Results 961-980 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason consultants were engaged to review the tax reliefs available to high earners in view of the considerable amount of expertise available in relation to such matters in the Revenue Commissioners and in his Department; and if he examined the option of requesting the Revenue Commissioners to provide the information sought and undertake the...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have been asked to co-operate with the consultancy commissioned by him, 2005 review of tax reliefs and high earners; the amount of work carried out by the Revenue Commissioners on behalf of the consultancy project; and the hours worked and the cost of such work done by the Revenue Commissioners and his own Department...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (18 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the works being carried out at Thornton Hall; the estimated cost of the security or other fencing being erected; the situation in relation to the cutting down of trees and hedgerows on the site; if his Department has acquired permission from the county council or from the planning authority in respect of the work being...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of shared facilities at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if an agreement has been signed between her Department and Fingal County Council; the provision which has been made for participation by local residents and organisations in the management, running and access to the shared community facility;...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 782: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the staffing cap on the provision of local authority services in new areas of population, specifically Dublin 15, where the Government is encouraging intense development of new homes. [29128/05]

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: It still does. It takes ten years.

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: They are not taking charge.

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The builder's brother.

Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The figures released by the CSO show further startling increases in population. The answer to my colleague Deputy Howlin's questions about the new cities is that these new cities are already here.

Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: They are in a necklace around the western side of the Dublin region. They start at Tallaght and go on to Lucan, Clondalkin, Leixlip, Blanchardstown, Clonee, Dunboyne, Swords and Balbriggan. This does not take into account large areas such as Ashbourne on the fringes. This is where an enormous concentration of the new population is. I have the honour of representing Dublin West. The west of...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the report on the outcome of the review of the national car test scheme; if so, when he received it; the main recommendations made; the action he will take on foot of this review; and the timescale involved. [29086/05]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a comprehensive study to ascertain the comparable overall costs to the State of rail freight [i]vis-À-vis[/i] road freight, and the merits or flaws in providing a State subsidy to encourage the use of rail freight; the reason an adequate analysis was not conducted as part of the strategic rail review; and if he will make a...

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: In view of what the Minister has just said, will he agree there is a need for legislation to deal with management companies? His comments were not accurate. County councils in the Dublin area do not take estates in charge unless developers request it. Developers normally do not request it for up to a decade. As a result, people are left languishing while being charged between €600 to...

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I have volumes of correspondence from several Ministers who have served in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who have handled this issue. Young couples, purchasers of affordable housing, are being fleeced by Fianna Fáil builders and developers.

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I want to challenge the Minister's statement, which is highly inaccurate and misleading. I wish he would make a further statement to amplify ——

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister made a specific statement which was incorrect. I have, I believe, the liberty to challenge an incorrect statement.

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: No, there are not. I cannot do that.

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I have volumes of correspondence from the people sitting on the Government benches. They write letters, but they do not do anything about it. They have thousands of people to write letters for them, but they do not take any action——

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: ——just as the Minister has 96 people running an IT outfit in the Department of Finance at a cost of €7.5 million who have no oversight of the computers. This is our problem. We are paying but we are not getting a service.

Written Answers — Garda Reform: Garda Reform (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent statements made by the president of the Human Rights Commission, Mr. Maurice Manning, when speaking at a conference on policing in a multi-ethnic society organised by Amnesty International at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties that a radical reform of the Garda Síochána was...