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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (17 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I have heard about the different measures that are being taken, announced and re-announced and discussed at various committees. At the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach we had the privilege of meeting Ms Linda Murray who operates a play centre. It is one of many which, despite no claims, now face huge increases in their premiums. There is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (17 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: We have had discussions about the Garda Síochána perhaps having a dedicated fraud unit. We have seen extraordinary cases repeatedly detailed in the newspapers where many insurance claims made in respect of relatively minor car crashes have failed. Does the Minister know, following his conversations with the Minister for Justice and Equality whether anyone has been charged with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Oireachtas Select Committee Recommendations (17 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendation in the recent report by the Oireachtas Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on tax expenditures requesting that his Department prepares a report giving detailed reasons as to the reason sunset clauses are not attached to forgone tax expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17827/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injuries Commission (17 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendation in the recent report by the Personal Injuries Commission that a judicial council be established and the judges on it provide guidelines on the appropriate levels of damages for personal injuries cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17829/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of recruitment campaigns for the Defence Forces in 2018; and the number of new recruits in the Defence Forces in 2018. [18048/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach said the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, was working on the legislation required to implement the Government's promise to farm families on the fair deal. Will the Taoiseach tell the House if a memorandum on the legislation has gone to the Cabinet yet? Will he tell us how long it will take to finalise the legislation and when it will arrive in the Dáil and the Seanad so...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: What happened to the Fine Gael Government promise of a four-week turnaround for the fair deal scheme? The Fine Gael Government also promised farm families that the arrangements and qualifications for the fair deal scheme would be improved to give more farm families access to the scheme. While demand for the scheme has risen significantly, the four-week turnaround for the scheme that was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [16348/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Since Donald Trump became President of the USA, the US Agency International Development has reverted to a Republican position of boycotting all programmes in developing countries which involve support for women's health issues, in particular access to contraception and medical services specifically for women. Successive Irish Administrations have raised this with the US Administration. Did...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his St. Patrick's Day visit to the United States of America. [13946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practice of sending officials and diplomats to men only membership organisation events will be ceased in advance of St. Patrick’s Day and in honour of International Women's Day. [11970/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the tragic deaths of persons (details supplied); if he will undertake a review of fire safety at the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17402/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist homeowners dealing with the costs of repairing defective homes built during the boom, such as at a location (details supplied); his plans to establish a redress scheme for persons in this situation, such as providing low cost loans to help pay for the remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire and safety inspections carried out on new builds in each local authority area by date in tabular form; and if these inspections have passed approved regulations. [17404/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department takes to ensure that fire safety certificates issued by the building control authority prior to construction work beginning comply with the requirements of Part B of the second schedule to the building regulations 1997 once construction is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure compliance with obligations under the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014; the sanctions available to address non-compliant bodies; the number of complaints made to his Department about failure to comply with the Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of legal proceedings instigated by local authorities as a result of breaches in building regulations by date and local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff appointed to the office of the planning regulator; the location of the offices of same; the budget allocated to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17408/19]

Vote 42 — Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (11 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: -----something for which we had been asking of CIÉ for years. However, these achievements are now entering the realm of history. I do not know what to say to the people who could not get on a train at Ashtown yesterday and those who could not possibly get on it further down the line. For Heaven's sake, people could not get on the train at Castleknock because it was already packed. I...

Vote 42 — Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (11 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: The Minister may or may not be aware that yesterday there was overcrowding on the train services from Kildare and west Dublin into town, so much so that by the time trains reached Castleknock people could not get onto them. I have taken up this matter for the past year and a half with the relevant people involved in transport services because, as more people go back to work, there is a...