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

Joan Burton: Has the Taoiseach or anybody in the Cabinet in respect of the Cabinet committee commissioned a risk analysis and a jobs impact study on the likely impact of Brexit on jobs in Ireland and the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland? I was concerned, and I would like to know whether the Taoiseach was concerned, by weekend reports in some Sunday newspapers. For example, a survey of staff in the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: Tell us about the Olympia interview.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2018 (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected additional fiscal space for budget 2018 from savings on the live register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41580/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2018 (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected savings he has identified for budget 2018 from hidden fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41581/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the asylum application of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41327/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: It was receiving budgetary support of €50,000 a year from the HSE.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: It was a key part of the strategy that was laid out.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Like many other people, I was shocked-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: -----to find that the HSE has arbitrarily axed all of the funding to the point where this internationally supported initiative has closed down.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: This is very important.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I am talking about the maternal health strategy, which-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: -----is part of the programme for Government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: It is a key part of the programme for Government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: This was the only internationally monitored programme we had.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: My question is in respect of the blueprint for maternity services in Ireland, to which the Government is committed. Ireland has one of the lowest breast-feeding rates by new mothers-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: It is in respect of the maternity strategy that the Government has published and supported. A key part of that strategy is supporting the expansion of breast-feeding by new mothers. I was both disappointed and shocked at the withdrawal of funding from the baby-friendly health initiative, which is supported by the UN and the World Health Organization, WHO, and which involves going into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 37. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding section 39 organisations, for example, hospices, in which staff took pay cuts during the financial emergency; if funding will be provided to ensure their pay is restored in line with section 38 organisations for staff enjoying the same terms and conditions as civil and public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (28 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Rathcoole Garda station is only open one day a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contacts she has had with the auctioneers and owners of the Yeats collection with a view to acquiring this collection; if the State and its cultural institutions has the right of first refusal on the collection; the reason she failed to act in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40515/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: As it was not clear whether my earlier question had been selected as a priority question, I submitted this parallel question on the same issue, namely, the sale of the bulk of the Yeats family collection at an international auction. Notwithstanding the Minister's statement that she has acquired some of the items, many of them will, unfortunately, be lost to Ireland. The Minister celebrated...