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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: How much reporting is there? What areas does it cover? Does it cover drugs, guns, terrorism, the illegal sex trade? There are a number of areas, globally and in Ireland, where a vast amount of money is being generated and this has to find its way into the banking structures. What does the Central Bank do and how does it train the banks which it supervises to deal with this?

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Does the Taoiseach have a date for the legislation dealing with soft information? Does he consider it to be urgent? Does he think the bishops who have been severely criticised in the Murphy report are suitable persons to remain as patrons of primary schools which are educating young children?

National Reform Programme (30 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: How does one square that circle? What growth forecast will the Government use for the national reform programme? Does the Government take the Commission's view on the Stability and Growth Pact or does it pick whatever it feels like picking?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned does not satisfy the Habitual Residence Condition for receiving jobseeker's allowance as she does not yet have refugee status in the State. Consequently she does not have a work permit and is therefore unavailable for employment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the witness really believe that is the case for very high earning companies? Does the data stand up? I know it is possible to get the answer to that, but does the witness really believe that it is the case?

Fiscal Policy. (30 Jan 2008)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for that reply. Does the Minister agree that last week was a bit of a train wreck for the Irish economy in terms of billions knocked off the value of Irish shares, particularly Irish pension funds? We have had a string of job loss announcements, including the most recent one in Wicklow, of several hundred jobs over the next year and a half. Every financial forecast...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Semi-State Bodies Pensions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department does not collect the information sought by the Deputy. The trust deed of a pension scheme sets out the basis on which the trustees of a pension scheme are appointed or elected, and the law does not put any restriction on this. Section 62 of the Pensions Act already provides for a procedure whereby members representatives can be elected. However, the procedure must be invoked...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: ...that the prospering of the arts and the arts community in Ireland will be vital in the context of the challenges posed to the whole country and island as a consequence of Brexit. What proposals does the Minister have to, for instance, support artists who in many cases earn less than 70% of the average wage? Does she foresee artists having a minimum wage or living wage? We talked about...

Price Inflation. (20 Nov 2007)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Minister is aware that, even when one includes free schemes, a single pensioner's income does not amount to much more than €12,500. That is half of what Ministers each accepted in their recent salary increase of €25,000. How does the Minister expect to compensate people for the extraordinary increase in food costs? Poorer people spend more of their income on food. The...

Fiscal Policy. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister does the Government acknowledge that it is the major driver of inflation that is impacting on young families buying houses, pensioners trying to struggle to meet increasing refuse costs and gas bills which for many people increased by €200 over the winter period, the increase in the cost of a bed in a public hospital and the swindling increases in VHI? What does the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: Supplementary welfare allowance, which includes rent supplement, is administered by the community welfare service of the Department. The person concerned has been advised that she does not qualify for this allowance as she does not satisfy the Habitual Residence Condition (HRC). The person concerned does have a right of review and/or right of appeal. If she wishes to have the case reviewed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (30 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection does not have a contract with any taxi company nor does it engage in a public tender process for taxi services. Staff requiring taxi services can engage with a company of their choice and can subsequently claim from their travel and subsistence cost centre using vouched receipts where a taxi is used for work purposes. The Department of Social Protection...

Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: The process for determining Ministers' pay rises should be handed over to the system that governs the pay of TDs, so that they are within the public sector process. Does the Minister agree that in view of the culture of greed with regard to bonuses which has so infected the international private banking sector, determining Ministers' salaries by comparison with the private sector whose...

Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: ...budget speech. A paper was published yesterday setting out not a universal social contribution structure but a universal social charge. I have several questions for the Taoiseach in this regard. Does the Government, in the context of the briefings that are being made available to the Opposition parties, propose to request that the Department of Finance outline in detail the Government's...

Labour Market Participation. (3 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister aware that approximately 440,000 people, one third of whom are men, are unemployed? It is a national disaster. The figure I have given does not take account of emigration, which has resumed at a strong level among people who had previously migrated to this country and at a high level among young Irish graduates. People in the latter group are going anywhere in the world...

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Sep 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister spoke about diversity with regard to appointments to political boards. Does the Minister agree that after 11 years of Fianna Fáil in government, what most people think of in terms of diversity in State boards is the diversity of Fianna Fáil cumainn represented by many of the board members? That is, unfortunately, what people have begun to see. Historically, that may be a...

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: What does the Minister expect will be the impact of the Government's proposals in regard to the use of bio-fuels and does he consider, in the context of UN and other reports, the movement to bio-fuels, in many cases, is resulting in hoarding and huge price rises for commodities such as wheat and other foodstuffs? Is the Minister satisfied that Government policy in this area continues to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (23 May 2018)

Joan Burton: ...procedure, whereby Ministers can sit on such committees? What is the purpose of the Minister sitting on the committee? The committee will report, presumably, to the Taoiseach and the Government. Does the Minister not trust what the Government might do with the report? Does he think that it might be binned or shredded and that it might never been seen or does he have particular...

Financial Services Regulation. (3 Mar 2005)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister agree that this type of company should be fully regulated by IFSRA and, therefore, the remit of the authority should be extended to cover this type of company? I do not know if the Minister shares the shock of most people who heard reference to a company, Chesterton Finance, in media reports concerning Garda investigations into money laundering and the Provisional IRA and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (6 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: ...1. At least 260 PRSI contributions paid at Class A, E, H, or P since first starting work, and 2. At least 39 such contributions paid or credited in 2014. While the customer meets the first condition she does not meet the second, and as a result does not qualify for benefit in her own right. As she is also in receipt of a pension in her own right, she does not qualify as a dependent spouse...