Results 2,841-2,860 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to bring forward legislation to ensure stronger protection for customers of banks and punishment for bankers misleading and lying to their customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4156/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Directors (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the process for appointing State nominees to sit on the boards of the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4157/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department’s review of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the operations of Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, and diversify the range of on lenders by SBCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4159/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out with Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI to develop loan products targeting agri business and SMEs seeking finance to tackle Brexit-related challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4160/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he has undertaken to oppose harmonisation of the EU corporate tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4161/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of ECOFIN’s work in respect of the completion of the European banking and capital markets union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4162/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has set out a tendering process for schools in respect of the supply of school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4178/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (30 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the application by a person (details supplied) for family reunification will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4090/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: How long have I left?

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: I will take a minute and a half if that is okay. Last autumn, Dr. Rhona Mahony addressed the Labour Parliamentary Party in Athy. I spoke to her at length on that occasion. If one speaks to medical professionals, particularly women like Dr. Mahony, who work in large maternity hospitals, it is clear that the eighth amendment does not protect the best interests of mothers or babies as a...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Dick Spring.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the debate, the tone of the debate and the contributions by Members of the Oireachtas who have different views on what ought to happen in this case. I commend the previous speaker, Deputy Harty, on such a careful, reasoned and compassionate contribution to the debate. His contribution has been in the context and tone of many of the other speakers. Without a doubt, for many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: I profoundly disagree with Mr. Tang's description of Ireland as being some kind of pirate country. While I understand the language of diplomacy, I know that we also have the language of war. I am of the opinion that the debate on this issue is veering too much towards the language of war. For the purposes of background, does the committee believe there is a genuine comparator for real...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: I apologise but I had to be at something else and could not be here earlier. I would like to know what is the flaw with the BEPS process. Why can there not be some reconciliation between the two processes? The witnesses may criticise Ireland. However, the global investment competitors of Ireland and Europe may well be Singapore, Israel and other locations if we look at the very big IT and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank Mr. Tang for his answers. However, a genuine comparison of the real effective tax rates in different countries is an absolutesine qua nonof this discussion. One might consider the histories of different countries and, for example, the historic accumulation of wealth by some countries - perhaps because they were significant world powers in earlier centuries and so on - and compare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: My main point is that if we are going to have this conversation we need to get a baseline whereby we can compare like with like.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Birth Certificates Provision (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3782/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide affordable housing for persons with joint income earning between €75,000 and €100,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Investment Bank (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase European Investment Bank investment in special development zones such as Adamstown Hansfield and Cherrywood to provide additional affordable rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3773/18]