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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Given the Taoiseach's own connections to India, the first logical question to ask him is whether he plans an official visit. Has he extended an invitation to the Prime Minister of India? I am conscious that India is a country of 1.3 billion people, the largest democracy in the world. Would the Taoiseach agree that we should expand our relationships there? Not long after his...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Ireland on 31 August 2017. [40538/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Did the Taoiseach raise the divestment of schools and hospitals with leaders of the Catholic Church at his meeting in August? Church leaders have made public statements supporting this policy for schools in particular, but also apparently an agreement is in progress relating to the National Maternity Hospital moving to Elm Park. Divestment is very slow in practice. Money was committed...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: However, we are facing into a potentially very divisive referendum on the repeal of the eighth amendment, which I have supported for a long time, as has my party. We are owed a fairly detailed description of the discussion that took place between the Taoiseach and the church leaders.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I ask the Taoiseach to commit again to the desirability of the referendum being held prior to the visit of Pope Francis towards the end of August 2018.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education and Skills pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: That is not hidden fiscal space at all. It is very visible.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: With regard to this year's budget, will the Taoiseach clarify what the overall fiscal space might be for the proposals the Government intends to announce in two weeks' time? I am particularly interested in hearing the amount the Government intends to raise in new or increased taxes it already has referred to, such as the sugar tax and excise duties and so on, to allow and provide for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by REITs here in each year since their introduction; the amount of tax collected on those payments; his plans to review the operation of REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the living city initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of restoration of civil servant pay under FEMPI; when he expects further pay restoration to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to develop a mechanism for artists that have applied for jobseeker's benefit as part of the Creative Ireland programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the development of screen-based creative industries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Education and Skills on enabling the creative potential of every child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding the provision of suitable studio places for arts and implementation of initiatives under pillar two of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing access to foetal anomaly scans to all pregnant women in 2018; the estimated cost involved in ensuring that sufficient ultrasound machines, additional ultrasonographers and foetal medicine consultants are available; the locations in which the additional services would be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of payable refundable research and development tax credits paid out by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2009 to 2016 to companies that did not pay corporation tax in those years; the estimated refunds or payable amounts to be paid out in 2017; the cost of the research and development tax credit in each of those years; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that claimed payable refundable research and development tax credits in each years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the highest refund paid out in each year; the average value of a refund in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected savings in 2018 if the research and development tax credit was no longer refundable or payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39983/17]