Results 11,361-11,380 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----to set up a new utility.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand that any payments people have to make can be difficult to make but this year I am happy to say that in regard to people on average industrial earnings we have been able to improve their after-tax income by up to €30 a month and in regard to-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----people in receipt of social welfare, we have been able to have modest improvements for them and to improve their standard of living. The assessment of the budget shows-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----that this has benefited the average family, including in particular people on social welfare, to an amount of roughly, on average, €6 a week, and that is a very significant achievement-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----from where we have come.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: We need the investment in Irish Water-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----we need a proper water system and I want to hear Sinn Féin commit to clean water for the whole country, including the Border areas.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: That was quite a "Wanderly Wagon" trip, was it not?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I do not know what exactly she had in mind-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----but just let me repeat the facts, and I know facts are often awkward for the Deputy to deal with.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: In the budget for this year we had a social welfare package which provided for, first, an increase in child benefit - that is a fact - and I presume the Deputy noticed it-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----second, an increase in the living alone allowance and, third, we reinstated, on a partial basis, the Christmas bonus, all of which were strongly welcomed by the people of Dublin Central. Among the 1 million people who have signed up to Irish Water, there are people who live in every part of the country, including in the Deputy' constituency and my constituency. I am sure that has not...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: ----and one law for everybody else.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The people who have signed up want to and are willing to pay for investing in a future clean water supply, and we have to finance it, as-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: -----there is not a fairy pot of gold for this country in regard to investment.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: We have to provide-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I am not quite sure why the Deputy speaks about a botched referendum on children's rights.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I think I hear undertones of another conversation Fianna Fáil and others are having, but that is a different issue. The children's rights referendum was passed in an open vote by the citizens of the country. The party opposite may have a different view of it, but its members should respect the will of citizens.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Then they should not describe it in that way.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: As we are four years in government, the Deputy was out by 20% on that point. As I recognise that he is the father of three children and interested in this issue, I will take his questions seriously. We have invested across the board in children and meeting their needs. The committee and groups which have come together on child and adolescent mental welfare issues have acknowledged the...