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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the engagement with education partners will commence; if it will assist in developing a better timeline for the planning and delivery of summer works projects for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22304/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 15 May 2018, and with regard to the February guidelines published by the Department of Justice and Equality for access to the labour market for international protection applicants, if his attention has been drawn to the confusion in the further education and training sector as to whether asylum seekers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the school building programme in respect of the six schools affected by the collapse of a company (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the alarming lack of progress on the replacement of the contractor; the impact this has had on the schools concerned; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of rental income in years (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22661/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Outdoor Events Planning Permission (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has designated a specific section of the Phoenix Park for a concert (details supplied); the size of the area allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Outdoor Events Planning Permission (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has designated a specific section of the Phoenix Park for an event (details supplied); the size of the area allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22514/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Outdoor Events Planning Permission (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for approving a Government supported as opposed to commercial event in the Phoenix Park which incurs a cost on the public purse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22515/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: There are ten beaches in Dublin.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: My question was about Dublin, which is where the biggest population lives.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: In recent days, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a damning report on water quality in respect of five beaches in north and south Dublin which failed to meet minimum EU water quality standards. The agency says five more beaches, all in north County Dublin, are at risk. In a region with hundreds of thousands of families and children, we are coming into summer and famous beaches such...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: It is not statutory.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister had an opportunity to read the UK Parliament report on Carillion, which is a major provider of educational construction and building services to the Irish State? Is he aware that the Loreto school in Wexford is fully completed? The teachers have moved in their equipment and materials but they have been forced to leave again because the Minister of State's Department does...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the interdepartmental-agency group he established in 2017 to review Ireland's experience of using PPPs will report; the detail of his Department's ongoing work on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in respect of the preparation of legislation regarding the changing of the compulsory retirement age for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21605/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans on foot of the IMF public investment management assessment for Ireland to ensure improvements in the efficiency and value for money of public investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21606/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of his Department's engagement with the European Commission in respect of the future continuation of the European Structural and Investment Fund supports for cross-Border projects after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21603/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing of Budgets (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work being carried out in respect of gender equality budgeting; the way in which this will be monitored and inputted into the final programme for the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21607/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey and thank him for his presentation. I wish to raise a few points on which he might elaborate. Regarding the data in his summary report and this is a question I have asked him previously, is there a genuine comparator available of corporation tax paid and raised? Is there a genuine comparator available with other countries, particularly countries with regional...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Chairman, this is a related aspect and is the last part of the question. This is a follow-up to the questions I have put to him on previous occasions. Recent figures on the settlements with Revenue, which have become available in response to parliamentary questions I tabled, suggest that the Revenue Commissioners are settling in favour of the companies. Is that to do with the reputation or...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: The Revenue Commissioners appear to be putting up their hands.