problems this Administration has is its competence when it comes to joined-up government. There are many Ministers and such a huge number of Ministers of State that we cannot even remember their names or functions. It is not clear from what we discussed today how the children's hospital got into its current state of bad budgeting. The Taoiseach did not comment on the boil water...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: It is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: In previous Governments.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: He is not a full Minister; he is a Minister of State.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: He could not get the Beaumont centre for cystic fibrosis built.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has undertaken an evaluation of the affordability of rent and house purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the status of salaries in the public health service (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44345/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 937. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of policy in relation to tolling on the M50 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45010/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority Funding (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 938. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the National Transport Authority to increase bus route capacity in Dublin in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by type of funding in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45011/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 939. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for traffic management measures in the four Dublin local authority areas, including funding provided by his Department to State agencies that are allocated funding that in turn fund local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45012/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Is the reason for the non-take up of the credit by the people identified by the Minister the fact that their income is so low that they are not in a position to avail of the credit? In that context, given that they must be on a very low income, would it not be sensible to look at a refundable tax credit so that they would get a benefit from it? Revenue has different practices relating to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his reply. However, I asked a further question on his attitude and the capacity of the Revenue Commissioners-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: -----in respect of refundable tax credits. I refer to the previous speaker's query. This is a difficult issue. It is obvious that the poorest families in Ireland are those where everybody is out of work. Those families are also likely to have people with disabilities or medical needs of different kinds. Without a great deal of education and training, the capacity in the family to work is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: That is fine. I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister's Department have any regard to the reports that are received from the Parliamentary Budget Office? It did a detailed analysis pointing out that the scheme is a subsidy to producers. Unless subsidies to producers are very carefully tailored or are happening, as when this was introduced, when a market is dead, they produce what subsidies to producers produce, that is, they...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I support the preparation of a report that would examine the issue of the reintroduction of tax relief on trade union subscriptions. Low pay is a serious problem in the economy. We know from the information and analysis being done by various bodies that it is a growing problem, particularly in terms of the gig economy. One of the ways to ameliorate and limit the downsides of the gig...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I hope they are members of trade unions themselves

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I very much welcome the Minister's remarks. One of the problems the Minister may have is the complication of the scheme given the relatively small amounts of contributions. However, the donations scheme and the tax relief relating to donations to Third World charities and other charities, which basically allows the receiving body to claim a standard rate-based tax credit provided that...