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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: ...on the measurement of the debt to GDP ratio being largely meaningless, does he share the approach in developing this GNI*? If so, could he give us an explanation in simple English of what it means? We feel we have stars in our eyes in relation to GNI*, not being mathematicians. I am very concerned about the very hardline stance of the Department of Finance. Last year when it came to...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Joan Burton: ...make of it. I have heard the various statements in the Dáil from time to time by their different spokespeople and must say they do not make a huge amount of sense. Being very populist, they must feel this stance has a lot of popular appeal. Of course, it lines them up side by side with the view of the American President, Mr. Trump. Returning to Monsieur Barnier and his speech...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Joan Burton: ...loyalty of people who work well and provide a great service to the public. We need more capacity on buses. They are packed. Like the Minister, I am a regular bus and Luas user. At times, one would feel like fainting, such is the level of crowding now that people have returned to work. Most capacity on the routes is necessary. While I welcome the Minister's comments, please do not...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Joan Burton: ...AIB to be sold as soon as possible - after all, they are in business to do business - the wider national interest requires a more considered strategy. Here we go again, with a Minister anxious to boost the feel-good factor. Harold McMillan's slogan, "You've never had it so good", seems to be the maxim of the Minister for Finance, and perhaps the proposed sale is based on the expectation...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: This is clearly the most important Council summit an Irish Head of Government will attend since our accession to EEC membership. To judge by the previous comments, it is building up to feel rather like the time Michael Collins went to London. Lots of people are obviously getting the knives and the pickaxes ready. On behalf of everyone in Ireland, I wish the Taoiseach well at the summit....

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: ...of the briefing around the story and the unnamed coward of a Minister who would not actually put his or her name to what he or she said on the front page of a national newspaper. If that person feels that strongly about this and is a member of the Government, he or she should come out and identify him or herself. With regard to the mother and baby home redress fears, I think the...

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: ...scale in the context of many builders and developers still being on strike and sitting on large volumes of land. I can understand that the Minister chose to move on this to induce some kind of feel good factor into the housing market. That is the only sense I could make of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government's strange comments yesterday. It is obvious that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: ...that the response of the EU in the negotiating document is not a failure as regards Ireland. I can understand that what he has is a lot of soft assurances from different people and I am sure he feels a sense of achievement in gathering them but what will happen now? The Labour Party, Deputy Howlin and I have asked repeatedly whether there will be an all-island dimension to these...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: -----and of their descendants. Many of them went on to marry. The children who died in the home also have siblings. We should have some regard to human feeling in the wider families. We should also remember the local community in Tuam, which looked after the graves over a long period in the limited way it could. I agree with many of Deputy Bríd Smith's points about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: ...they want to return to a form of federalism and that they will not dilute their federalist plans to keep reluctant members on board? The Taoiseach spoke to me briefly about this previously, and he feels it is part of the normal chat down the decades in the EU, but it is not. It is members of a core group stating they will do it their way. We also have the members of the Visegrad group...

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: ...on two previous detailed expert reports - that approximately 350 women would apply. In fact, there were 950 applications. That is no one's fault. Inevitably, when a scheme is advertised those who feel they were affected as well as those who perhaps had been involved in different groups over a long period of time campaigning on it would, of course, go forward. It is also interesting how...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: ...in Irish society where there is none. Has the Minister ever heard of Phil Lynott or Thin Lizzy? Has he ever walked to the top of Grafton Street to see the statue? If he stood beside it, he might feel like doing a little bit of air guitar as the Taoiseach once did. Has the Minister ever heard of Ruth Negga, who is an Irish-Ethiopian? We were delighted to learn recently that she is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: ...to save the bondholders, particularly the junior bondholders, because so many of them are ordinary Italian savers. The Taoiseach will attend the summit tomorrow. Christmas is coming and most people feel reflective at this time of the year. Is the European Union going to survive what the leadership of the EPP has done to the Union in general?

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: ...then Minister, Mr. Phil Hogan, and subsequently when Deputy Kelly was the Minister, 5,000 to 6,000 voided properties were tackled. They were a scandal. I am from Dublin city centre. Members will not believe the rage that I feel when I pass decent flats that have been boarded up and where friends of my parents used to live and that I knew well as a child. I saw the scandal of O'Devaney...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: ...a difficult and challenging situation much worse because, basically, morale is hitting the decks. The worse thing that can happen in a public service organisation is that those working in it feel morale is seeping away. A second issue which I want to raise, one on which I have had conversations with the Taoiseach on previous occasions, is the situation in Crumlin hospital for children...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: ...discussions and in the run-up to the budget and as we know from the information made available by the Central Bank of Ireland, the scheme was not given detailed consideration but arose from a strong feeling it would help to stimulate the housing market. While I accept that the Minister proposed it in good faith and that he is optimistic it will stimulate the market without affecting it...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: ...x20ac;1 million each for each child. It is important that the Minister elaborates somewhat on the summary information read into the record of the House. That is empowering in cases where sometimes people feel it is open to everyone to abuse the tax system. The vast majority of people in this country pay their taxes and are compliant. They are citizens who support the paying of taxes to...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: ...I am sure the Minister has pored over in his time, it is hair-raising to know an adult or a child could end up in the hands of somebody who is not qualified to practice. People go to a counsellor because they feel they need to talk about a situation and they need advice. It is very likely the purpose of the visit is to help them to reach a decision. If that advice is given in bad faith,...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: ...the child, as happened years ago, sit at the back at the class reading a book while the religious instruction takes place? These issues are difficult. Most Deputies referred to the issue of parents feeling they have to have the child baptised to enhance their child's chance of getting into the local school of their choice. None of us wants to see, in essence, an educationally forced...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (16 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I do not know whether the Minister is aware that many students and their parents feel deeply unsure about what is happening with junior certificate reform. While the junior certificate is obviously not as big an exam as the leaving certificate, it is a major issue in the life and perspective of a student if he or she is working away and yet may be penalised because one particular union is...