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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the same question about this section. What amount of information will the public - ordinary consumers - be given regarding this section? If we are setting up a database under which we will eventually have anonymised data, I cannot understand why it would not be part of the Central Bank's function to put information about what has been gleaned into the public domain regularly,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister of State give us a copy of his detailed note because we only recently received information about this amendment? It has been customary for Ministers for Finance to provide detailed notes if Members request them. We received the text of the amendment at short notice. This is potentially a very big change. Did the Attorney General give advice on it? It is a very overt...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: From historical experience, the deterrent to fraud is the capacity to investigate it and for the perpetrators of the fraud to be prosecuted. That is the critical issue, whether we are talking about company directors or bankers misbehaving or fraudulent insurance claims. I do not understand why a structure that allows action has not been developed. We hear all the time about cases where a...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: A national treasure.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank everyone who has spoken this evening for their support for the Bill but especially for their commendation of our colleague, Senator Bacik, who brought this legislation forward in the Seanad. It is part of her very long record in advancing the cause of women and men in the Seanad. St. Augustine was an early father of the Church who was reputed to have said "Lord make me pure, but not...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: ----- but his contribution was straight from the school of St. Augustine. He must have been looking at the books last night to put it together. I have had this treatment from Fine Gael in the past, both in government and in opposition. What is happening here is the legislative equivalent of putting something in the fridge and then the deep freezer so that it becomes so covered over in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister an estimate of the cost which will be borne by the Department even in the case of future legal proceedings? Does he propose to introduce a Supplementary Estimate to cover the cost of the works on the schools? We do not want a further disaster in terms of the existing building programme being further delayed due to the significant amount of remediation work involved. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a date has been established for the commencement of the construction of a school (details supplied); the length of time the construction will take; when he expects the new school to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49504/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the construction of a permanent school (details supplied); if the discussion on the site location on the Phoenix Park racecourse adjacent to a club is completed; if he will sanction the purchase of the site; when the permanent school is likely to commence construction; and when he expects the permanent school to open. [49508/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the studies he has undertaken in respect of population growth in Dublin 15 and the adjacent Navan road area of Dublin 7; if his attention has been drawn to the demand for places in second level schools and that many children in the catchment area and attending feeder primary schools are not receiving places in the local secondary school and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore full parity in respect of teachers’ salaries in respect of staff recruited on the lower pay scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the demand by parents in Dublin 7 and 15 for an ASD special school for children with high level of need; his plans for the school particularly in the context of the large population of the area and the many children affected and unable to receive a full educational provision; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact on the national development plan of recent disclosures of serious problems in respect of the publicly contracted building projects, including schools; the amount of extra funding required to repair buildings; the impact of same on the overall spend on the national development plan; if he plans an additional supplementary estimate to...

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: We will support the motion on the understanding that we will receive a full and detailed briefing before the debate on Thursday. These amendments seem to be innocuous at first glance but, on closer inspection, the period in which one may make a claim will be reduced from two months to one. In the case of genuine claimants, there may be reasons for providing for the longer period. We need...

African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I hope we will have an opportunity to discuss the amendments in greater detail. This is in the context of the relationship with the International Finance Corporation which is a sister organisation of the World Bank. I recommend the Minister of State read some of the recent statements by Dr. Kim, the president of the World Bank who comes from South Korea, in which he points to the error in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 5 o’clock Deputy Donohoe's reputation is that he is the Minister who dipped down the back of the sofa and found something between €750 million and €1 billion, notwithstanding the information that was given to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. He lashed out the money. Not alone did that happen, but at the Fine Gael Ard-Fheis last week, the Taoiseach was offering...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to address the status of community employment supervisors and make provision for their payments as per the Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister found a mechanism to resolve the situation for community employment, CE, supervisors, the Labour Court recommendation on their pensions and so on? I am conscious that the recommendation was made before the crash. We are now in a period of restoration. Many proposals have been put forward. What progress has the Minister made to give effect to restoration proposals?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Community employment is an absolutely vital part of the social employment-social enterprise structure of this country. There are more than 1,000 CE supervisors. They give really valuable and important services to communities in urban and rural areas, particularly in areas of disadvantage. I am sure the Minister would agree that the people involved in community employment as supervisors and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I had a question down on this point which was, unfortunately, transferred. I want to take the opportunity to ask the Minister if he appreciates there are serving members of the Defence Forces who, because their pay is so low, are qualifying for the working family tax credit, or family income supplement, as it was called. This is a mark of why morale is so bad in the Defence Forces. People...