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Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: The proposal to introduce self-certification into this procedure is bizarre. The Minister of State is leaving himself open to significant risk in terms of the success or otherwise of it because a lot will depend on the calibre and quality of the applicants. If these are honest applicants who have proposals which may result in much-needed investment, it should be possible to assist them to...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: We are all aware of significant numbers of financial services jobs being located in towns and cities around the country. I made a different point. I asked about areas which were less well-off and rural areas. We have not heard, in relation to this Bill, details of lobbying by financial service providers. I do not know what the fees are on the allocation of these particular jobs. The...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: We need to look realistically at this scheme to determine whether we are getting value for money for the tax foregone. The Minister did not answer my question about Brexit. Is this being done to add an extra gloss to our effort in the context of Brexit? If so, are we clear what kinds of companies we are trying to attract? We may want some operators and not others. I am asking the...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Those jobs are not new careers. They have been there for years.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I am concerned that this measure has the potential to create a perverse incentive. It would obviously be possible for somebody earning €500,000 to leave for a period before returning and qualifying for the programme This scheme is not clear. It is heavily marketed internationally by many big accounting firms. We are asking the Minister to provide some evidence. The Minister of...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the announcement of a study on this issue because we need to see the figures. I am concerned that, while we are competing for businesses and trying to persuade them to relocate to Dublin in the context of financial services moving from London as a result of Brexit, we are in fact driving up some of the super-salaries available in the financial services sector in a way that is...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: During the course of the Committee Stage debate the Minister referred to having a plan to review with the Revenue Commissioners a number of areas which he indicated might yield something like €100 million over five years. It might be useful for the Minister to clarify that. What are the areas that are to be investigated? In the context of budgetary oversight and so on, we are...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: That is what the amendment is stating.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: On the amendment but more particularly the budget and the subject of USC, what was missing from the Taoiseach's speech at the weekend and budget 2019 was a reference to the enormous population changes happening in Ireland. The demographic changes taking place here are in sharp contrast to what other European countries are experiencing. While they will provide a great boon for Ireland, it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach described the special advisers, but how many of them are working in the areas of communications, the media and public relations? I do not know if I caught what he said correctly, but did he say there were five male and two women special advisers? Did I get that wrong? He said there were seven special advisers. I just want him to clarify his comments as I could not hear him...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: There are nine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: It is not the same as for political staff.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers and the number of females in senior positions in his Department. [48105/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [46826/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: NESC has done very valuable work in regard to housing. Has the Taoiseach had an opportunity to have a conversation with NESC members or to address or meet them recently? Has he asked, for example, about the affordable housing scheme that was launched with great fanfare by the Government under Rebuilding Ireland? A recent report shows that, of 1,000 applications, only 60 loans were drawn...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: There was a welcome recent announcement by the Department of Justice and Equality on the extension of the scheme for women who worked in Magdalen laundries to those who were excluded from the first scheme. I was disappointed to discover that women are being asked to provide evidence of having worked. I am sure the Tánaiste knows that many of the laundries do not have records. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (15 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans in respect of the development of the National Symphony Orchestra; if she remains committed to retaining the orchestra and bringing the orchestra to full strength; her plans regarding the role of the National Concert Hall in the future of the orchestra; if budget provisions for the orchestra for 2019 to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Abbey Theatre (15 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the building of a theatre (details supplied) and related resources for the national theatre; the timeframe for the completion and opening of the project, including the development of the additional buildings acquired by the theatre along the Dublin quays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Youth Plan (15 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists now working in collaboration with schools; the schools at primary and secondary level that have collaborations; the number of schools participating in these schemes; her plans to expand collaborations; the details of proposed collaborations; the number of schoolchildren in primary and secondary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (15 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and-or her officials have had contact by way of meetings or correspondence with representatives of the owners of an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if so, the details of such meetings or correspondence by her or her officials, including dates regarding the acquisition of some or all of the estate, particularly...