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Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: Regarding the programme for Government and the commitments the Taoiseach and his Government made, the Taoiseach cannot deny that there are serious crises in health, housing and the whole area of tax justice and fairness. In health, for instance, the Department of Health now reliably appears to be at least €600 million over budget, having in each of the past number of years got...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: Is this not a programme for Government that is in total disarray?

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I understand Fianna Fáil has an arrangement with Fine Gael, but it does not seem to be able to bring much influence to bear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: -----meet representatives of Mountaineering Ireland who, on behalf of all of us, have been custodians of this area? Is anybody willing to meet them?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: It is the same as Question No. 107.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett. Question No. 10 in my name is about the same matter. This is part of the heritage of every Irish person. It is a place with which people are very familiar. I am certainly very familiar with it since I was first brought there as a small child. What I am really upset about is that "private property" signs, as I am sure the Minister is aware, have begun...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: It is in a mess. I was there about three weeks ago.

Prohibition of Fur Farming Bill 2018: First Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: It is a requirement.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Budgets (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital commitments towards the culture, heritage and Gaeltacht sectors in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 outlined in Project Ireland 2040 and otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39707/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received a submission (details supplied), in particular the organisation's request that a detailed roadmap be drawn up for the effective use of increased arts funding over the next six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39708/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the working group to undertake the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall; when it will report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39705/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the petition and campaign calling for the State to buy an estate (details supplied) as a public recreational amenity; if her attention has been further drawn to the serious concerns regarding the potential to restrict rights of way for hill walkers; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Vacancies on State Boards (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on State boards under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39706/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenways Development (2 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 649. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the plans to link Shannon Harbour and Dublin city centre with a greenway cycle and pedestrian path; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39720/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Lending (27 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister have plans for a funding vehicle for credit unions to invest in social housing provision through, for instance, approved housing bodies in the context of the Central Bank having indicated it will allow credit unions to invest in such social housing provided the Department creates a suitable funding vehicle?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Lending (27 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister of State suggesting credit unions are now able to invest in the provision of social housing through approved housing bodies? How many credit unions are now able to do that? I am sure the Department monitors this. It is a really good social development and it would be a very good provision for co-operative-type of housing developments, like the Ó Cualann development, to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Lending (27 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Zero.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Lending (27 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Cabinet sub-committee on this issue met? Has the Government brought together the Department of Finance, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the credit unions? To be honest, the credit unions are being treated like "pass the parcel". They are going to the Central Bank, which has given the okay after a lot of consideration, and they are going to the...