Results 34,021-34,040 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (21 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the expansion of the plastic bag levy to cover both plastic bottles and aluminium cans; the amount of revenue this would raise if implemented at a level similar to that applied to plastic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37871/09]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (21 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of revenue raised through registration fees at each third level university here for each year since 2002 and to date in 2009; the purpose for which these fees are used at each university; the number of students at each of the universities that availed of either a full or partial waiver of the registration fee in each year...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: A few minutes ago the leader of the Labour Party, when asking about the pre-budget information, asked whether this was trick or treat time. It is for the children of the country, but for the Deputies it is like the old Irish Hallowe'en game of bobbing for apples. We are bobbing for information about the budget. The Taoiseach ignored Deputy Gilmore's question which was whether he or the...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: I want to know when it will come in here. The Senators are working on their amendments but does the Taoiseach know when they are likely to finish?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Can I have an answer on the budget?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: That is Tuesday week.

Written Answers — Primary Schools Inventory: Primary Schools Inventory (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has completed the inventory of the 3,200 primary school buildings; when he will publish a report providing full details of the inventory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/09]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he has refused to grant permanent status, by way of recognition, to an organisation in its role as patron of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the application is under active consideration; when a decision will be available to grant permanent recognition status to this school in order that it can apply for...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her position with respect to the industrial dispute between a trade union and a bank (details supplied), with respect to the bank's failure to implement the relevant Labour Court recommendations; if she will take action or give directions to the effect that this State guaranteed bank should comply with the...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data held by the Financial Regulator on the numbers of residential mortgage holders in arrears of more than three months on the books of all the regulated banks and building societies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37161/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data held by the Financial Regulator on the numbers of mortgage holders who have restructured or rescheduled their mortgages over the past year, including the taking of a payment holiday or switching to an interest only mortgage; the way these figures compare with the figures for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the distress being caused to families by the unresolved situation regarding inter-country adoption; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that adoptions from Russia to Ireland have been suspended since May 2009 and that there are issues outstanding in relation to the receipt by the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the remuneration and the bonus payments awarded to the chief executive of the Health Service Executive for each year since their appointment; the criteria for the payment of bonus payments to them; if such bonus payments are purely performance related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37123/09]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the proposed decentralisation of Bord Iascaigh Mhara; his views on whether the proposed decentralisation could lead to duplication of staff posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37068/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to comments made (details supplied) with respect to a school in Dublin 15; if he will clarify these comments in view of his reply to a parliamentary question of 6 October 2009; if he will confirm the timetable outlined by the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36704/09]

Vote 12 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: The presentation of this Supplementary Estimate summarises all that is most difficult and in default with regard to the Government's management of public finances. It expresses as well the difficulties that lie within the McCarthy report. Each Department seems to have produced a wish list, while the expenditure section of the Department of Finance also had one, and the two wish lists were...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: We have not completed the Order of Business.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: On the same issue, we received the document immediately prior to the vote last night and we had no opportunity to assess it. If the document was issued in the private sector to the Stock Exchange it would carry, as an IPO document, very heavy legal and contractual obligations for its authors, who could be sued by disaffected shareholders if the information in the document was false.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: There is no indication of who is the author of the document, what legal or professional responsibility he or she is taking for it, or whether it is the Minister's personal document. I support what Deputy Bruton stated about the Comptroller and Auditor General or another qualified person examining the document. However, it needs to be debated prior to Committee Stage because it is not a...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Yes, we asked for it.