Results 39,041-39,060 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in regard to his statement to Dáil Éireann on 25 January 2006 in which he revealed that €56 million that had been designated as capital spending for the Health Service Executive during 2005 had apparently been used on day-to-day current spending, he has received an explanation from the Health Service Executive or the Department of Health and...

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister regard as satisfactory the fact that the HSE and the Department of Health and Children should have been party to such a major error in the accounting system, the failure to distinguish properly between capital and revenue expenditure? I am grateful for his explanation to the House. Does he regard it as acceptable that his explanation is entirely different to that which...

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: This is a severe embarrassment for the Minister. It is the first time the Minister for Finance has had to apologise to the House——

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: I have a question. The Ceann Comhairle allowed the Minister speak at great length so I presume I will be allowed put a word in also.

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister was forced to apologise to the House——

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister did not answer the question I asked him, whether the assistant secretary of the Department of Finance, as reported, was forced to advise the Department of Health and Children and the HSE on the use of outside accountants. If this were to happen in a private company quoted on the Stock Exchange——

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: ——somebody would have to take responsibility and resign. Nobody in this Government takes responsibility. We have PPARS and trolleys and a national health emergency.

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: I asked a question the Minister has not answered.

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister came in to apologise.

Departmental Expenditure. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: It was a humiliation.

Fiscal Policy. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate for inflation used in his budget 2006 speech; if he intends to review this figure in view of the most recent figures from the Central Statistics Office showing that inflation had increased to 3.3%; his views on the recent increase in the consumer price index; if his Department has done an assessment of the likely implications for the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (30 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the serious situation facing hundreds of families in Dublin 15 whose junior infant children have been refused a primary school place for next September and the need for the Minister for Education and Science to take urgent steps to ensure that places are available for all children...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself with the preparations in place for the protection of the country from avian flu; the position regarding recent international developments in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12235/06]

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement in relation to the project steering committee, chaired by the Office of Public Works, in respect of the Liffey Valley and the proposals regarding a Liffey Valley national park; the people who are the members of the project steering committee and in what capacity; when it was established; how frequently it has met; its...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains concerned, as stated by him on Committee Stage of the Finance Bill 2006, at reports of developers entering into arrangements for development and building on land by means of licensing arrangements with a view to avoiding, delaying or mitigating stamp duty; if the Revenue Commissioners have carried out a review of such practices; the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a recent court case concerning companies (details supplied) in which evidence was given of arrangements in respect of the National Aquatic Centre which disclosed leasing or sub-leasing arrangements resulting in the creation of valuable tax allowances for a person; the estimated cost of such allowances; the way in...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to a recent court case concerning companies (details supplied) in which evidence was given of arrangements in respect of the National Aquatic Centre which disclosed leasing or sub-leasing arrangements resulting in the creation of valuable tax allowances for a person; the estimated cost of such...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to grant equality of conditions to primary school secretaries and caretakers who are currently being paid from school ancillary grants, with their colleagues, who are paid directly from her Department under the 1979 agreement. [12561/06]

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Mr. Haughey's negotiations.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: There is overcrowding in the hospitals.