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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new premises for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26280/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of Roslyn Park from the Rehab Group; if it is their intention to use it as a secondary and primary school or a stand alone primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26281/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of locations currently under investigation by his Department for the location of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26282/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: 1255. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in progressing the previous Government's plans for a 100-bed unit at Connolly hospital for older and infirm patients; if he is aware of the recent census data confirming the significant population growth of such patients and the dearth of nursing home beds on the northside of Dublin and of home care packages; the capital...
- Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: The Minister has been able to read the report which none of us has been able to do. Does the Commission decision address the issue of tax competence which is reserved to member states in the treaties? If so, does the report suggest that this can be avoided or negated by competition or state aid rules? Has Ireland become a pawn in a war between the USA and the Commission? As a small...
- Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Is the Minister saying that the Commission denies that states have sovereign competence on tax issues?
- Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Have the Revenue Commissioners given rulings such as the two rulings they gave to Apple in the past to other companies? If so, will the Minister publish when these were given and the numbers?
- Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Does the Commission report say "opinions" or "rulings"?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. The ESRI has spoken at length on a number of occasions about the need for capital investment. The committee is trying to reach perspectives in terms of the budget. The Irish rate of capital investment is low. Do the witnesses have a calculation of where we should move to in percentage and gross terms? Do we need to play catch-up with several...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Professor Barrett does not have to answer it now but he could send us a few notes. We have to make net recommendations and, subject to what everybody else thinks, that will fall into capital investment, current spending, and taxation.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: That will be my second question.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: In respect of the witnesses' commentary on the tax bands and the allowances, I think the point at which one enters the top rate of tax in the revised figures is approximately €35,500. It has gone up slightly. That is essentially an alternative tax measure. It is quite valuable to discuss that versus other options. Would the witnesses like to outline or subsequently send us the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Does Dr. McQuinn have a target in his head for the rate of capital investment?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Should it increase to 5%, for example?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Where are the missing or vacant houses or apartments?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Will Professor Barrett repeat that, please?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: The upper Shannon basin accounts for only 60,000 of the hundreds of thousands of vacant properties identified in the Central Statistics Office figures.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: That is not what the Central Statistics Office figures indicate.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Professor Barrett is not proposing to put them out of their homes, is he?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)
Joan Burton: Is Professor Barrett saying that this is an urban myth in areas with high employment?