Results 13,761-13,780 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The children (amendment) Bill is for this session. On the recovery of funds from the banks and the financial institutions in the context of the banking collapse, as Deputy Broughan will be aware, strong progress has been made in renegotiating some €40 billion in savings from the national debt and very significant savings in interest from the different arrangements which have been...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: As I understand it, there is a memorandum coming to Cabinet next week on this matter. As Deputy Ó Fearghaíl will appreciate, there have been a number of changes in terms of officeholders and the new Ministers have had to come to grips with their new Departments. I expect the memorandum will come before Cabinet next week and will come before the House at an appropriate time...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Deputy Higgins asked, on pending legislation, would the measure for the 410,000 households which will benefit from a quarterly payment of €25 or €100 per annum be legislated for after the budget, and the answer is "yes". While he may wish to disregard it, many feel that is an appropriate and helpful assistance.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: It will assist 410,000 households, including pensioners, carers, those who have a child on a domiciliary care allowance and those on disability. It will also be of significant assistance in reducing their water charges bill. As Deputy Higgins will be aware-----
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----the best way to reduce water charges is to reduce consumption.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: When people are able to be advised of their consumption, we will have a significant opportunity to reduce expensive water usage.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I cannot give the Deputy an exact date because the work is ongoing, but it will be as soon as possible. It is important that we get the terms of reference right because this is part of the story of hidden Ireland in the 20th century. We want to try to address all the relevant issues. There are some issues which can probably be addressed in other legislation such as, for instance, tracing...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I am looking forward to the North-South meeting scheduled for the end of next week, in the context of the outcome of the referendum in Scotland and the ongoing debate in the British Parliament at Westminster about the implications of the result for the different regions in the United Kingdom. The North-South meeting will provide a timely opportunity to hear the views of people from the North...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Deputy Shortall may be aware that there is a social inclusion division in the Department of Social Protection which publishes extensive material on poverty and inequality both before and after budgets in Ireland. That material, much of which is prepared in conjunction with the ESRI, is widely available and I have appeared before the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection on...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The mediation legislation should be ready early next year and the building control Bill is also expected next year.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: There was no draft. Sorry, it was not published.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: If I may say so, I think the Deputy is rushing to judgment.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I can understand why she is doing so, given her own stance. She has always been upfront about these issues. I respect that. I think she is rushing to judgment, however. I want to draw a distinction in this regard. We have to find the actual facts of the case. It says on each page of the document that was published earlier that it "is a draft document and can only be considered as such"....
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----to make it clear that-----
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----it is not a position-----
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----I agree with.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I want to make it clear that-----
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----it is not a position I support.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: What we do not know, and what we need to wait for the report to get the best possible information on, is what actually happened to the young woman in the period between the identification of the pregnancy and her appearance before the panel in the context of the operation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. We do not yet know the answers in this regard.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: That is why I think Deputy Murphy is jumping to conclusions before we get the facts.