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

Joan Burton: Does Mr. Coffey get information from Revenue on the likely value or cost of the correlative adjustments?

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

Joan Burton: If Mr. Coffey was to request the information, would he be likely to get it because I have asked for it, but Revenue is reluctant to give it to me?

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

Joan Burton: Revenue has given me some information which I think is the first information it has disclosed. What is the-----

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

Joan Burton: What is the additional cost Ireland will be paying based on the income figures versus our required contributions to the European Union?

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: This morning a damning report was published by the British Houses of Parliament on the collapse of the Carillion company, leaving debts of over £9 billion. Carillion has significant contracts in the schools system in Ireland, including school buildings in Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Carlow which are actually finished. Is the Minister going to make arrangements so that the school...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Even when the Celtic tiger was beginning to collapse, the then Taoiseach Brian Cowen could make arrangements to allow school communities to occupy properties but that seems to be impossible on this Government's watch.

Other Questions: Personal Contract Plans (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister aware that many young people are taking up these loans to purchase what are, for them, relatively expensive cars? There are very complex regulations governing the deal and when the purchase might come into the ownership of the individual. A lot of deals can fail towards the end of the period. The fact is that the young people then could get an adverse report in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his attendance at the ECOFIN meeting on 28 April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21287/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of reforming the capacity of bailed out banks to offset their historic losses against tax bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21289/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency to date by claim type, category and county in which the claimant is based; if there is transparency between the State Claims Agency and the delegated State authorities regarding the way in which individual cases are being managed; if delegated State authorities are informed of the details on cases...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in respect of funds being lodged in the escrow account in respect of the state aid judgement by the European Commission (details supplied); the funds lodged to date; the likely timetable for the lodgement of additional funds to the account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21288/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with other EU Finance Ministers regarding the proposed EU digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/18]

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Mine is essentially the same question. I have a number of specific things I want to ask the Minister. He mentioned that having commissioned papers, some of the papers on Brexit have been published but others have not. It would be helpful to the House if he could indicate those areas where he has chosen not to publish. In respect of people on both sides of the Border, including those in...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the shared customs partnership primarily in respect of the island of Ireland? I know the area of the Border around Dundalk very well because of family relationships there. I do not get the sense from the Government that it fully understands what it would be like to go back to how it was before the Good Friday Agreement. In the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in fairness, the...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier. [19110/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the Taoiseach agree that the recent comments by Mr. Barnier have been very sobering, to say the least, as the witching hour, in terms of June and October, comes ever closer? I want to ask the Taoiseach specifically about the so-called max fac, which is about maximum facilitation-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: It sounds like the favourite brand of cosmetics some time ago. The point is that the language in the debate is becoming increasingly obscure, particularly for people not involved in politics and not involved in economics. At the same time, all along both sides of the Border, people, particularly small traders, are really concerned about what will happen. In this context there was a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings held in 2018 by Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit. [21116/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the interim measures for asylum seekers accessing the labour market, and specifically accessing further education and training. We have undertaken to receive into Ireland several thousand Syrian refugees and that is in process at present. I do not know whether the Taoiseach is aware that access to the labour market generally is through access to further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, will next meet. [21115/18]