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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons assessed for benefit-in-kind in respect to their employers providing housing for them over the past ten years to date; the rental costs of such properties on a monthly basis over that period; the highest and lowest rental cost properties, respectively; and the average of the rental cost, in tabular form. [15738/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the development of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure the compliance of public bodies with obligations under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015 to 2024; the sanctions available to address non-compliant and non-reporting bodies; the number of complaints made in relation to failure to comply with the strategy; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Listening to the disaster that has fallen on the witnesses' business, essentially they are saying that insurance is strangling SMEs because it is unpredictable, expensive and who knows what will happen tomorrow in terms of whether it will be available. First, have they compared the North and the Republic in this regard? Are there processes in the North that we might examine in the sense of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: The witnesses are very welcome to the committee. On the desirability of people in Ireland being able to buy homes, in particular younger people on moderate wages, the witnesses are probably aware that the Government has a scheme to give couples with an income of €75,000 or single people with incomes of €50,000 access to State-sponsored funds. One of the conditions of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Is that people who have entered fully into the application process, filled in the bank's forms and been accepted as applicants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: So, it is nine out of ten.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I ask about a couple of urban myths about the scheme. A lot of people ask me about the scheme and I try to give them some advice. One of the urban myths is that if one takes out a PCP, one can forget about being treated favourably, perhaps by Bank of Ireland but pretty much by any other bank. Someone in their late 20s or their 30s might have a very large car loan or a more modest credit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Mr. O'Beirne is saying that if someone is preparing a mortgage application, it does not matter what other debts are outstanding. There is a great deal of advertising and competition in the lending market right now. One of the areas of intense competition is in car finance where there may be very attractive options available. However, it would be difficult for a couple on a relatively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: This is important in the context of the comments that were made earlier about financial education and levels of public financial knowledge. This is an issue that the banks could address collectively. People in their late 20s who cannot currently afford a mortgage may think that it is okay to take out a car loan but in fact the consequences of that may be that their debt level relative to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: In terms of future trends in the market in Ireland, particularly in the context of Brexit, it is obvious that lots of equity funds have already arrived here or are planning to come. Rents are extremely high and these funds are pitching heavily into the buy-to-rent market. Does the bank have any concerns that the entry of these funds into the buy-to-rent market will significantly reduce the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Does the bank have a sense of what percentage of household income should go towards a mortgage? Say someone was paying 35% of their income on a purchase-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: In some cases, of course, rents account for more than 35% of income.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: It is higher than that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: The last time the bank was here we had a conversation about staff and remuneration. Several staff in Bank of Ireland, in my own area and nationally, have approached me over an outstanding difficulty they have with the bank on the settlement of mortgage issues and mortgage price issues. These are people who took out two-year fixed-rate products in 2005, 2006 and 2007, just before the crash....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the bank revert to us, as it is a significant issue for the people affected? In our earlier discussion on culture, the word "bonus" was not mentioned, but we are aware that a great deal of pressure has been put on the Government to jettison the caps on payments to senior executives. We understand the arguments that our guests have made about the difficulty in recruiting staff. In...

Educational Supports for Children Experiencing Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (3 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: On behalf of the Labour Party, I support this motion. The factual information in the motion is self-evident in many of the schools in my constituency. Almost every school has had one or more of the families whose children attend experiencing homelessness, some for short periods of time. Some, for instance, experienced homelessness due to a disastrous fire in an apartment block almost two...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Those goods will have to be checked.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: Businesses in the Republic will be ruined.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I want to know whether there was a discussion at the summit meeting on the issue of how to protect the Single Market in the event of the emergence of a difficult Brexit. None of us wants any installations or hardening of the Border, as has been said. Nonetheless, the Minister for Finance advised me the other day that there are a total of 210 Revenue customs and excise staff employed in the...