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Strategic Investment Bank: Motion (Resumed). (28 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: As my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has said, we want to concentrate not only on sorting out the disastrous mess that Fianna Fáil created in the banks, but also on the future. That is why we need an institution that will focus on investment in small and medium sized enterprises, for innovation purposes and in public infrastructure. As Deputy Higgins has said, rather than pumping money...

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion (Resumed). (28 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister told me he was. It must be classical music. I apologise. I was having a David McWilliams moment.

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion (Resumed). (28 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: If one watches any popular television series based on areas where young people are unemployed, such as "The Wire" in Baltimore or "Boys from the Black Stuff" one can see the effect of long-term male unemployment. It scars young men, not just for a few years but for decades. Professor Blanchflower is a world authority on this and was a member of the Bank of England monetary committee. He is...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (28 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by the Revenue Commissioners in its investigation into offshore assets and foreign-held bank accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17229/10]

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (28 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by the interdepartmental mortgage arrears review group; if he envisages a need for legislation to implement the recommendations of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17195/10]

Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Most people in Ireland found the revelations of recent years about what was happening in institutions in the archdiocese of Dublin and other dioceses to be stunning and shocking. We should pause to think of the people who highlighted this and made it a subject of discussion in Ireland despite an incredible culture of inherited secrecy. They endured, at times, public and political odium for...

Schools Building Projects. (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Tyrellstown in Dublin 15 is a vibrant community of over 2,000 houses and apartments built over the past eight years. It now has a population in excess of 5,000, many of them children. Many people will only have heard of Tyrellstown as a consequence of the tragic recent killing of one of its young residents, Toyosi Shittabey, a Nigerian born 15 year-old who was raised in Ireland and had...

Schools Building Projects. (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: That is a completely different area.

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the impact that grounding of flights as a result of volcanic ash has had on agricultural exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16897/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of jobs that were created in the agricultural sector in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16898/10]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the promissory notes issued to Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society are to be treated by EUROSTAT for the purposes of quantifying the general Exchequer deficit and national debt for 2010 and beyond; if he will confirm that promissory notes for €8.3 billion and €2.7 billion have been transferred to Anglo Irish Bank...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (29 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 362 and 370 of 30 March 2010, the reason effluent which is not authorised for discharge at Balleally is being authorised for discharge beside the Phoenix Park train station in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17354/10]

Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: For most people, a pension is something earned during one's working life which one then draws down in retirement. One of the difficulties with the current debate is that ordinary people cannot understand how public representatives enjoy pensions when they have not even retired yet. I do not believe that attacks are being made on pensions for politicians, per se. Rather, members of the...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed overhaul of the Dublin Bus network; his further views on the impact on commuters and bus dependant communities of the potential withdrawal of 90 more buses from the Dublin Bus fleet and the loss of 150 more jobs at the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17862/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the recommendations of the Deloitte and Touche report on efficiencies in the bus sector; the timeframe for the implementation of all the recommendations; the level at which Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleets should be maintained in order to provide the optimum service to commuters; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the issues regarding the claw back of tax refunds given to a person in respect of investments in the Merlin Premier Film Fund; the progress made to date with the appeal to the appeal commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/10]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of all freedom of information requests processed by his Department since 1 January 2008. [17902/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of audits carried out by Revenue Commissioner staff on Departments in the years, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 under each of the following headings: employer issues – PAYE-PRSI, value added tax, public service withholding tax, relevant contracts tax; if, in relation to the audits, he will provide an analysis of the results,...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unprompted voluntary disclosures made by Departments to the Revenue Commissioners in the years, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 under each of the following headings: employer issues – PAYE-PRSI, value added tax, public service withholding tax, relevant contracts tax; if, in relation to these unprompted voluntary disclosures,...