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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his Department’s work in seeking to increase the capitation grant per pupil in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31562/17]

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: It is true to say that the Exchequer returns of yesterday were heavily flattered by the AIB receipt and the €3 billion referred to. There is essentially a political problem in the sense that expectations are building up with such flattering net figures. People want to see schools being built and hospitals being built and refurbished. Many old machines in hospitals have now run their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax losses built up in respect of financial banking and construction firms arising from the crash; if profitable companies such as a bank (details supplied) will enjoy tax write-offs for years to come; his plans for a minimum effective corporation tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31463/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the study he has ordered to amalgamate PRSI and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent discussions with the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg to strengthen the bank’s role here in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31461/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Democratic Unionist Party’s stance on adjusting VAT rates in Northern Ireland post-Brexit; the implications of the DUP-Conservative Party confidence and supply agreement at Westminster and the possibility of the UK introducing localised VAT rates in Northern Ireland; the impact of this on the retail and services...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his predecessor met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its report highlighting the effective tax rate paid by 16 of the top 20 European banks here, as committed to in Dáil Éireann by his predecessor on 4 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, I am taking a question for Deputy Howlin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Is the Acting Chairman taking Question No. 11 separately?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Acting Chairman has allowed other Members to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Acting Chairman has allowed other Members to take other Cabinet matters on board.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: He said he is included.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Taoiseach's commitment to hold a referendum in 2018. Given the timeline of the Oireachtas committee, which has a number of months in which to do its work, whatever further deliberations the Taoiseach may decide are required in terms of these Houses and the actual preparation of the referendum, it would be highly desirable if the Taoiseach could commit to holding the referendum...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda he is considering as a priority in the coming period. [29967/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 67. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; and the anticipated cost. [31280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a charity's (details supplied) 2018 pre-budget submission proposal to link tax incentives for landlords to conditionality such as greater as security of tenure, longer tenancy agreements and higher quality of accommodation; if he has investigated same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exports Growth (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the report published by an organisation (details supplied); if his officials have examined the report; his policy proposals to address the issues identified in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by certain mortgage providers (details supplied) to only seek exemption from Central Bank mortgage lending guidelines for prospective buyers seeking an exemption of more than €40,000 greater than the standard loan-to-value or income ratio; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this...