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- Flood Relief. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Does the Minister of State take responsibility for the whole of the river basin? Has the Minister of State been party to any review about the slowness of the relief, especially to families in the Shannon area, from the Red Cross and other agencies, which has been little short of disgraceful?
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: How many economists and persons with technical professional qualifications in banking and in accountancy work in the Department? Why have such a large chunk of his Department's responsibilities been effectively outsourced to the NTMA? The NTMA, which has a good record, cannot take responsibility for the entire running of the country. People feel the performance of the Department of Finance...
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: The Minister-----
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: -----did not state whether there was a senior professional accountant in his Department.
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Is there?
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: There does not seem to be.
- Pension Provisions. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Has the Minister any appreciation of the fact that the majority of civil servants earn under â¬50,000 a year? Those civil servants are facing a cut of approximately 5% under the emergency measures. Civil servants, however, at the top of the scale, some 700, in the Minister's Department, the Health Service Executive and other various public bodies are taking a cut of only 3%. If the...
- Hospital Services. (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Is that a clinical diagnosis?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: This is important.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: This is an historic change.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his remarks, which I find helpful. As I understand it, the Minister is agreeing to accept this amendment pro tempore, as it were, even though he confesses to not liking it. Nonetheless, he requires a longer timeframe of three months in which to present a report to the House. I am certainly happy to accept that. I want to clarify one point. In what the Minister...
- Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: I think the Minister has to bring an amendment to the Seanad and then come back here. We are prepared to facilitate the Minister. Earlier today, the Minister asked me why I would not withdraw the acceptance of the amendment but that was not within my power.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: That is important.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 6: In page 15, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: 3.âThe Principal Act is amendedâ ) in section 238(2) by the insertion after "yearly interest of money" of "and apart from any period payments made to a plaintiff by means of compensation or damages for any wrong or injury referred suffered by an individual in his or her person or in his or her profession",...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for getting his officials to supply us with the briefing document on Sharia finance. The document is useful in so far as it goes but the introduction of Sharia law into Ireland would be rather like if we were to reintroduce the Brehon law code to Ireland. It is another legal code with a social and legal framework of understanding and once Sharia law is established, we...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Could the Minister answer one question-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: With regard to people of the Muslim faith living in Ireland, will the Minister confirm there are two particular areas of difficulty? One concerns the purchase of a mortgage and the structuring of the deal in order to avoid interest, which is not allowed according to the Koran. What is the position on two people who enter into a venture such as a restaurant when an investor comes along? The...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: As the Minister introduced this amendment in regard to-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Yes, it relates to issuing licences for the sale of alcohol. That is probably appropriate following our discussion on Sharia law. The Ceann Comhairle has advised me that my amendment No. 37, which relates to licensing of products sold in head shops, is out of order. Deputy Bruton has a similar though less detailed proposal in amendment No. 38; I do not know whether his amendment was ruled...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: The Minister has some role in setting the licence fee.