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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It has been part of the Taoiseach's campaign in recent days.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach apologising to west Belfast?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In the context of the Taoiseach's previous answer, I recall that during the last general election campaign in Dublin West the Taoiseach's slogan over the final days of the campaign was "Don't let Sinn Féin turn west Dublin into west Belfast". Having campaigned on that slogan, the Taoiseach's previous reply suggests that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) will next meet. [26475/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In launching Féile an Phobail, the community festival in west Belfast, the Taoiseach was seen as lending his authority and that of his office to the event. Nobody has any difficulty with Olly Murs or the many cultural and music events that took place. However, it is unprecedented for a Taoiseach to be involved in launching an entire programme which included events such as IRA...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at Féile an Phobail; and the community groups he met. [26472/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Orange Order. [26473/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: On the same matter, I advise the Taoiseach and the Ministers that it would be difficult to underestimate the level of grief and difficulty being caused for families and individuals by the failure to enact this legislation. I am sure the Minister will appreciate that as children grow older families want to holiday abroad and in many cases their parental status puts their ability to do that,...

Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I would like to quote what Mr. Taylor had to say during the Dáil debate:For those who have genuine difficulties with the principle of the Bill, it is important to recall that what is proposed is the enabling of persons in the gay community to pursue loving relationships. What could be more important, for us as legislators, than to create a climate and a space in which two people who...

Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The early 1990s was a period in which the gay community, particularly in the USA but increasingly across the world, was being decimated by AIDS. It was against this background that much of the discussion on decriminalisation took place. Decriminalisation was an important plank in the Labour Party's platform at the 1992 general election. Fianna Fáil, which was led by Albert Reynolds at...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has revised that to 14,000 over two years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It says 14,000 over two years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In terms of the Taoiseach's international contacts with people like the Prime Minister of Canada and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, has he had an opportunity to get some advice or seek some experience from what they as countries have learned in terms of addressing issues like the housing crisis and the crisis and difficulties in the HSE? In particular, I would like to know if...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Justin Trudeau. [25360/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of South Korea. [25362/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the various groups that have taken time to speak to us today. My questions are on the real capital expenditure on infrastructure over the next few years. The Government is currently beset by ongoing difficulties associated with housing. While the level of building a private houses has certainly picked up, there is almost no significant progress being made on social housing or,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26420/18]

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It is now over 20 years since Mike Leigh's movie "Secrets and Lies" explored the kind of tensions that a hidden adoption story can create in a family. In more recent years, the book and the film of the story of Irish woman Philomena Lee have evoked much debate about the sordid history of the trade in babies that was a common but a secret feature of Irish life for decades. In one sense it was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a review of the proposed allocation of SNA support to a school (details supplied) in view of the enrolments proposed for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a review of the proposed allocation of SNA support to a school (details supplied) in view of new enrolments proposed for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26071/18]