Results 39,901-39,920 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: I support Deputy Bruton's amendment. It would be useful in view of all that has happened in recent times, if the Minister of State could outline the exact position on civil servants employed for fixed terms or specified projects as outlined in the Bill. There are a couple of specific examples I want to draw to the Minister of State's attention. The Taoiseach's project to develop Abbotstown is...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: The Government appointed civil servants to a company in which the share capital is held by the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. While I presume the civil servants are on secondment, I cannot know as freedom of information has been abolished.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Civil servants on secondment made decisions to give a contract with an accumulated value of â¬62 million to a company with assets of â¬127.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: I am a Member of the Opposition and it is completely legitimate for me to put the question to the Minister of State who makes provision in sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Bill to appoint civil servants for fixed terms or special projects. We are absolutely entitled to ask the Minister of State to explain how this would operate. It is a legitimate question for the Opposition in Parliament to ask...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: These are legitimate questions. What are the implications of the Bill for the structure adopted by the Government in regard to the oversight of the National Aquatic Centre? A judge stated last week that what had happened in that regard was unbelievable. The Progressive Democrats Party is never off its high horse about looking after the proper spending of Government money yet a judge has...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: I have asked about this issue at least 11 times in the House.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: The amendment put forward by Deputy Bruton rightly seeks to throw light on this extremely murky area of activity by the Government. I urge the Minister of State to make a statement as to how the events which have been unfolding continuously since last January in regard to a number of such projects relate to this Bill and the proposals put forward by Deputy Bruton. It is a completely...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: I think he was upset before.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: The Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, must have been even more under the weather than the Minister.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: We thought it was an Alan Clarke moment.
- Overseas Development Aid. (2 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will elaborate on the public statement he issued on 11 March 2005 in response to comments made by Mr. Bob Geldof on the Development Aid report; the provision he has made for the allocation of moneys in forthcoming years to allow Ireland to meet its commitments in regard to overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way in which this compares with the Government target of 10,300; if the plan to...
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to deal with the shocking waste of taxpayers' money coming from the over-spends, under-estimates and aborted projects highlighted in the recent "Prime Time Investigates" programme, transmitted on 9 May 2005; the steps he intends to take to ensure value for money in public expenditure on capital projects; if he intends...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a Revenue Commissioners document (details supplied) which states that some persons who claimed to be non-resident for tax purposes were in reality living here; his views on this claim; the procedures in place to monitor whether those who claim to be non-resident for tax purposes are actually resident out of the...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Has the Minister had an opportunity to view the RTE "Prime Time" investigation programme in which the report on non-residence was raised? The comment was quoted from the report about non-residents who are non-resident for tax purposes but yet in reality appear to live here. I am aware the Minister was appearing on "Questions & Answers" that night but has he had an opportunity since then to...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Will the Minister confirm whether, under the Cinderella rule, it is possible to leave the State at one minute to midnight and return to the State at perhaps 1.10 a.m., an hour and ten minutes later, and satisfy the rules on exit from the State? Compliant taxpayers are greatly concerned that a single person earning â¬30,000 will pay some of their tax at 42% while, as the Revenue Commissioners...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Almost none of them have Irish sourced income, and the Minister knows that. He is protecting his rich friends again.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Can the Minister clarify the Cinderella rule?
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Be Prince Charming and clarify it for us.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Joan Burton: Did the Minister watch the "Prime Time Investigates" programme?