Results 9,601-9,620 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: The workers in this case come first. In conjunction with the staff of the Departments of Social Protection and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, and I have put together-----
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----a service for the Clerys workers that will enable them to access their entitlements regardless of the broader legal issues. Some very broad and deep legal issues are arising from the manner in which this insolvency was structured. I refer to the group structure of companies. The Deputy needs to be very careful with what he is suggesting. The use of group structures by companies in...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: To be honest, the Deputy has been throwing a lot of stuff around like snuff at a wake. The important and significant report that has been put together by the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, sets out in clinical detail the sequence of the history of the events that happened. It also sets out how and where company law operates in Ireland at the moment. We will have a very detailed...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: When?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: The Deputy needs to give us the "over and over again".
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: When?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: No, I did not.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: Deputy Martin's figures are wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: Deputy Martin's figures are wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: That figure is wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: Deputy Martin's figure is wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: Not you. You did nothing for decades.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: I suggest that Deputy Martin, when he has the time, look at some of the figures he has just read out in the House here about the numbers of lone parents in work, because his figures are wrong. I will provide Deputy Martin with the updated figures-----
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----and with the recent figures according to the SILC. His figures are just plain wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: We could actually have a better debate if Deputy Martin came in here with some knowledge of the situation on the ground.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: Secondly, can I just say this to the Deputy? For instance, the back to work family dividend, which we introduced in the budget, has now had 2,500 people - families - apply for it-----
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----and another 500-----
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: For a family with two children-----
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----that is worth €60 per week.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: It is specifically designed to help, including people who are self-employed, by the way, but Deputy Martin has obviously never heard of it. He referred to two self-employed people there. The back to work family dividend is actually available for self-employed people.