Results 35,821-35,840 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: The Minister's note is wrong.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: The Minister's note is wrong. He is misleading the Dáil.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: The Minister is misleading the Dáil.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: On a point of informationââ
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: ââ people are restricted for a year. They carry it forward as the officials ought to have written in the note. The Minister does not know his own provisions.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: It is wrong.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: They would be reorganised by now, not ruined.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: I raised this issue yesterday. I pointed out to the Minister that where a woman is undergoing a course of IVF treatment, that treatment is only available privately and it is very expensive. First, there are detailed medical investigations to find out whether a woman is suitable and, second, people undergoing treatment are advised that they will often need three or more courses of treatment....
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: We have just agreed that the Appropriation Bill, which used to be the subject of a long debate in the House and an Adjournment debate at the end of a Dáil term, does not merit debate from the Government. We are now being asked to guillotine the Finance (No. 2) Bill for 7 p.m. this evening. Many of the amendments on Committee Stage of the Bill did not have an opportunity to be discussed....
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: A total of 65 minutes has been set aside to discuss the recapitalisation of the banks. That is inadequate and there is no provision for questions and answers from a Minister. In the context of what we learned in the past 48 hours about the budgetary issues and cuts in the health services, and also about what the Taoiseach has said about an economic framework, it is very difficult to discuss...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: The National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000 requires the Government to make a contribution of 1% of gross national product to the National Pensions Reserve Fund every year. The Minister for Finance stated during the budget that he would call on Mr. Maurice O'Connell, the former secretary general of the Department, to review the situation.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Has the Government now decided not to contribute to the National Pensions Reserve Fund?
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: That may require amending legislation and, if so, when will the legislation be tabled?
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: That was 11 weeks ago.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: We were right.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Our analysis was correct.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: You blew it.
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (16 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the High Court's decision (details supplied), her Department and the Health Service Executive can negotiate with professional representative bodies in order to advance proposed changes within the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45491/08]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (16 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra value for money she expects to be delivered to the health services as a result of the new consultants' contract; the mechanism in place to ensure that the work practices that underpin salary increases for consultants will be adhered to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45492/08]
- Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (16 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the progress in securing of accommodation for gardaà based in the Laytown area of County Meath. [46025/08]