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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Where are they being refurbished?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Given that a great deal of money will be spent on the gates, could there be some kind of programme in Ireland? There is a long history of foundry work in the Dublin area and in Northern Ireland. As has happened in the past with the OPW, could some kind of training programme be put together so that young people or individuals without employment could become involved in a project in a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Actavo to get almost all of the work.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: It got pretty much all of it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I acknowledge that. The OPW is a great place in which to learn.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Is it likely that the work will be done in Ireland, North or South? There are not that many foundries. I come from a family of foundry workers and I know much about the trade. There are not that many foundry businesses, although there are some, particularly north of the Border. My general understanding is that much of this work will go abroad. Has the Office of Public Works given any...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: What is the estimate regarding the overall cost of the gates?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Quite a number of Defence Forces personnel were allocated to work, effectively for free. What was the cost to the Army of the Defence Forces personnel working in this way? There are barracks in the area and other public representatives and I received many complaints about how badly Defence Forces personnel were treated. They were bivouacked in the trees around Farmleigh and the weather was...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: There were quite a few Army personnel involved.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: They were out in a tent with very little cover in the kind of weather we had that day.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Alongside that, could we also find out the revenue generated by the park in respect of Bloom? Given that the OPW gives it as a contribution to Bord Bia, I think we need to know the parameters. Public parks are important for families and everybody else to enjoy and we need to keep investing in them. I would ask the same about the arrangement with MCD for the Ed Sheeran concerts. I am...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Budgets (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [48231/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with Prime Minister May. [48229/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron during Armistice commemorations. [48230/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the supervision of publicly funded construction contracts; the oversight he provides for such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49205/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Process (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supplementary expenditure estimates he plans to introduce in Dáil Éireann; and the timeframe for same. [49207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Tax Compliance (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Commission has been in contact with his Department about ongoing state aid investigations relating to the tax arrangements of companies resident here other than the Commission's completed investigation into a company (details supplied); the number of such investigations to which his attention has been drawn; and the specific issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when will the repair of the of the two schools (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated costs for same; if a supplementary estimate will be required to fund repairs; the way in which they will be funded; and when the restoration will be fully completed. [49293/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13.5% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the expected increase in revenues in each of the categories in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48580/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Staff (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional officials of the Revenue Commissioners and customs and excise recruited to deal with Brexit; the number of additional officials that will be recruited from the end of March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48584/18]