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Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I want to familiarise the Minister with life on the north side.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister has the joys of the 46A bus and the DART.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: The people of south Tipperary want the same standard of public transport as south County Dublin.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: How could I wind the Minister up? It would be a challenge. Could he advise us? People have lost their jobs in significant numbers in south Tipperary, as the Minister knows.

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Listening to the Taoiseach announce the appointments to the office of Minister of State, it struck me that multiple Ministers of State have been appointed to the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Will the Taoiseach publish formal, delegated orders for the duties, budget and powers of Ministers of...

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach answer the question about delegated functions? One would expect a Minister from Waterford to be well able to look after culture given the small size of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the large number of agencies involved in these areas. What is the purpose of having multiple Ministers of State in one Department? What will the five Ministers of State at the...

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I had delegated orders and a budget.

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Will they?

Nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: With the permission of the Chair, I wish to share my time with my colleague, Deputy Broughan.

Nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: First, I congratulate Mr. John Purcell, the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General, on his outstanding public service during his period in office. He has been an outstanding public servant. I know many of the people who have worked with him on his staff and he has been a leader in the development of public service auditing and reporting in a way that has marked him out as being among the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport if progress has been made in terms of finding an alternative method of collection of fines for motoring offences with Garda statistics indicating that as many as 50% of motorists are failing to pay fines accrued for motoring offences; if he has had contact with the Courts Service or the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in this...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish legislation to implement the graduated driver licence programme; the proposed measures that will be contained in this legislation; if he will update the Rules of the Road to include regulations for four lane motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17334/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if a school (details supplied) is an approved and registered college with the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of tax relief on tuition fees and student grants; if it is not an approved and registered college for these purposes, if it is eligible to become so; the procedure for same; if an Irish student, normally resident in Ireland, taking...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason elective road works are taking place in the Upper Glen Road in the Phoenix Park at a time when this road is being used as an alternative route to facilitate road works in Chapelizod village which is closed to outgoing traffic for the next six months; the further reason these works can not be scheduled for summer time when schools are...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government that the VAT classifications would be examined, with a view to reducing the rate of VAT applied to certain environmental goods and services. [17925/08]

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to local parents as a result of significant HGV traffic outside a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will proceed with measures to reduce and minimise the impact of this HGV traffic on pupils attending the school and their parents; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government that the Government will encourage financial institutions to provide European Investment Fund guaranteed loan finance to small businesses. [17926/08]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has up to 60 children enrolled to commence junior infants in September 2008 and that they have not been able to secure a site for the school; if it is proposed to facilitate this school at the Kellystown site; if other arrangements are being...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to local parents as a result of significant HGV traffic outside a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will proceed with measures to reduce and minimise the impact of this HGV traffic on pupils attending the school and their parents; and if he will make a statement...

Management Companies (Housing Developments): Motion (8 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Like my colleagues, I welcome the Fine Gael Private Members' motion, which is similar to a previous motion on this issue tabled by the Labour Party. There is a political issue at the core of the Government's refusal to legislate for management companies. Thousands of young home owners and a smaller number of older home owners who downsize to apartment complexes face frustrations by being...