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Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: It was only a notice.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister give way to a point of order?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: The Minister should seek advice from his nanny.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: The payment of taxes is not addressed.

Probation and Welfare Service. (30 Mar 2004)

Joan Burton: One could imagine what a local school could do with that money.

Probation and Welfare Service. (30 Mar 2004)

Joan Burton: Children are being taught in prefabricated accommodation, not permanent buildings.

Written Answers — Education Issues: Education Issues (30 Mar 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the address to the recent Irish Primary Principals Network by a UCD professor, that education is increasingly being treated as a business rather than a public service here; the need for a full public debate on whether market-driven education further disadvantages the disadvantaged; and if he will...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (30 Mar 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on recent reports that a growing number of primary schools cannot get applicants for teaching principalships when they are advertised; and that the ratio of applications for principalships has fallen dramatically in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9773/04]

Probation and Welfare Service. (30 Mar 2004)

Joan Burton: Almost two years ago, the OPW purchased for €1.5 million the old Allied Irish Banks premises on Main Street, Blanchardstown, with the intention of using the building for a probation and welfare service offices for Dublin 15. This move was undertaken without any consultation with local people or local politicians and public representatives. It is not known what type of consultation or...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Has it introduced legislation to allow the three judges on the tribunal to sit separately?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Where is it?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State should look behind him. We know who the experts are.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister of State answer my question about his senior Minister instructing the Fingal County manager to seek to recover the moneys lost to the council?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: I meant the managers.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Will it go after the developers?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: I call on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to instruct the three county managers of Fingal, South County Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, the successor councils to the former Dublin County Council, to pursue the repayment to each council of all moneys lost to them by the corrupt activities of George Redmond, as set out in the Flood-Mahon tribunal report No. 3...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Its members never even came in to the Chamber to speak.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: The watchdog is out to lunch.

Written Answers — Offshore Accounts: Offshore Accounts (17 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by the offshore assets group of the Revenue Commissioners in its investigations into the use, for the purposes of tax evasion, of offshore bank accounts and trusts by Irish residents; the total amount of such funds identified to date; the total amount of tax collected in respect of these accounts; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of small self-administered pension schemes in the years 1997 to date; the number of participants; the estimated cost in tax foregone of such schemes from 1997 to date; the highest amount of relief availed of; and the average amount. [4816/04]