Results 1,401-1,420 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Construction Industry Review. (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister concerned at the cost to compliant taxpayers including compliant building firms, of using the sub-contracting system? Would he agree that in some years it is possible that up to €400 million of taxation has been underpaid by the construction industry, which includes building, forestry and the meat industry? The Minister knows that for 18 months it was not possible for...

Construction Industry Review. (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister have an estimate of the tax loss to the Exchequer from the construction industry's fraudulent use of bogus subcontractor status and agency arrangements?

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister was kind enough to answer a similar question from me last Wednesday. In his response, he told me that of the 131 staff due to go to Tullamore, who are important to the Civil Service since they manage the computers, only 19, less than 15%, have agreed to move. The Minister has taken an extra 63 staff into the Department of Finance. Another 20, presumably through promotion, are...

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister costed this? What is the cost of the extra 63 people who have moved into the Department and are described as in situ?

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: When the Taoiseach canvasses in Drumcondra, he tells people not to worry as decentralisation will not take place for ten years.

Written Answers — Social Finance: Social Finance (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to the plan announced by him in budget 2006 for the establishment of a €100 million fund for social finance; when the fund will be established; the amount that will be contributed by financial institutions; the way in which the money will be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7927/06]

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the membership and terms of reference of the recently established Public Service Benchmarking Body; when the body is expected to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7928/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the allocations which have been made by her Department in respect of the promised phase two of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the physical conditions endured by elderly people at Connolly Hospital, including Alzheimer's patients are extremely old and dilapidated; and if...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of units and land at Connolly Hospital, which have apparently been sold or committed to the developer of housing on land formerly owned by the hospital and sold some time ago; if rent is being paid in respect of these units; the amount which has been paid to date; when these units will be vacated;...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has issued policy instructions on MRSA; the number of incidences of MRSA infections in hospitals here; the ratio of infections to patient numbers; the way this compares with other EU states; the procedure for informing a patient and relative when an MRSA has been detected by hospital staff; and if she...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the proposal from ACORN ABA school to establish a unit on Dublin's northside for 12 autistic children to provide for one-to-one education in order to provide for early intervention for autistic children; the position regarding the proposal submitted some time ago to her Department; the outcome of discussions...

Written Answers — National Stadium: National Stadium (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the commencement of work on the first phase of the Abbotstown Sports Campus; if the work is proceeding as scheduled; the timetable for the completion of the facilities at Abbotstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8194/06]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the Freedom of Information legislation, the Health Service Executive has a section 16 manual that has been updated in the past three years; the way in which to access this manual; if it is not available the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8476/06]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the award of medical cards is assessed; if detailed guidelines are publicly available; the areas in which they can be accessed; if they are not available the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8477/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which entitlement to home help is assessed; if detailed guidelines are publicly available; if so, the areas where they can be accessed; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8478/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria used to determine whether a person obtains a place in a public nursing home; if detailed guidelines are publicly available; if so, the areas where they can be accessed; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8479/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which entitlement to the new home care packages is assessed; if the assessment takes account of a carer on the carer's allowance or benefit; if detailed guidelines are publicly available; if so, the areas where they can be accessed; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by which builders and property developers avoid stamp duty at 9% by building under licence; the value of such transactions; the estimated cost of tax and stamp duty foregone to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8382/06]

Written Answers — Medical Inquiry: Medical Inquiry (2 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected completion date of the inquiry, to be chaired by a judge, into the activities of the former Drogheda obstetrician, Dr. Michael Neary; if she will confirm that medical records of a number of patients who underwent Caesarean hysterectomies under the care of Dr. Neary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital were...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the claim made by the former director of BreastCheck (details supplied) that breast cancer sufferers in remote rural areas face more than double the risk of having a mastectomy compared with women treated in Dublin due to the lack of screening facilities; the steps she is taking to...