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Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (12 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he has included the cost of refurbishment of the Maynooth community care unit, Maynooth, County Kildare in projects to be considered under the mid term capital review; if the refurbishment costs estimated at €1 million will be met from the existing capital funding; when is a decision on funding likely; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding (12 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in 2017 for resurfacing of the national road network; the priority list for resurfacing of the national road network as determined by TII by area and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43304/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (12 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the living alone allowance from €9 per week to €15 per week; her views on whether persons living alone have higher costs than those of couples; if the living alone allowance will be increased following budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to secure financing of the electrification of the two commuter railway lines from Dublin to north Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it would significantly enhance the capacity of this area to provide housing on residentially zoned land that can access Dublin city centre; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of tax appeals in each tax district and division. [43149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the €1.534 million currently under appeal between tax paid and which would fall due to be repaid if the Revenue Commissioners lost the appeals and tax not yet paid; and the estimated interest payable on refunds arising if the Revenue Commissioners lost those appeals. [43150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount currently held under appeal by tax head. [43151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of open tax appeals by tax head, the tax years involved and the date the appeal was made. [43152/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals settled by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by negotiation. [43153/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals received by the Revenue Commissioners to date in 2017, by tax head, district and division. [43155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals heard by the Tax Appeals Commission in each month to date in 2017. [43154/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: The three gardaí for Stepaside.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputies Kelly and Jan O'Sullivan.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I am aware the Minister for Finance is fond of reading and the theatre. He might well have looked to Shakespeare’s plays to provide him with a title for his address today. "As You Like It", would, I guess, be his first choice, a nice romantic tale to please the punters - something, however small, for everyone in the audience. Now that a few hours have passed, my own judgment would...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (10 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has commissioned continuous surveys of air pollution levels in Dublin and other cities to monitor the health effects of diesel fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42666/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, MEP, on 21 September 2017. [40730/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Overseas Visits (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Justin Trudeau. [40346/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Overseas Visits (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: During his meetings in Canada or subsequently, has the Taoiseach had discussions with Prime Minister Trudeau about the very worrying action by the United States of America in the context of the dispute between Boeing and the Canadian firm, Bombardier, and the imminent threat it poses to thousands of jobs in the North? We have been talking about Brexit, on and off, over a very long period of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Diplomatic Representation (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I suppose my question is probably a simpler one. I would like to know if expanding Ireland's footprint globally includes meeting our commitments on overseas development aid. This would require a very substantial uplift in the work that is being done by the Irish programme in a number of countries, particularly a number of very poor countries in Africa where the focus is to try and assist...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee C, European Union, including Brexit, last met. [40344/17]