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Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all vacancies that existed on 26 February 2016 and all positions that have arisen since, including the date each vacancy arose, for State boards or governing bodies under his control; the names of those appointed since the Government was formed; if each position was advertised and a short-list was provided to him by the Public Appointments...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: I am concerned about what the Government is doing regarding appointments. I wish to draw to the Taoiseach's attention the appointments to the board of Ervia announced by his Government on 6 July 2016. The four members appointed are the chairman, Mr. Keohane, whom I understand is Irish, a Mr. Banks, whom I understand is from Scottish Water, a Mr. Barry, whom I understand is Irish, and a Mr....

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Has the Department of the Taoiseach or any other part of the Government recalculated revised estimates of the economic impact of the greater devaluation of sterling in terms of the budget and of planning in regard to the capital programme, given all of these will be greatly impacted? As I go around talking to people, I speak to many in the retail trade who have complex import-export...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach is a person of his word. He and I reached an amicable agreement many months ago that 4,000 refugees in families and with children would be accepted by Ireland and that this was an appropriate gesture taken by Ireland, given the calamity in regard to Syria and other migrant crises.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach may have seen the article by Sr. Stan-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: I am looking for the same time as the other speakers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach may have seen the article by Sr. Stan in The Irish Timesthis morning, full of goodwill for a Government action of which at the moment we are seeing almost nothing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Where are the Taoiseach's officials? I know Tusla is supposed to have gone to Greece to find the child refugees who are definitely there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Honestly, can the Taoiseach really stand so idly by? He reached an honourable agreement with me on numbers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach give the name and rank of the official?

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he had discussions at the recent European Council meeting with his fellow Heads of Government regarding the implications of Brexit for Ireland, both North and South. [31981/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he had discussions with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, at the recent European Council meeting regarding Brexit; and his views on whether this would result in a hard Border with Northern Ireland. [31982/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if, during the recent European Council meeting, the opportunity arose to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Syria; and if a further opportunity arose to determine if any progress has been made in the resettlement of Syrian refugees in EU member states. [31983/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is likely that Dáil Éireann will vote on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability. [31621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to first time buyers who have saved house deposits in excess of 20% of the total value of the home they wish to purchase and are now unable to avail of the help to buy scheme as announced in Budget 2017; if his Department has investigated first time buyers in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the geographic areas in Dublin west for the purposes of school planning; and if he will provide a map illustrating the boundaries of the planning areas in Dublin west. [31458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the purchase of Roslyn Park rehabilitation centre for a new school (details supplied); the likely date the school will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly purchased site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 is of sufficient size for the co-location of a future second level school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been recruited in the Tipperary Education and Training Board since its establishment; the number assigned to the ETB head office in Nenagh; the number allocated to other locations in the county and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31774/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department has undertaken on this matter since the consultation with the four Dublin local authorities in 2013. [31729/16]