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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Why does the Minister of State wish to withdraw the amendment given that it appears to be broad and positive? It makes a commitment to the regions in which the campuses are located. Does the Minister of State intend wording this provision more broadly?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Since the Bill was drafted, at institute of technology and university levels, there has been the development of a whole cadre of postgraduate students of various kinds who also may be in employment positions, giving tutorials or lectures in their respective institutions. A feature of their situation is that they may lack protection because they may not be staff per seor students per se....

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: The point I am making is that I support amendment No. 42 because it seeks to add the words "a student" and this is a category of people both studying and working.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I did not say I was afraid of them. I have no fear of them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Last week, the Taoiseach was very confident in his statement that sufficient progress had possibly already been made or could be made by the end of December that would allow us, in the appropriate circumstances, move forward to the next round. I am not saying he made a definitive statement. He indicated a degree of positivity or optimism about the possibility. I am concerned because we are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to support orchestras; if her attention has been drawn to the publicity regarding the shortages in the RTÉ concert orchestra and the review RTÉ is carrying out into the provision of orchestra services; if her Department will be making a submission or has an input into this review; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Ireland's future membership of the European Research Infrastructure Project on Biobanking (BBMRI-ERIC); if it is planned that Ireland will join BBRMI-ERIC in the future; and if so, when the agreement will be signed. [48321/17]

Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: That is not true.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister expressed a very philistine and utilitarian view of the arts. The arts does help to project Ireland, but that is not the purpose of the arts; it is one of the bonuses of the arts. It is very philistine of her to say that the IDA says the arts are its best calling card. They may be, but that is not the purpose of the arts. The purpose of the arts is for artists in Ireland to...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I will not discuss the minutiae of the figures involved. However, many people are utterly confused about why Creative Ireland now appears to be the priority body for funding rather than the Arts Council which, unfortunately, suffered big cuts to its budget when the economy collapsed. They do not understand why those cuts were not restored. As Tánaiste, I was one of the biggest...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: That is less than it received in 2008.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Would the Minister give a commitment in principle in respect of all such institutions under her remit as well as organisations that are in receipt of significant funding, although they may not be under her direct control, to ensure that from now on - contrary to Fine Gael policy, I have to say - there will be a minimum of two members of the staff on each governing board or body, whatever form...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Yes, but not in all cases.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: We can change that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I do not think they have them at the Gate Theatre.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I think the Minister can change that. Ultimately the Department is responsible. The Minister cannot wash her hands of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the duties her Department has in regard to oversight of the governance of publicly funded theatres in view of the recent revelations in regard to the governance of publicly funded theatres. [47973/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister appreciate the sense of crisis which has beset the Gate Theatre and its image, notwithstanding it having had a very long and successful period as a leading theatre in Ireland, and the implications this has for Ireland's reputation, nationally and internationally? What assurance can she give to the thousands of students who are potentially thinking of pursing a career in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Did the Minister get an opportunity to read an apology by Mr. Colgan, the former director of the Gate Theatre, in the Sunday Independent, part of which stated that he thought the staff were his friends and that may have been his mistake? For somebody who has an enormous reputation in terms of the work he has done in that theatre to have been so misguided in respect of what he felt were his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT received by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of electronic services provided to unregistered customers resident in other EU states (details supplied) in 2017, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47806/17]