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Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to minimising the impact of the cuts from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to the youth service budget on young people and youth services in Dublin west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8280/09]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that reductions in funding from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to youth organisations working in Dublin west and in particular in areas such as Blanchardstown, Corduff, Clonsilla and Mulhuddart may lead to the closure of youth projects and youth initiatives which...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the work of hundreds of volunteers in youth organisations will be undermined if there is a cutback in the funding to voluntary youth organisations in Dublin west by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs; if she will give a commitment to protect funding for youth...

Written Answers — Refugee Appeals Tribunal: Refugee Appeals Tribunal (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a tender competition was recently held to appoint presenting officers to attend hearings of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; the various publications and websites on which this competition was advertised and the costs involved; the number of tenders received; the number of these that were interviewed...

Written Answers — Tax Regulations: Tax Regulations (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for the significant difference in cost for paying car tax on-line or otherwise depending on whether the payment is made on an annual, biannual or quarterly basis; his views on narrowing or eliminating these cost differentials to allow families manage their cash flow situations better,...

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I propose to share time with Deputies Sherlock and Morgan.

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach seemed to announce today that what he quaintly referred to as a finance (No. 2) Bill will be introduced later this month. That seems to be what he said but I am not entirely sure. Many families who are watching television or having dinner together tonight are extremely worried about what the future holds for themselves and, in particular, for their younger members. It is...

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: At the Ard-Fheiseanna of all parties, even the Green Party, the leaders of the parties are hailed by the members.

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: There is nothing wrong with that.

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I heard so much from Deputy Kennedy about waffle earlier that I thought he must have a strong association with Belgium.

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I will allow the public to be the judge of whether what I have said over the course of this financial crisis has been responsible and correct in its analysis. Unfortunately, it has been correct in its prediction of the outcome of Government policy. I want to move forward, difficult as it may be for someone like Deputy Kennedy.

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I refer to the families losing income and employment, as the Government announces another budget that will consist of increased taxes. Deputy Mary White extolled the virtues of a carbon tax. Does that mean that this measure will be brought forward? The purpose of a carbon tax is to shift people from excessive consumption and carbon emissions and to recycle the revenue from tax into...

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: For industrial, commercial and domestic consumers this model has been a disaster. Members of Fianna Fáil in government know this and do not deny it. Is a carbon tax one of the proposed new taxes? I made a request to the Taoiseach that all papers and information from the Commission on Taxation should be published now. The Commission on Taxation was my proposal. I argued for this over a...

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: They will reverse the figures.

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: They will not be subject to the House.

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I believe the former Deputy, the late Liam Lawlor, chaired the previous one.

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I wish to share my time with Deputy Rabbitte.

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: I mean no slight on the Minister of State, Deputy Devins, in saying it is disappointing that there is no economics Minister present in the Chamber when we are discussing a measure of such fundamental importance for our future. I understand the Minister for Finance may be doing media work in the context of the announcement of a mini budget, but this measure involves a sum of €7 billion for...

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: It is entitled, "A Race on Hy Brazil". The Government is permanently sequestered on Hy Brazil. I do not even think "A Race on Hy-Brazil" by Yeats is providing them with inspiration because they just do not get it. The measures announced today indicate that the banks are laughing all the way to the bank because the Government has yielded to them on almost every point. The small measures...

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: He must have been a Fianna Fáil landlord.