Results 10,181-10,200 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: The Minister, Deputy Howlin, made that allocation of additional staffing available precisely to encourage councils to speed up the time they take to provide accommodation, pass on tenants and deal with refurbishments. If we can get the councils working as quickly and strongly as possible in getting through all the stages, we will be able to house more families sooner. That allocation was...
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: The legislation pertaining to building regulations will come before the Houses later this year. I do not currently have a date for the insurance Bill.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: Deputy McGrath is just a little ahead of his time.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: As Deputy McGrath knows, more than half of the GPs in the country have signed up for a service----
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: -----which was going to be vitally important for 270,000 children and their families. I urge any GPs who are still considering their options to sign up.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: It is in the interests of the health of the children of Ireland to do this.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: Regarding the precise situation in south Tipperary to which the Deputy referred, as he knows everything about everything in County Tipperary, I am sure he understands whatever the complexities may be.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: I would really like to see County Tipperary having the full value of the GP card for all children under six. Whatever the issues are, I hope they can be resolved as quickly as possible and that the doctors of south Tipperary can join the scheme.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: The health information Bill should come before the House later this year. I do not have any date for the human tissue Bill.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: That may be included in the human tissue Bill, for which, as I said, I do not yet have a date.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: I am happy to say that we have had 1,000 additional apprenticeships since Christmas. I had the privilege of being with the ESB as it launched a very ambitious three-year programme for apprenticeships and had many tens of thousands of young people indicating an interest. I know this matter is a very important priority for the Minister for Education and Skills. The Apprenticeship Council of...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: Very significant numbers of people will benefit by between €50 and €150 a week in additional earnings. That might not sound like a lot of money to people in here on a TD's salary, but for a family it is a very significant amount. As with the housing protocol, this policy has been ongoing in the Department for the past three years and already in the past two years 19,000...
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 5, Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed), to adjourn at 7.30 p.m. tonight if not previously concluded; No. 6, Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn at 7.30 p.m. tonight if not previously concluded; and No. 7, Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015 -...
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: The criminal legislation has been before the Cabinet recently and is under discussion. I would expect to see it advanced quite quickly after that. I did not quite understand the Deputy's point about the cap on admissions in schools. To be clear for the record of the House, the former Minister, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, indicated that his preference was for a cap of 25%. Following the...
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: Consultations and discussions are ongoing. It is hoped that a conclusion can be reached which will address the various concerns.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: We want to see a good, robust open-access system to all educational facilities.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: As I mentioned previously in the House, I met at length last week with a number of the organisations that are working very hard to address issues relating to homelessness. I use this opportunity to stress again that if there is anyone out there, particularly families with children but also anyone else, who has a difficulty around rents or tenancies and fears that he or she is at risk of...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: We are now moving to put extensive capital sums into local authorities. In Dublin alone, we are making very good progress on reopening boarded-up void properties.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: I am sure the Deputy is familiar with the fact that Dublin City Council is now producing far more opened accommodation which has been renewed and refurbished for families. The priority at the moment is for families with issues around homelessness to be dealt with as quickly as possible by the local authority. However, it is going to take us some time to come to terms with all of the...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)
Joan Burton: I had an opportunity recently to meet with the various organisations. Unfortunately, because of the general disturbance in front of Deputy O'Sullivan and some of it behind me, I was unable to hear everything she said on the statistics. I understand, however, that some of the statistics were ones I discussed with the Focus Ireland delegation, including its new CEO, who came to see me. I...