Results 821-840 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: Do you want to repeat that, a Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: Has the Tánaiste got legal advice on the matter?

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputy Durkan. Last night, the Minister entered the House in his usual bullying manner. The targets were not only the unfortunate residents of the area in which he wants to locate his super prison complex but RTE and the role of investigative journalism. The Minister was annoyed because he received a telephone call from RTE concerning the programme just as he was...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: He seems to have an open line to Pat Kenny's radio programme. Therefore, if the Minister wants to appear on RTE, I am quite sure that, as he has done so often before, Pat Kenny will give him another two, three or four hours in which to do so. He seems to have a regular slot on the show. The Minister can threaten RTE all he likes but the fact remains that he has questions to answer. The...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: Going on the Pat Kenny show.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: He will only do so after the event.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: It will be a bit like the decision of the Minister of State on Mayo.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (29 Sep 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the Army's commitment to the UN and EU missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo; if he has plans to extend and expand these missions; if he will report on the current activities being undertaken by Irish troops in these missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/05]

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach said earlier that it is not an IT system.

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: He said it a few minutes ago.

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, —notes with serious concern the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for 2004 which provided yet further evidence of wasteful overspending on a range of public projects as well as the ongoing recurrence of serious tax evasion; —deplores the incompetence, mismanagement and failure to ensure that taxpayers get value for money, highlighted in the report,...

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Since it came into office, this Government has spent a grand total of €301 billion. Can the Taoiseach, Tánaiste or any Minister claim with confidence that the people have got anything remotely like the equivalent value for this amount that has been raised from their taxes or borrowed against future tax returns? The Irish have a reputation the world over as a can-do people. Sadly, we are...

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister consider 35 site visits in Dublin to be enough?

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: There was a total of 35 site visits in the Dublin area.

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister should read it out.

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: It is a list of shame.

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: On a point of information, is there an error in the Minister's speech, that the Revenue carried out 35 site visits in the Dublin area?

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Should that figure be 350 or 3,500?

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister clarify the matter?

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: A total of 35 visits.