Results 13,481-13,500 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: -----or other Deputies-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: I will answer it now.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: My understanding - perhaps Deputy Pearse Doherty will be able to clarify the matter - is that the chairperson of the housing special policy committee, SPC, in Wicklow is a representative of Sinn Féin.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: My understanding-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: In fairness to Sinn Féin, it has taken on responsibilities in the North. It has included-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: There are a lot of angry men in Sinn Féin. Try to control it.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: It is being turned on and off like the water tap. Try to put a stop to it.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: Deputy Ellis has long experience and a good record of working on Dublin City Council. He knows as well as I do what an SPC does.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: The chairperson of the housing SPC should take that up directly with the county manager.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: That is what I would expect him to do.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: The question the Deputy is raising concerns whether it is worthwhile investing in and developing a clean, reliable water supply for the people of Ireland.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: I am answering the Deputy's question. There were 34 local authorities doing this during the Celtic tiger era when the Deputy was in office as Minister for Health when he often spoke extremely convincingly about public health issues, for which I recognised him, and defended the adequacy of public health services. The stuff that went on in local authorities, even during the richest period in...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: My understanding is that councillors representing the Deputy's party, Independents and Fianna Fáil control Wicklow County Council. I, therefore, suggest to her that when she gets time in her busy schedule, she pick up the telephone and make a call to her own public representatives who serve on that county council and suggest to them that they might have a conversation with management of...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: Deputy Martin has given a very good resume of the role of one of the political parties in 2009, when the State was in considerable difficulty due to the collapse of the finances of the State following Deputy Martin's own actions in regard to the bank guarantee and, subsequently, in regard to the State being unable to raise funds at reasonable prices. The creation of Irish Water - this is...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: -----at the foundation of the State. Irish Water is a publicly owned water service which is in State ownership and will stay in State ownership, which, in the context of some of the advice that was being received internationally by the members of the Opposition opposite me, is a significant achievement. This will allow for an investment in the next couple of years of €1.7 billion,...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: He is probably correct on that. However, I believe he should actually welcome that because what we are going to get is investment into Irish Water. I just heard another Deputy refer to the level of national debt, which is high but has begun to come down significantly. In terms of cleverly managing the finances of the State on a sustainable basis, we have to invest seriously in Irish Water....
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: -----in many of the 34 local authorities which previously ran what we now know to have been a completely disjointed, if not dangerous and dysfunctional service.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: That is going to be replaced by a national consumer-focused utility company-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: -----whose job is to deliver clean, healthy water to people in Ireland. Right around Ireland, not least in the Dublin region, many families and individuals have experience in the last few years of their water supply being cut off-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: ----- because, as we know, there was not enough water to supply the Dublin region.