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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: The Attorney General was also a full member of the Government. There were three and six appointed.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: There were three-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: No, he needs to get his facts right.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: It is not possible to have 21. It is contrary to the Constitution.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: I am not sure there are any.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: There are 15 Cabinet members and there are 19 Ministers of State, only a small proportion of whom are women. The former Tánaiste, the Taoiseach's colleague, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, recently called for 50% of future Governments to comprise women, whether at Cabinet or Minister of State level. I have given that viewpoint as well. When I was Tánaiste, it was 50:50 or 45:55 with...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: Call the election now, come on.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: They will be at the beach.
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: I am sorry. I could not hear the number the Minister of State gave.
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: Is that 6,000 a year?
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: It is a modest, albeit welcome, number. Nobody is knocking the number, we just think the Government could do a great deal more. The builders have to make a profit, but the land hoarders should not be encouraged to leech on the Bill and make significant profits on which arrangements can be made to avoid tax. They will not be worried either about the derelict sites levy. I refer to a...
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: With reference to Deputy Penrose's contribution, I am very disappointed in the report in regard to the development of a community banking system. Such a system is essential for continuing development in rural Ireland and disadvantaged communities in urban areas because both have difficulty in having banks like AIB and Bank of Ireland take any real interest in the community. It seems there...
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: To make this Bill fit for purpose with regard to helping the young people of Ireland in particular to get a personal family home, either to purchase on an affordable basis or to rent, perhaps via a local authority, we need to change the definition and purposes of the Bill. The purposes of the Bill as described are to enable developers seeking to provide and build viable residential...
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: There are also people in the private sector at the start of their careers. The CEO of the Bank of Ireland told me this morning that the starting salaries in the Bank of Ireland for people taking on careers as bankers are €25,000 to €30,000. Will the Minister of State tell me how many of those young people can afford an affordable house? We have to work on this Bill. We will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: I want to ask about the staff the bank is taking on. The suggestion was made that possibly older, more mature staff are retiring. I understand they are being replaced by quite a lot of new recruits. What is the average entry pay for a graduate or new recruit with a secondary education? What kind of contracts do people get when they first join the bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: Can Ms McDonagh describe the kinds of contracts? Are they getting three-month or six-month contracts? At what point, perhaps after one, two or three years, would somebody get a more permanent contract?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: Is Ms McDonagh satisfied that the bank is a living wage employer? As somebody who used to lecture many people who did finance and accountancy degrees, I increasingly encounter people who say they cannot afford to live unless they are living at home, which I think a fair number of people are. They cannot afford to pay rent because of the wages at entry level. I encounter a lot of people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: What about the contractors?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: I thank Ms McDonagh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)
Joan Burton: My other question is-----