Results 4,921-4,940 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: If the Minister accepts this amendment, he will have such powers.
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: He did not use them.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: There is a new system and we were always to have it by February. Is the Taoiseach putting it back by six weeks?
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: That is not acceptable.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: The Government is borrowing enough.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: On the EU directive on combating money laundering, Ireland was meant to have signed up to that directive in November of 2007. We have been promised for some years a criminal justice (money laundering) Bill. As the Taoiseach is aware, and as he has referred to on several occasions, there are several thousand people in Ireland working in fund management and, because the anti-money laundering...
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: It is on the pink sheet but I have no confidence that we will see it. Why can that not be brought in? Fragile jobs in fund management are now very competitive world-wide. This is a small competitive disadvantage that the Government is imposing on jobs in the finance sector by simply failing to legislate for this. Why not bring it in next week? It is not difficult legislation.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: There are jobs dependent on this whereââ
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: ââwe are losing what is small competitive advantage.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: I am actually offering a bipartisan approach to the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: He does not seem terribly capableââ
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: ââof recognising bipartisanshipââ
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: ââwhen it is offered.
- Written Answers — Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Proliferation (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the offer made on 30 January 2006 by Iran to suspend its enrichment programme in return for assurances on security issues; the consideration given to the offer at EU level; and the prospects offered for peace in the Middle East. [1941/09]
- Written Answers — Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Proliferation (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Iran is in breach of Article IV of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. [1940/09]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of income receivable from the letting of self catering accommodation; the way and the reason this is different from the treatment of income from a hotel or bed and breakfast business; his views on whether there is an anomaly in the treatment of such income; if he has plans to amend the treatment of such income for tax purposes;...
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (27 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers according to the most recently available figures; the number of PAYE workers earning less than or equal to â¬16,953 per annum; the number of PAYE workers earning between â¬16,953 and â¬18,354, between â¬18,355 and â¬32,272, between â¬32,273 and â¬38,329, between â¬38,330 and â¬45,000, and between â¬45,001 and...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: We are asking about the Taoiseach, not about them.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: When the Taoiseach went to guarantee the banks, did he not even look into that?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: When the Taoiseach went to guarantee the banks and risk our whole financial structure, did he not even check that?