Results 40,441-40,460 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: No, I am talking about the time——

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: Not according to the Governor of the Central Bank.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 128(1) of Standing Orders Relative to Public Business, directs that the remaining sections of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003, and all amendments thereto, be recommitted to a committee of the whole House. In recent days we have heard an extraordinary number of additional revelations regarding what...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: He will ram it through.

Prisons Building Programme. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision on the expressions of interest in the construction of a new prison in a greenfield site close to Dublin to replace Mountjoy Prison, which he told Dáil Éireann he expected to make by the end of March 2004; when he will announce a decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (25 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the agreement that gives Ireland authorised destination status with the Chinese Government; when this agreement comes into effect; the number of tourists from China to Ireland he expects will materialise from this agreement; if this agreement represents a shift in the areas to which Ireland is being marketed as a...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey of more than 400 primary and secondary schools that shows that waiting time for psychological assessments is well over six months; his views on whether this is an unacceptably lengthy waiting time; his plans to address shortening waiting times for children in need of psychological...

Written Answers — Student Councils: Student Councils (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons behind the establishment of a working group to promote student councils in post-primary schools; the powers and remit of the proposed student councils; when he expects the working group to publish a report on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/04]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if part-time public sector employees who have been paying PRSI Class A contributions while their full time colleagues have been paying PRSI Class D contributions have been or will be required to pay Class D contributions as a result of changes brought about by the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001. [14488/04]

Order of Business. (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: He is rowing.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Minister of State who spoke on this matter on 9 October 2003. If the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, and his Ministers of State, Deputies Lenihan and Callely, were subject to penalty points on this debacle they would be long off the road and their ministerial cars would have been taken from them. Equally if they were contestants in this weekend's Eurovision Song...

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: In Third World conditions.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Some €105 million has been spent to date.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: I was out there yesterday and——

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: I mentioned that earlier.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: One year later.

Written Answers — National Competitiveness Council: National Competitiveness Council (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the monitoring process established to consider and track progress in implementing the recommendations of the National Competitiveness Council's annual report for 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13832/04]

Written Answers — Services Sector: Services Sector (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she intends to take in regard to her comments at the recent conference in Dublin Castle, Promoting Competition for the Benefit of Consumers, that there are too many barriers to entry to the professions and that such impediments are costing the consumer; and if she will make a statement on the...

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: In the context of public concerns about overcharging by AIB and the proposed investigation and supervision by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, IFSRA, the Tánaiste will be aware that——

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: ——the proposed sanctions the IFSRA may impose are contained in the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill which is still before the House. However, no Order for Report Stage has yet been made in respect of that legislation. The IFSRA is a toothless watchdog because it has no powers of sanction.