Results 34,361-34,380 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Why is that? A former Taoiseach has a State car and some State protection.

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: All right. Why did the Minister not move to make a uniform arrangement? Also, why did the Minister not return to the qualifying age of 55? It is essential to have transitional arrangements. I know from experience that losing a seat is a traumatic event. Many Members nowadays are full-time politicians, although there are Members who have businesses and other commitments and other sources...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: I suggest that if the arrangements are being reformed now, the arrangements entered into by the Fianna Fáil-Labour Government in 1992 were sensible and fair. The Rainbow Government did not change those arrangements, but the Minister has said they were changed in 2001. I suggest they were simple, fair arrangements. Taking up the business of politics is risky and people can lose their seat...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: I am aware the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ceann Comhairle made that sacrifice. I and Deputy Gilmore offered our ministerial pensions to the Minister also and he accepted. The point is that in a time of such national difficulty this sense of leadership is required in the Oireachtas. The issue of the salaries paid to other top people arose during and after the budget and the Minister...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: That is not true.

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: I support this amendment. Most members of the public would be quite surprised to learn that Independents receive an additional personal expense allowance of €41,000 that does not have to be vouched for in any way. In this regard, Independent Members of the Oireachtas have an enormous advantage over members of parties in their constituencies. If a Dáil lasts its full term, €41,000 per...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Did the Minister read that chapter first?

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: The last option is unvouched.

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister should acknowledge that it was the commission which wrote to him on behalf of ordinary Members of the Oireachtas proposing that these matters should be addressed. In the public relations campaign and so on that was attendant on the last budget, the Minister managed to lose sight of the fact that it was the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission that had put forward a scheme for the...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: If the report addressed the total cost of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, did it also in any way address the total cost of Ministers and Ministers of State and other office holders? Would the Minister care to tell us whether he saw that when he scanned over the document?

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has not implemented a number of key actions in the road safety strategy 2007 to 2012, including an administrative disqualification system for drink drivers, a risk register for heavy vehicle goods drivers, a full time health and safety officer for every local authority, a new system for preventing car write-offs getting back onto...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the six hangars of a company (details supplied) at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28406/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in her Department, including all authorities, agencies or other institutions under the aegis of her Department, who have applied for the incentivised early retirement scheme and the incentivised career break scheme; the number who have been made redundant in the past 12 months; and if she...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide a breakdown for 2005 to date in 2009, on a county basis, of the number of recipients of one parent family allowance from the Department of Social and Family Affairs on employment schemes and the type of scheme; if she will further provide, in respect of community employment schemes, an...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a code of practice in respect of lending by financial institutions to their senior staff including requirements for the institution to monitor and regulate such lending, particularly where such lending becomes impaired; if his attention has been drawn to the problems in the impairment of such lending at institutions covered...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the regulation of the Irish Financial Services Centre based companies, particularly those involved in the insurance and re-insurance sectors; if he is satisfied that the potential negative impact on the Exchequer in the event that one or more of these companies failed is not unsustainable; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants as at end 2008 and at present, broken down by Department and, within each Department, by authority, agency or other institution under the aegis of that Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department, including all authorities, agencies or other institutions under the aegis of his Department, who have applied for the incentivised early retirement scheme and the incentivised career break scheme; the number who have been made redundant in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue in each month since their introduction to date from the income levy and the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/09]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (9 Jul 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the general regulation of insurance companies through an EU regulatory framework which addresses the issue of burden sharing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29319/09]