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Order of Business (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: It is critical in terms of how we live our lives in this country that there should be a Minister for the environment. Can the Tánaiste tell us who is the Minister for the environment? Could the word "environment" be reinstated in the title of the Department? Would that require legislation? It is absolutely important that we are clear on this. It is very good to have a Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I want to be helpful to the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality because I want to help the public. We all are clear that we want an efficient, professional modernised police force that can apprehend criminals who are doing a great deal of damage in this State. Part of this investigation was about serious matters that happened regarding crimes committed and which were part of...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: We have seen today, for instance, that the word "malice" was not, in fact, used by the Garda authorities. The suggestion in what is in the media today is that the word may have been used by the judge himself as part of some discussion or adversarial process in the questioning.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: What I want to ask the Tánaiste is, will she explain, and has she spoken to the Commissioner about, the legal strategy-stratagems that were undertaken, and will she share that or give us an indication of that in this House because the end objective is shared by everybody? We want to reform the Garda.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Can the Tánaiste answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Those of us with a long enough memory of previous occasions in this House will recall an occasion when someone who is sitting where the Tánaiste is sitting now was found to have had a sheet of paper in his hand when he was under some pressure while answering questions. It was found to have read, "If pursued on this matter, keep repeating exactly the above".

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

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Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: We know Deputy Adams never confesses to anything.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: He has an aversion to ever talking with, let us say, total honesty about all sorts of things in his life.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I welcome the fact that the Tánaiste acknowledges that the independent policing authority can examine the matter. She seemed to be uncertain about that when questions arose previously. The independent policing authority has both a right and a duty to examine the matter, and I am glad that the Tánaiste acknowledges that should happen because it is appropriate. What we want to...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Is the Tánaiste prepared to give us that information and explain what happened regarding the legal strategy being pursued on behalf of the Commissioner that is not subject to privilege? It is now in the public domain through the media. Can she explain that to us and explain what her reaction has been to that, whether she has taken that up with the Commissioner and whether she has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issues that have come to light arising from publication of the Panama Papers, in particular the use by certain parties of tax havens as a means of avoiding paying tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10831/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held any discussions with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr David Cameron on its possible exit from the European Union; the effect this would have on the Irish economy, the United Kingdom economy and relations between the two jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10918/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Publication (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Central Statistics Office will publish the initial findings and the entire findings of Census 2016. [10919/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Functions (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the costings of proposals submitted to his Department by independent Teachtaí Dála and groups during the discussions on the formation of Government. [10917/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Commission Establishment (18 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in establishing the electoral commission and when he will publish the relevant legislation. [10920/16]

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Let us be honest about it - it is not satisfactory. There is no reason reforms of adoption law should be introduced that do not include the right to information and to trace. The Bill arises from the passage of the children's rights referendum in 2012. However, there was the issue of the right to information and to trace long before the referendum was passed, but it now seems to be the...

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Joan Burton: We would like to share time. I wish the Minister well in her new responsibilities. I know she is somebody who has expressed views and has been involved in work in the area concerned with children and children's development. I wish her well. I am deeply disappointed that another adoption Bill fails to address the right of adopted people to trace their origins. This is a major failure in...

Order of Business (17 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Is the Tánaiste aware that, from September onwards, every employer is supposed to offer new fathers two weeks' paternity leave following the birth of a child and that the time to make legislative provision for this welcome and progressive measure is fast running out? When will the family leave Bill 2015 be brought before the House? As the Tánaiste is probably aware, the proposed...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I congratulate the new Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality and wish her well in her job. It has been almost one year since the iconic Clerys store on our national main street was unceremoniously shut down and its hard working and loyal staff and many small businesses that operated therein were thrown out onto the streets. In one of the worst examples of corporate greed in...