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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by Department and public body and the total cost of public relations services in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pension and public pay restoration to be carried out under FEMPI by Department and public body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (14 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans arising from a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Fee Refund Scheme (14 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that availed of the fee refund scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; the average amount paid to teachers in fee refunds in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; if these payments differ between primary and post-primary teachers; the number of applications to avail of funding in each of the years from 2011 to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (14 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements of persons qualifying for the long-term illness scheme; her plans to make provision for persons within this category who do not receive a social welfare payment in their own right to be included in vocational training opportunities and employment schemes; if persons qualifying under the long-term illness...

Finance Bill 2017: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I am pleased to see this recommendation included in the Bill. I pointed out to the Minister on budget day that he had left a glaring hole in the technical framework of the budget by allowing company structure to be used as a mechanism to avoid paying stamp duty. The expected revenue from stamp duty is a considerable complication in his budget arithmetic in a situation where he was under...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I am just saying-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: We did know how to rescue a country from falling off a cliff.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: If I were Deputy Ó Snodaigh I would not get so agitated. I would be prepared to cast my mind back to how the Belfast Agreement came about and how people sought to listen-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Sinn Féin can cling on to a century old piece of political theology at the expense of dealing with the very real problems in 2017. In the article I mentioned, there were a lot of references to not abdicating political leadership. It was talking about the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister, but it could be relevant much closer to home. Leadership does not fall to the two...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: ----the concerns of Ireland can seem quite small.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I will finish now.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: It behoves us to work together.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Today's vote in respect of women's rights and the decision of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to vote for the repeal of the eighth amendment to put to the people shows what the methodical working of political institutions can do to deliver change and the potential of progress. I hope we will see not before too long a referendum being put to the people to...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, I did not hear Deputy Adams. He needs to be clearer when he is trying to interject.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy. I can tell Deputy Adams that I have been going up and down to Belfast since I was a small child and I am extremely fond of Belfast. What is going to happen in Westminster in respect of the absentee Sinn Féin MPs or will Sinn Féin decide that it should utilise this resource to defend the interests of Ireland North and South? Perhaps with the change of leadership...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Earlier this week and last week the Taoiseach seemed very eager to attend the summit with a very clear commitment to Ireland joining the EU permanent structured co-operation defence group, PESCO, notwithstanding the context where there was very little time to hold any kind of detailed discussion in Ireland. While almost everybody is in favour of our Army joining international peacekeeping...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the forthcoming European Council meeting. [51727/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council. [52947/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contact with Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. [52948/17]