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Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (28 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the person has been without education for a long period of time and is in need not only of education but of the stability of a school place; if intervention has been made by her Department...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will supply the information previously requested in relation to schools in Dublin 15 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11950/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he will bring forward to facilitate the progression of IP based next generation networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11353/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has been contacted by over 150 residents of Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny who have been unable to obtain broadband services in their locality, and have been forced to petition both the Government and Eircom in this regard; the action he proposes to take to make sure that Kilmoganny residents and those...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (27 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Revenue Commissioners investigations into artificial transactions where builders, owning sites, use their own building companies to carry out a development and the invoiced amount to the owner from their company is at or below cost; if the Revenue Commissioners will tax such transaction as income, as the provision of the building...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: While the Labour Party broadly welcomes this legislation, as our spokesperson on justice, Deputy Howlin, and my colleague, Deputy Broughan, have indicated, is it wise to rush justice legislation in this manner? Given the propensity of the Minister and despite his incredible brain — not only is he able to do Crosaire but he can swallow a thesaurus — like many brainy people he is wrong...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Three years ago, during a debate in Blanchardstown, I pleaded with him, to the applause of a large audience invited by the Minister and the Garda Commissioner, to return community gardaí to the beat to gather vital intelligence. According to the Central Statistics Office, in 2006 the conviction rate — as opposed to prosecution rate — for the most serious crimes, ranging from murder to...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of teacher taken into account in determining the pupil-teacher ratio for primary schools; the categories taken into account in determining the average class size for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10707/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (22 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contribution her Department will make to implement the One Step Up recommendation in the fifth report of the expert group on future skills needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10708/07]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the present position in Afghanistan. [10498/07]

Written Answers — Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters (21 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the present position in Bolivia following recent floods in that country; the help Ireland has provided in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/07]

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Pulling teeth.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: With no road access.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: That is an enormous site.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: The women's prison was built only a decade ago.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the different annual take home pay in 2007 of a married couple with two earners earning a combined income of €65,000 and a married couple with one earner and one full-time stay at home parent with a combined income of €65,000 with comparative figures for each of the years since tax individualisation was introduced; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of small, privately administered pension schemes and the number of persons that have applied for exemptions under the new €5 million limit; the value of each of the five largest pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10213/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of three semi-State bodies (details supplied) using mailbox companies in the Netherlands to reduce their tax bills over the past ten years; if the Revenue Commissioners have investigated this practice; if it is legal under Irish tax law; if the Revenue Commissioners will be conducting an audit of...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one Garda allocated to monitoring speeding for the whole of the Dublin west region; if there are proposals to increase resources for monitoring speeding in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to take account of inflation and conduct a review of the payment for children aged under six announced in budget 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9527/07]