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Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of discussions he has had with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, regarding a matter (details supplied); if he submitted information on the case to the Egyptian Minister; the progress on this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14806/10]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 819: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details on the search for oil off the coast of Dalkey, County Dublin; the terms of the licence agreement under which this search is being carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15536/10]

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: It is probably over six years since I raised in this House the issue of management companies and the difficult situation in which residents find themselves. A group of people in houses in my constituency subject to a management company saw their water and electricity supply cut off over Easter because the developer - a friend of the Taoiseach's own party - is sunning himself in Spain and has...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about two Bills that have been sunning themselves in the Seanad, like the developer in Marbella, namely, the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 and the Multi-Unit Development Bill 2009. When is it proposed to take these Bills so that my constituents will not have their water and electricity supply cut off?

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: When will this be completed? I have raised this issue with the former Taoiseach, with successive Ministers who were in charge of this area, both in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. My constituents are still waiting and many of them are now paying €2,500 per year in management charges. Can the...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Can I ask the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: When will it finish in the Seanad?

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Children have been left without running water in their houses in 2010. It is a disgrace by Fianna Fáil. The developers are laughing at us.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: They are sunning themselves in Marbella.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: They have given the rest of us the two fingers. Maybe the bankers should join them.

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: It was a 70th birthday party.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: She must have thought she was working for Anglo Irish Bank.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I did not know that. He did not tell me personally.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I will have to take it up with him.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Can I help Deputy McCormack by saying I believe "gurrier" is derived from the French word "guerre", which means "war". "Gurrier" actually means "warrior".

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle should remove it from the list of banned words.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Deputy McCormack should take it as a compliment from the Taoiseach made in the heat of the moment.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Deputy McCormack should tell the Taoiseach to bring it on. It is a compliment.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Yesterday, the European Commission announced that, in the context of the horrendous amounts of money going to the banks, it will carry out an in-depth investigation into the banks, particularly Anglo Irish Bank.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I am talking about a Commission statement.