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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pensions Data (10 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of accrued pension rights for serving secondary school teachers up to 31 December in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pensions Data (10 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of accrued pension rights for all serving health service workers up to 31 December in each of the years 2014 to 2018, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41277/18]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: How much is it?

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: It says 5% in the budget booklet. That is modest because schools are being put to the pin of their collars to meet their running costs. If it is an older school building such as an old parish school, it is very likely that it is not well insulated against heat loss and consequently, that its heating costs are very expensive. I mention the living wage and in that context I wish to look...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: It is an awful legacy to leave them. This is spinelessness. Irish households create astonishing amounts of carbon emissions. They are way higher than in most other European households. Why? It is because older houses are badly insulated and because owing to insufficient public transport we all probably over-use our cars. The mechanism of the budget provides an opportunity to nudge...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: It leaves a very flat taste in the mouth. The Comptroller and Auditor General has done us a huge favour by highlighting the startling finding that some of Ireland's richest citizens, with a net worth of €50 million, have a taxable income of less that the average industrial wage, with many paying income tax at a lower rate than the average taxpayer. This is not news to the people...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: If it looks like an election budget, if it sings like an election budget and if Leo's choir cheers it like an election budget, then it is an election budget. As I listened today, I could not help feeling a sense of déjà vu. The Minister for Finance was delivering the speech but the voice that came through to me was that of former Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy. It is as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 11 July 2018, if there has been further progress in the evaluation of the flooding in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40916/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a selection process has commenced or if the appointment of a principal for the Gaelcholáiste for north County Kildare has occurred in view of the fact that the principal was due to be appointed by 1 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40907/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40908/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the construction of a school (details supplies); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a new school (details supplied); when phase 1 of the construction project will be completed; when is it expected phase 2 of the construction project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40910/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the revised pre-qualification report from the design team in relation to a school (details supplied); if it has been reviewed; when tenders will be invited from the shortlist of contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40911/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the application by a school (details supplied) to become co-educational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40912/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied); if satisfactory, if a design team can be appointed for both projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with the construction of a school (details supplied) which commenced construction in May 2017; when construction will be completed; when the new school will be ready for occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of both domestic and foreign consultants in respect of the BusConnects programme by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40638/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Data (9 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that can be added to the existing services on the Kildare rail line in the second half of 2019 arising from the refurbishment of existing rolling stock that can be put into service;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley. [38648/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (4 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: What role will the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade play in preparing for a British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference? Will the Tánaiste indicate the likely items on the agenda for such a conference?