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Written Answers — Child Welfare and Protection: Child Welfare and Protection (14 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific actions she has taken on the basis of the statement by the Children's Ombudsman on 1 July 2008 that the State is falling short of its duty to protect vulnerable children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34515/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there is a lack of demographic and related information on special need prevalence, particularly in view of the broad definition of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34516/08]

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (14 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the pre-school provision recommendation 5.2 from the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, to support early intervention for all children with special educational needs; the timeline for this implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34517/08]

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (14 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a pilot scheme of pre-school classes for children with Down syndrome, metabolic disorders, and ADHD similar to the pilot project for children with autistic spectrum disorders; the timeline for this implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34518/08]

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Some plans do.

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: That is just for drugs.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: No, it is not.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Regarding No. 3, the arrangements for a limited debate tomorrow are not to the satisfaction of the Labour Party. I met officials of the Department of Finance last night who told me the basis of the calculation of the levy is the cost of the increase in the national debt over ten years of the State guarantee to the banks. That is €1 billion divided by ten, which is €100 million per year,...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: We are not accepting this arrangement.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: We have, once again, a cosy back-door deal for the bankers and the richest people in Irish society.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: A cut-price guarantee scheme will be brought into this House tomorrow and that is a disgrace. There is no equity for the Irish taxpayer. It is €100 million per year for ten years——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: It is a disgrace, a steal and a give-away.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: The proposal for tomorrow's business states: "A Minister or Minister of State may reply to questions." Fortunately, I share the same constituency as the distinguished Minister for Finance and I have had to cancel attendance at constituency functions tomorrow but the Minister will go to those functions. I want an assurance from the Government, in the context of the most expensive deal that...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I do not want some cack-handed Minister for State who has not even read the——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Tánaiste about two points. First, the Finance Bill has to be enacted within 100 days of the budget.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Because the budget was brought forward this year and because of the Christmas recess, we are in a very tight deadline. When will the Bill be published? It would need to be published by 1 November to give us an opportunity to consider it properly. I heard Deputy Fleming speaking on "Tonight with Vincent Browne" last night——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: ——saying the reason for the fiasco over medical cards was that the Estimates had not been published. When will we get the Finance Bill? Second, will the Tánaiste clarify one matter before that Bill is published? From what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, said the other day, people on an occupational pension over 70 will be subject to the new 1% income tax levy. Other...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: She said that people with a social welfare pension will be exempt from the 1% income tax levy.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: With the permission of the House, I wish to share my time with Deputy Higgins.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Minister, as a student, had an opportunity to read the greatest novel about the American depression in the 1930s, namely, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I see that he is nodding, so maybe he remembers what John Steinbeck had to say in the novel about the poverty that came from the depression, and the failure of the bankers in the 1930s to stem their own greed, and of...