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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: Can I-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: Can I take this issue to the Ceann Comhairle's office-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: -----because it was wrong of the Minister to have done what she did?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish funding for artists, projects and institutions dedicated to highlighting the place of Traveller culture and history in Irish society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37909/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: In his final reply to the previous question, the Minister of State noted that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is responsible for the budget relating to Travellers and Traveller culture. I tabled a question to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in which I inquired about her plans to establish funding for artists, projects and institutions dedicated to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: This is a question of principle. I served as Tánaiste in the Government that recognised and acknowledged the ethnicity of Travellers. That was celebrated by all parties in the House. As Deputy Joan Collins mentioned, the all-party Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community has been established. It is a matter of recognising the significance of Travellers in Irish...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: On behalf of the Labour Party, I strongly the support the campaign by Fórsa and welcome the support of the INTO for the campaign to have a just wage and terms of pay and conditions for school secretaries. In practice, the school secretary is one of the first people that children and parents get to know when a child goes to school. That applies at primary and secondary level. They are...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government recently gave an interview to Villagemagazine in which he expressed his admiration for Boris Johnson. The Taoiseach could say, and I would expect him to suggest, that for people on the left in Ireland, Jeremy Corbyn is a problem. For people on the right such as those in Fine Gael, a party which has shown admiration for him, Boris...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: -----can be handled in a way that would not be destructive of Ireland, North and South.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: The little-known Department of Rural and Community Development is presided over by, it seems at times, a rather unhappy Minister, Deputy Ring. He is happy to be a Minister but deeply unhappy to have no capital funds. I want to give the Taoiseach an example from the constituency that he and I share of something that is being experienced all over the country. In Huntstown and Hartstown in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: That is a slush fund.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: I have a letter on my table this morning telling me this will be brought to the Taoiseach's attention.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach's drivers must be driving on pothole-free roads.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: Maybe sangfroidis something the Taoiseach possesses but it was a humbling moment, both for him and for the people of Ireland-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: -----that they would walk away from supporting a fair resolution of the impasse with the UK on Brexit.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: Can I ask what the overtime was meant for?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US Vice President. [39682/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: Recently, I was incredibly surprised to meet a group of five gardaí on the main road of the Phoenix Park. I had forgotten about the Pence visit. It is unfair to the Garda effectively to take a significant number of millions of euro out of its budget and not provide a Supplementary Estimate for the cost of visits, such as those of US Vice President Pence and of President Trump. I also...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) last met; and when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services is scheduled to meet. [37566/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson and the issues discussed. [37564/19]