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- Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Is he on the naughty step?
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil is smiling even more broadly.
- Northern Ireland Issues. (9 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Northern Ireland; when the Northern Executive will be in a position to fully resume its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34187/08]
- European Council Meetings. (9 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions that have taken place recently between members of the Government and the Presidency of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34186/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (9 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to publish the review of procedures for recognising primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34270/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (9 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he refused an application by the founding committee of a school (details supplied) for the use of buildings located in Blanchardstown Hospital as temporary accommodation from September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34271/08]
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Today's performance by the Minister for Finance has really been like a Hallowe'en B movie. For Fianna Fáil, it is really "Nightmare on Merrion Street" with mood music from the shower scene in "Psycho". This is a tough budget for middle-income and working families, just like the Government promised. Middle-class and working families have not just taken a hit, they have been mugged by the...
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: The Minister knows that in our joint constituency, even in a cheap shop, a bag of coal costs approximately â¬17. He could have acceded to the request of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which works at the coalface, to have at least doubled the fuel allowance, which would have only taken another â¬6. Across Ireland, young people have to come to terms with a reality that their parents...
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Wow, every five years one can write off â¬1,000 if one buys a bike.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: The sentiment is well meant but the meat in the Green sandwich ought to have been public transport, especially the interconnector and the metro to the airport.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: They are effectively side-lined or long-lined, whatever one wants to call it, in this budget. They are side-lined and put out to grass.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: We were promised that a carbon levy was under consideration by the Commission on Taxation. Carbon taxes are about changing behaviour as much as about raising income. It has been promised over and over again that carbon levies would be revenue neutral. Instead, what is there today? There is an increase in petrol of 8 cent from tonight. There is a planning system that has tens of thousands...
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: The people living in these places have no public transport. They have no park-and-ride facilities, other than on the south side of Dublin, at locations where they can leave the car and easily get to work on a train. If one wants to save the planet one must first provide a mechanism for people to change behaviour. One does this by investing in public transport. If nothing else, this budget...
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: They will not be exempt in 2010.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: It is in the budget book.
- Written Answers — Income Levels: Income Levels (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers with gross income in the range â¬0 to â¬275,000, in the range â¬275,001 to â¬500,000, in the range â¬500,001 to â¬1,000,000, and above â¬1,000,000 in respect of the tax year 2008, as projected by the Revenue Commissioners using relevant models; and the total income of each group. [34450/08]
- Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance the number, dates, times and venues of formal meetings he has had with a person (details supplied) during the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34459/08]
- Written Answers — Construction Projects: Construction Projects (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the construction projects to which he has committed or sanctioned during the past six months on a costs plus basis; the projects under consideration by his or other Departments; if he has set a date for the cessation of the practice of sanctioning construction projects on the costs plus basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34460/08]
- Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has signed a lease to rent a building to house the new Garda premises at Laytown, County Meath; if not, the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35036/08]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is responsible for setting the annual budget for services to children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34513/08]