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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Minister, Deputy Doherty, whether or not she and other members of the Government approve of a new co-living space in the Dún Laoghaire area which is advertised at €1,200 to €1,500 per month and is called The Orphanage. The marketing blurb calls on people to make it their "adopted home". This Government is presiding over 3,750 children in homelessness....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: The suggestion that luxury housing should be called The Orphanage at a time when nearly 4,000 children are homeless-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: Can we have a detailed, published set of commitments in regard to capital spending for the rest of this year, next year and the year after? That is not a big ask. We are asking to see the capital plan in detail for the forthcoming period. Ironically, we are in a position, as a country, where, technically, we have a capital plan for 2040 but we do not have published capital commitments for...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it will next meet. [25593/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met; and when it will next meet. [26568/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: One of the many problems of the health service in Ireland - I do not know whether the Cabinet committee or the Cabinet has had an opportunity to discuss this - is the dysfunctional recruitment of doctors within it. We now have one of the lowest numbers of doctors per head of population in the EU. At the same time, we are increasingly relying on the recruitment of doctors trained outside of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households exempted from property tax by county in tabular form; when he expects the households exempted to become liable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28447/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount he expects to be raised by the various EII schemes in 2019 and 2020; the expected tax cost; the likely additional jobs that will be created, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to Part 16 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, on whether the EII scheme offers reasonable value for money despite the poor take-up in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28286/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if a rigorous value-for-money analysis was prepared in advance of the changes in relation to Part 16 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, introduced in respect of EII schemes with effect from 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28287/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the further changes that may be required to make the scheme in relation to Part 16 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, more effective at raising share capital, rather than debt, for investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28288/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number by the Revenue Commissioners of additional jobs created by the EII scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from an annual charge of €250 per parking space on all car parking spaces provided for Civil Service and publicly funded positions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28291/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has carried out an audit in relation to the number of public buildings that may require retrofitting; if so, the expected cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies have a minimum level of paid-up share capital and reserves which reflects the size of their balance sheet and annual turnover to ensure that if a company ceases to trade, the Exchequer and trade creditors are not left unpaid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 364. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to set the minimum level of paid-up share capital and reserves required by a limited company as a proportion of the annual turnover of the company as a way of preventing companies from ceasing to trade and leaving unpaid taxes and trade creditors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has carried out an audit of the number of public buildings that may require retrofitting; the expected cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28293/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cycling Facilities Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of bicycle spaces available to Civil Service staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28294/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: I am glad that the country is proceeding, albeit slowly, in signing up to the BEPS process to an ever greater extent. It has long been known that the Netherlands tax regime in areas such as copyright earnings from music, etc., is far more favourable to taxpayers such as music groups which might have very significant earnings from royalties. It has been well known for many years that U2...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: The Minister did not answer my question. I asked the Minister about the amount of information that had become available in recent years through a variety of sources indicating there are people in Ireland avoiding paying their fair share of tax either through personal or company structures. There is a very detailed article in today's The Irish Timesby Mr. Colm Keena, a very reputable...