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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister said applications would be assessed. I wrote it down.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: I am confused because in the general publicity around the launch of the scheme the Minister made much of the fact that people in small towns and villages would be able to take commercially-designated premises and convert them to accommodation. She and others in Government, as well as Government backbenchers, mentioned the availability of first-time buyers' grants for people to do up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had discussions with the Trump Administration in the United States of America regarding President Trump's stated support for Brexit and other member states leaving the European Union. [2740/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 18. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the new US Administration concerning Brexit and a US and UK trade deal. [4577/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Has the Taoiseach had contact with President Trump since his announcement of the restrictions on immigration? This is the weekend of the anniversary and commemoration of the Holocaust. I think the Taoiseach knows that the implementation of the Holocaust began with people in Nazi Germany being required to carry papers and passports carrying the word "Jude" - Jew. I was chairperson of an EU...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: The lycra option.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: -----like the recognition of teaching qualifications in the South, the North and various parts of the UK. There are complex and simple issues that we need to know about.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: How did she respond to that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of his discussion with the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, regarding her 12-point plan for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. [2739/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: We understood from Prime Minister May yesterday and reports in the British media that the Brexit legislation is likely to come before the UK Houses of Parliament for voting in or around 7 March and that at that point she will be readying herself for the EU summit meeting of Heads of Government in Malta. The timelines are getting very much shorter. Thus far, the Taoiseach has been giving us...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and development takes full cognisance of the historic character and protects the character and heritage of villages. [4078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign in County Wicklow regarding securing the future of studios (details supplied) and the concerns of employees and the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry regarding the establishment of a music industry task force with wide representation and which would examine a range of issues including the impact of intellectual property and copyright legislation and enforcement in both the music and technology industries,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if media reports are accurate that her Department is seeking the extension of first-time buyer's grants to purchasers of second-hand homes in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4075/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department proposes in conjunction with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under point 76 of the action plan for rural development to conduct a revaluation of commercial properties in nine rural counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 18 January 2017, if the enrolment to an institution (details supplied) for September 2017 will be the determining factor in demonstrating viability for the establishment of a gaelcholáiste in north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4482/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Archival Material (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports in place for the development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony. [4095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the investment of €37.5 million, as outlined in point 50 of the action plan for rural development, to implement the social inclusion and community activation programme is in addition to the funds previously committed by the Department of Social Protection to the programme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way his Department proposes to review planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant commercial properties in cities, towns and villages, including vacant or under-utilised areas over ground floor premises, into residential units without having to go through the planning process, as outlined in point...