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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 76. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit last met; and the status of its work. [34892/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: In view of the fact that Ireland and its people face a series of existential crises relating to Brexit and, potentially, in respect of the changes coming into effect in the United States, does the Taoiseach consider that some form of national distributional accord is desirable? Should efforts be made to engage various social partners, employers, trade unionists, farmers, community and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service last met; and the status of its work. [34889/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: This is about equality of time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Does the Government intend during its lifetime, however brief or long that may be, to hold any referenda? There is a great sense that this, like a lot of other stuff, has been long-fingered. There will not be another consultative process in respect of the various decisions of the Constitutional Convention. We should salute its members. They completed their work but it is clear that their...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Did the Department, Minister or the Revenue Commissioners take specific advice from the OECD, given that the previous Government worked quite closely with the OECD on these particular changes? Did the OECD have any opinion, or not, as to how effective the changes might be? If it did give an opinion, will the Minister of State make it available? I know this may have been at official rather...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Yes, in respect of which the Minister of State read out a fairly lengthy technical note.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Yes. The Minister of State made specific reference to rental income. Perhaps he would make a copy of that note available.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I did not hear the name of the person the Minister of State was referencing.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Perhaps the Minister of State would respond to the questions I have asked, following which I would like to raise a couple of other issues with him.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The amount seems very small in the context of the figures we have been talking about. Given that these are Irish assets, the value of which as the Minister of State will be aware, with the recovery, have begun to rise, that particular figure seems very small.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: On the €50 million, in the context of the range of estimates, high and low, was that on the low end at around 10% or was it on the high end?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: On that point, I assume we are speaking about entities that are funds or is the Minister of State saying that he and, perhaps, Revenue, associate particular figures very strongly with them?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: On the representations, I presume we can access them via freedom of information, FOI, requests. It would be helpful to the committee if we were to have the representations and the purpose of them. We are talking in technicalities about the potential effectiveness and fairness of the arrangements which have been made. Based on what the Minister of State is saying, there was negotiation, in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I wish to make two final brief points. Given the difficulties experienced, as previously outlined by the Minister of State, why was the decision made to include charities and credit unions as exempt entities?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I know that. In terms of a strategy around-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Last year, we had the notorious case of Clerys in Dublin, whereby a property was flipped rapidly from the then owners, at significant profit, to the new owners. There were strong suggestions some of these mechanisms might have been used and various State organisations have been looking at the matter. Did the Revenue Commissioners look at it? It was a very valuable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had discussions in respect of vacancies and backlogs in the Court of Appeal in the context of the programme for Government; and if the Government has plans to address delays in the administration of justice here, particularly in the Court of Appeal. [33528/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the decision to deport a person (details supplied); the reason the decision to deport was made considering that the person's spouse and children are resident here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34672/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress by his Department in conjunction with the County Donegal ETB in the design and tender process for the new buildings for a school (details supplied) that is to commence construction in 2017; if there is a delay in his Department sanctioning the ETB hiring a design team; if so, the reason for such a delay; and if he will make a...