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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I know this is a very sensitive issue. May I proceed?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I have been very shocked to read the recent reports about concentrations of lead in water pipes, particularly on the north side of Dublin city, in Cabra, Drumcondra and Phibsborough. There are similar reports in five or six other locations right around the country. The information was published in response to a freedom of information request. Many very worried people have made contact with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: -----in lead pipes rather than removing them. Will the Minister clarify what is going on here?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: On that point, I believe the then Minister for Health gave details of his decision to RTÉ.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent report by a company (details supplied) into the significant overruns at the national children’s hospital; the estimated cost of this report; his plans to avoid the underestimating of project costs in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18017/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Sadly, the PwC report on the national children's hospital must be one of the most damning indictments of the performance of any Department - in this case, the Department of Health - and indeed of the Government as a whole. The cost overrun on this project has to be one of the biggest cost overruns on a project of this nature in the entire EU. What is the Minister planning to do to avoid...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: As the Minister has brought up the future, I would like to mention something that is not referred to in the report or in his reply. All of the experts have said that a maternity hospital - this is likely to be the Coombe, which needs to be replaced - needs to be co-located with the new children's hospital. He avoided any mention of that when he spoke about the wonderful hospital of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I did not agree with that decision, as the Minister is perfectly aware.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Perhaps the Minister should take a drive past the expansive greenfield site in Blanchardstown. The secondary facility for children, which is relatively small, is almost complete and on budget. I think it will cost less than €50 million. The problem with the larger project is the site. The Minister has raised the Cabinet discussions that took place at the time. His colleague, who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister have a proposal to provide rent allowances to serving soldiers? Does he have any proposal to help soldiers who have completed one or two terms of duty to buy a house by providing a deposit? One of the reasons people leave the Defence Forces is they cannot pay the rent or buy a house.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to move to a fixed price costing system in respect of public contracts in order to secure greater levels of certainty in respect of the profiling of costs for public projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18019/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions imposed on recruitment and overtime in parts of the civil or public service for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18020/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Pay Commission will complete its module 2 report on the matter of recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces; when it will issue its findings; if it has already completed its report, the findings of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18021/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are or were previously staff from a company (details supplied) working in his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019; the number of staff involved; the projects on which they were engaged; the nature of the transactional relationship between his Department and the company in respect of those staff; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are or were previously staff from a company (details supplied) working in his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of staff involved; the projects on which they were engaged; the nature of the transactional relationship between his Department and the company regarding those staff; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on waiting lists for autism spectrum disorder or autism classes in primary and post-primary schools in Dublin 15 and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding on commuter trains in the Blanchardstown, Ongar and Castleknock areas; his plans to improve the capacity and quality of commuter trains and of public transport more generally for the area and the wider west Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason train carriages have been removed from service on commuter trains between west Dublin and the city centre; his plans to return to service carriages that were removed after the financial crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18153/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if continued funding by the school completion programme under Tusla of the school counsellor bring provided to a school (details supplied) will be committed to; if the vital service for these DEIS schools will not be abolished; her views on whether such therapeutic services should be cancelled in view of the fact that they may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: My question is a general one on reform in banking culture. There is a drugs crisis in our society which generates enormous profits that find their way into the banking system. How does the Central Bank address the issue of money laundering? The bank was blamed by the general banks last year, and before that, for the huge amount of inquiries that went to elderly people in nursing homes as...