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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the publication of an updated public spending code; his plans to develop a new governance and assurance process for major projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46857/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector reforms he plans to pursue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46858/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State assets sold since 2016; the use made of the proceeds of the sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46861/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline to publish a report on the consultation process of the strategic review of the Phoenix Park by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the Office of Government Procurement and the cross-departmental Social Considerations Advisory Group towards incorporating social and environmental considerations in public procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46860/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversations with the President of the European Council. [46442/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: The immediate focus will be on the likely change in the EU's relationship with the United Kingdom. It is now inevitable that, one way or another, there will be a significant change in that relationship. While Mr. Michel was anxious to state that the EU was ready to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK, it also wants to promote a level playing field. Has the Taoiseach a sense of how...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the context the Climate Action Plan 2019. [46443/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach referred to county councils earlier. In the context of climate change, does he share the views recently attributed to the Dublin City Council manager, Mr. Owen Keegan, that if he had his way, he would cut down all the trees on streets in Dublin that are traversed by buses. That would be a radical action in the context of our climate. What was stated shows how difficult it is,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: What about the price?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach disowns the comments in that case.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: It is an issue in Enniscorthy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: And coal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach address the apprenticeship part of the questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Excuse me.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: DEIS Scheme (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister agree to give some information and publish details of the school planning areas, which are broad maps that apply in areas of rapid development of housing? These are really confused. People cannot go to a school that is next door or there may be no transport to an area to which they have been designated. It would be really helpful to have a consultation and information...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in building a permanent school on the Phoenix Park racecourse site for a college (details supplied); when construction of the new permanent school building will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47484/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister about Edmund Rice college, which has been established in temporary accommodation at Blanchardstown in Dublin, and the site for its permanent building on the Phoenix Park racecourse on the Navan Road. The completion of this permanent building has now been put back by a further year, to September 2021, much to the intense disappointment of parents and students. This delay...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: More than 500 people attended the recent open evening for those interested in having their children attend the school. The school now has 230 applications for 2021. I do not know if the Minister is aware of the site on which the school is currently located. I am sure the school community would welcome a visit from him if he is going out of the city via the Navan Road. Essentially, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: There is extraordinary population pressure. The Government has referred to demographic factors underlying significant parts of the budget for 2020. This school is an example. Earlier, I asked the Minister about the maps of school planning areas, which very few people from the area - including myself - can actually understand. The maps contain area names that I do not associate in any way...