Results 721-740 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Joan Burton: The Minister indicated that he would accept other questions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Joan Burton: Can the Minister give us an indication of that finish date?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Joan Burton: This is an important point.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Joan Burton: This is the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. We listened to the representatives from the IFAC earlier.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Joan Burton: There are few people more important in the Irish system than the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Joan Burton: From the contributions, particularly the last contribution, there is a great deal of conflict on the part of a number of people in the industry. The role of the Dáil is to ensure film-making thrives in Ireland and in an environment where people's rights are protected. The previous speaker evidenced conflict, which would pretty much indicate a breakdown. It is welcome that the Deputy...
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I welcome the fact that we are having these statements. In respect of the proposals and ongoing programme that the Minister mentioned in her speech, we strongly support them. We would like to see more. It is good that we are finally having a conversation about biodiversity. The statement from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services that nature...
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I apologise for arriving slightly late. I have just come from the Phoenix Park special school where the pupils, teachers and staff have been involved in creating a very special garden, a sensory garden, which will allow the pupils to be in an outdoor classroom when the weather permits, and to be surrounded not just by the trees of the Phoenix Park but also appropriate planting of herbs and...
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: It is absolutely valuable.
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I am sure that what I am saying----
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: ----is not comfortable hearing for Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, but I am talking about people who want to see our natural assets in terms of the countryside, as well as farming being managed-----
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: -----in co-operation with-----
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: Deputy Danny Healy-Rae should stop pointing his finger at me. How dare he?
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: The Deputy should stop pointing his finger.
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I said very clearly that I want a structure to be put in place. I want the Minister and the Government who are responsible for the policy to recognise the role of farmers in the preservation of biodiversity. There are very few farmers that I know of – perhaps some of them are here – who do not love the land and love everything that comes with it, but we must acknowledge that...
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I say to the Minister that she needs to reconsider this. On the Government's recent proposal on the Phoenix Park, which is where I started, because as a child I largely grew up in the park, it is probably bigger than most farms in Ireland. I lived in an area that had no gardens but it was right beside the Phoenix Park and that was our natural playground. The Government commissioned a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (28 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I speak on behalf of the children, parents and staff of the school. Can the Minister of State commit on the floor of the Dáil to the statement in his script to the effect that, provided that no issues arise, it is envisaged that the permanent accommodation will be completed in September 2020? Will he commit further that if there is any slippage in relation to that date, the Department...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (28 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I am raising the issue, with Deputy Jack Chambers, of what has been happening, or rather not happening, in respect of Pelletstown Educate Together national school. The parents, children and staff are undergoing trials and tribulations because the Government has failed, in its third year in office, to build the permanent school. There was a threat that the school would be moved to different...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Joan Burton: I apologise as I had a Topical Issue and have just come back, although I was here earlier. I am very concerned about the aura that now surrounds this project and the fact there was extensive wining and dining of Ministers who are members of Government, and who may or may not have discussed the project at a number of dining opportunities. It is extraordinary in the history of public...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Joan Burton: May I ask a further very brief question?