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- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: I imagine that the time given to it is absolutely ample. In some cases this week, there has been hardly anybody present-----
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: At times, there has been no more than one person from the Deputy’s party, while at other times nobody from the party.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: This Bill is very important for people involved with mental health issues.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: The Sinn Féin Deputies should not try to make a political football of it.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: The dates have been arranged to convenience the successful completion and publication of the report of the banking inquiry. There has been general agreement on all sides of the House about the selection of that date.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Notwithstanding the somewhat heated atmosphere in the past hour or two, I wish everybody a very happy and peaceful Christmas with their families, relatives and friends.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: I also wish people a happy and prosperous new year.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Many people will retire from the Dáil after the next general election, including Deputy Joe Higgins.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Next year will bring several changes for many people. It is appropriate that Members should have a rest and a bit of down time with their families. One of the things about being a woman Tánaiste and one of the limited number of women in this Chamber is that having more women in the House has led to a greater emphasis on family friendly policies and nothing could be as family friendly-----
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: -----for most people as Christmas. It is also a difficult time for people who have suffered bereavement or illness during the year. For Members and others throughout the country who have suffered bereavement or other loss, Christmas is a time for quite sad contemplation of the person or people who have gone. I wish everybody a happy Christmas and a very successful new year for those who...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: -----which addresses "Irishmen and Irishwomen" and wish not just the men but particularly the women of Ireland a very successful and happy new year.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Ireland is a neutral country. The Deputy may choose to interpret the role of the Irish Army, Irish peacekeepers and Irish gardaí in a different way but what our armed forces are used for-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Hold on, I did not interrupt Deputy Mick Wallace. What we do as a neutral country is take part in peacekeeping missions and conflict prevention missions around the world at the request of the United Nations, subject to the triple lock. To a degree, some of the language used by Deputy Mick Wallace is what would be called "dog whistle politics" in Australia. In other words, he is basically...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: In fairness to Deputy Mick Wallace-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: In fairness to him, I am just saying it is to be considered in the language used by him about Irish airports, people, troops and facilities. If he has any information that leads him to believe that Shannon has become a military airport, will he make that information available? I ask him to be careful. As an island nation, we are a neutral nation and we use the Army and our troops for...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Framework Agreement on-----
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: The Deputy should check out some of her own friends in England and what they got up to. Check them out.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the EU and its Member States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - back from committee; No. 16, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: We want to see more women in the Dáil precisely in order that we can avoid the kind of behaviour in which the Deputy opposite has just indulged.