Results 40,061-40,080 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: In Dublin West 300 children cannot get a primary school place for next September.

Competition Authority Report. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: The Competition Authority took a long time, and presumably that was costly, in producing this report. Many of the people involved in preparing it seem to be American PhDs. I am not sure how much they know about the detail of Irish banking. Is the Minister concerned about the suggestion in the report of the letting go of procedures for notifying charges, limited and all as they are, in the...

Competition Authority Report. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: With due respect, is that not something we and the Committee on Finance and the Public Service know from our personal observations?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: On the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005, when discussing the Estimates in the Committee on Finance and the Public Service, the Minister of State announced last week that there would be a census on 26 April. Can the Taoiseach clarify whether the census will report within three months, as was suggested by the Minister of State in the committee last week?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Why are we going through this Bill if the Government has commissioned another census?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Will there be a need for another Bill?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: That is not what the Minister of State said in the committee.

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: There is a protest there at the moment.

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: We provided money to build it. The Government has failed.

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Has the Taoiseach been in the Mater Hospital lately?

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Patients must pay €65 for an evening call from a doctor in central and west Dublin.

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the main points of the proposals to combat educational disadvantage which she outlined to the INTO conference; when recruitment will commence for the new posts; when the new posts will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12999/05]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to publish the report, Literacy and Numeracy in Disadvantaged Schools; if the report found that in some schools up to 50% of pupils have literacy problems; the steps she intends to take to address the serious problems identified in the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12998/05]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected in PAYE in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12765/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the UK paper on the economic partnership agreements being negotiated by the European Commission with 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries; if, in accordance with the concern expressed by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Government will join with the UK and other like-minded Governments with a view...

Written Answers — Post Office Closures: Post Office Closures (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department's attention has been drawn to the serious inconvenience caused to social welfare recipients, particularly old age pensioners, using the services of the post office in Castleknock, which closed without warning in April 2005; when and the location at which alternative services will be provided. [12824/05]

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: The problem lies with the Chairman's leader.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: It is waffle.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Most of the——

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Joan Burton: Is there a war between the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Finance?