Results 38,141-38,160 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if an environmental assessment of the National Development Plan was carried out; if there was a public consultation conducted as part of this environmental assessment; if a report has been prepared on the environmental effects of the plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is a requirement under European Community Law...
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected tax revenues for the period of the National Development Plan 2007, indicating where the revenue required each year for the Plan will be sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3863/07]
- Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent since 26 January 2004 on the site at Thornton Hall including expenditure on surveys, tree planting, archaeology and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4414/07]
- Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of contracts for work that have been signed for work to be done at the Thornton site; the number of these projects that have not been completed; the cost of the contracts that have not been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4415/07]
- Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaà allocated to the Dublin west district; the breakdown by rank and area of activity; the number of community gardaà and the areas to which they are assigned; the number in each area; the equivalent numbers for May 2005; his proposals to appoint additional gardaà to the area in view of...
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to deal with the number of unsolved murders, gangland killings and other serious crimes committed in recent years in the Dublin 15 area which remain unsolved; his views on whether confidence in the criminal justice system is eroded by failure to apprehend people who commit serious criminal...
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures for serious crimes such as homicide broken down by category, fraud, burglary and sexual offences for the Dublin west district; the same figures for the Dublin 15 area; the percentage of cases for all these categories in both the Dublin west district and in the Dublin 15 area for which proceedings...
- Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength in each of the Garda divisions, with a breakdown of the numbers in each division by area and by full-time and part-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4419/07]
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance if a planning application has been submitted to convert the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform building on Main Street, Blanchardstown, for use as a driving test centre; the expected timeline for the renovation of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4241/07]
- Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is proposed that the first rail services to the Docklands station will commence; the arrangements being made to provide for link services to Connolly Station, Dublin city centre, and the south business district; if his attention has been drawn to the long distances between the new station and Connolly, the Luas link and crossing by foot...
- Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to provide Iarnród Ãireann with double decker trains as are available in many European countries, particularly with a view to increasing service capacity on the Clonsilla railway line where the trains are crowded and the service is inadequate for the size of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4421/07]
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided for bus corridors in 2006, particularly for those serving Dublin 15 and the Blanchardstown area; the information available to his Department on the way in which this is spent; the amount and percentage of such funding drawn down in each of the past five years; the information available to his Department on the...
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: On behalf of the Labour Party, I have proposed the creation of a taxpayers' advocate. Notwithstanding the improvements which the Opposition has forced on the Revenue Commissioners in recent years to be more accountable to hard-working taxpayers, progress has been slow. It is a well established fact that every year some â¬200 million in tax refunds and rebates go uncollected by people in...
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Hard-working taxpayers earning â¬34,000 pay tax on overtime at 41%. Very often, they get no tax refunds on medical expenses. A taxpayers' advocate is required who would put pressure on the Revenue Commissioners to give small taxpayers, who are not earning vast sums, their fair share. How many people get their refunds for bin charges? The estimate by the Institute of Taxation is up to 50%.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Will the Minister give us his estimate? If 50% of people do not get their tax refund on bin charges, the Minister should give us his figures and tell us how good is the system.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: It is not good enough.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: I represent taxpayers.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: I do not represent millionaires, but the Minister does.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: The Minister should read the Moriarty report to see what the commissioner did for Mr. Haughey.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Does the Minister realise there are families with two children in my constituency who are living in one-bedroom so-called affordable apartments? They cannot trade up because they do not have enough income, even though they are working in high-tech companies. For a single income family, the penalty in extra tax is almost â¬5,000 per year on their after-tax income. They would be better off...