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Written Answers — Department of Finance: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions the he has had with his European ministerial counterparts regarding Brexit and the impact of this on the economies of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the wider EU economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27322/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his European ministerial counterparts regarding the European Commission's adverse ruling against Ireland regarding the taxation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27323/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with Commissioner Vestager regarding the European Commission's adverse ruling against Ireland regarding the taxation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to and if he recognises the significant barrier the €600 fee being charged for a PLC course (details supplied) and that these third level students are unable to apply for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26619/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who has not attained a level 8 degree heretofore would be eligible for the free fees initiative for a level 8 degree programme if they go to university after the completion of a Springboard programme, up to and including Level 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27326/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school building redevelopments that were previously due to commence in 2016 as part of the capital programme and have now been postponed, will necessitate school boards of management having to re-engage their design teams to update previously agreed tender documents to bring them into line with changes to public works contracts that were...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: I also welcome the Minister. Does he accept that Ireland has one of the lowest ratios of public expenditure to GDP among the 28 member states of the European Union? In that context and to take up the Minister's previous comments, during the lifetime of the previous Government the story on capital expenditure certainly was that much of it was dictated by demographics and population growth....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: Can I just-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: I missed that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: It is kind of hard to do that when there is no headquarters for the units of cars-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: My other question pertains to correspondence I received today. I was asked to raise this specifically with the Minister, but it is an issue for everybody involved in politics.As a new mother who is returning to work in the next six weeks I am looking at the cost of €1,000 a month to pay for child care for my baby. Add this to my mortgage on a property I bought ten years ago which is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: The Minister probably shares my concern on the following issue as I know he is very familiar with it. We are facing into another round of bus strikes at the end of this week.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: It is to do with the Minister's role on public expenditure and reform. The Ministers, Deputy Donohoe and Deputy Varadkar, and Deputy Kelly, when they were Ministers in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, worked night and day to ensure that, where there were issues, those issues were resolved.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: Yes, absolutely. What I want to know in regard to the budget is what proposals there are to ensure that the hardship which is being suffered at the moment in Dublin, particularly on the northside, by those such as pensioners and others who have hospital appointments, and also the traders in Dublin city, who every day coming up to Christmas lose a day's trade-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: It is devastating for them. As I said, the Ministers, Deputy Donohoe and Deputy Varadkar, and Deputy Kelly ensured matters did not go down the strike route. We now have a different Minister with a different ethic and ethos. The bus drivers give us great service in Dublin and I want to see them permanently back at work. The Minister spoke about public service reform. Has the Minister...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: What about the traders in Dublin city?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: Will we have an opportunity to have a discussion about all the different data and representations that have been made to us in order that we can start to decide on the options?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: When should the amendments be in?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: I have only a couple of points. The Minister said there was no real roadmap in relation to the risk the country faces. He also stated he wanted to have a low-risk budget. It is extraordinary that all the representatives of the various interest groups that appeared before the committee, including trade unions and employers, focused on the current very low levels of capital expenditure which...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: I did not suggest it would start this year. My understanding from the Minister's statements-----