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Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Funding (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, probably has an interest in the Royal Canal as well. Has any work been done in respect of design for a proper footpath in the area called the deep cutting, which runs from Castleknock and Blanchardstown up to Clonsilla? It is a very deep and dangerous section of the canal. The Department has been considering this in conjunction with Waterways Ireland for...

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Funding (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the proposals be put on public view? This part of the canal, which the Minister described correctly, is quite extensive in length. It is an area of enormous natural beauty with a very large bird and wildlife population. It is really important that whatever design is drawn up, given the particular difficulties of the height of the towpath above the canal, it is subject to a proper...

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress which has been made in the filling of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland; the process by which the vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26711/18]

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister to update the House on the filling of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland. She will be aware that there have been a number of difficulties at the museum. I await the Minister's report on the filling of the vacancies.

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Why is it taking so long? These vacancies came up at the end of last year or early this year. We are now into the middle of the year. The Minister has suggested that they are just about to be posted. Can she give us a timeline for how long it will take to fill these vacancies? The difficulties which have beset the board of the museum have been debated in this House on a number of...

Other Questions: Film Industry (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I totally agree with Deputy Ó Cuív's comment on the translation. When I saw it I wondered about it too because the word "fís" has a very particular meaning in Irish relating to a vision. That is how the word is used. For example, it features as a title in much academic discussion and political commentary. It is an odd translation.

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I understand that the Minister has a lot on her desk but the commemorations are really important at both a national and local level. They are not just about commemorating the actual first meeting of the Dáil. The local commemorations are really important. The Minister must offer support to having a national structure. What we had for the 1916 commemoration was very inclusive. It...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Why not ask the spokespeople?

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Minister has probably seen some of the detailed commentary and the commentary relating to nest-building, plastic waste and rubbish. It does not just relate to puffins but gannets too. The Minister would be foolish to be quite so churlish about An Taisce being concerned about the natural environment. Has the Minister taken an opportunity, since she became Minister, to visit this...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she plans to take on foot of the concerns expressed by An Taisce regarding the impact of the use of Skellig Michael as a filming location and its request for strict protocols in respect of this to be introduced. [26709/18]

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In light of the concerns expressed by An Taisce about the impact of filming and other activities on the Skelligs, and given that they are an important environmental resource and tourist destination, what structures and protocols does the Minister propose in order to preserve and protect the Skelligs as one of Europe's top destinations?

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Minister will have seen the extraordinary photo of recent weeks of puffins on the Skelligs using plastic rubbish, detritus from fishing boats and so on to construct their nests.

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Experts have said that some of that rubbish has come from across the Atlantic. The Minister will have had an opportunity to visit the area. For anyone who knows it, it is an area of extraordinary and outstanding natural beauty and "Star Wars" going there has been a significant boost to its tourism, but the Minister should take account of the concerns expressed by An Taisce. There must be a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to implement the Boaden report's recommendation that the NSO become a national cultural institution (details supplied). [26710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding she plans to set aside under her Department's capital plan to facilitate the future relocation of one of the RTÉ orchestras to the National Concert Hall as proposed under the Boaden report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26713/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in relation to the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra in order to secure the future of the orchestras; and the discussions she has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in this regard. [26708/18]

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The rainy day money has to go somewhere. Such a fund would be of no benefit to the real economy if it ends up invested abroad, with fees being paid to some big consultancy firm in FinTech to manage it for us at some low level of interest rate, as we have just discussed in regard to interest rates.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Nor is it desirable for Irish taxpayers' money to be gambled on the stock exchange.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I will finish. We could use the development bank proposal to spend €500 million a year on housing-----

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I start by referencing the fact that just a couple of hours ago, the courts finally imposed a penalty of six years on David Drumm who was, in many ways, the man who sank Ireland along with the bank that sank Ireland. As we look at the budget figures, we should bear in mind that this man organised a fraud amounting to €7.2 billion. For most people, €7.2 million would sound like...