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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: I think I am saying something nobody else said.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Okay. I have two other points. On housing, rents are now significantly higher than the mortgage costs on a property. A generation of younger people who we would like to be able to commit to stay in Ireland are being driven out by the lack of affordable housing. In the centre of Dublin, on the northside, it is common to find landlords seeking considerably more than €2,000 for a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Will Mr. Coffey indicate how one might possibly do that? If there is a solution we could write a little letter to the Government.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Since spending drift was referred to in relation to health, an explanation of the key areas the council would identify as spending drift in health would be helpful.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: We have already had an amount of discussion on the potential backsliding from the backstop. We have explained that people are really concerned and worried about what the implications are likely to be and about what the transition period is likely to be. As far as most of us can make out about what those in the UK want, whether the Tory Party or the Labour Party, it is that they essentially...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach tell us about that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: It has changed its tune and has suggested we invest in people. Parties of the left agree with that, but clearly Fine Gael does not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Deputy Howlin?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Yes. I am taking Question No. 8 on his behalf.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Ms Christine Lagarde. [28850/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: It is the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and our own financial and construction sector collapse which caused so much suffering and unemployment, the loss of trade and the collapse of many businesses for families and individuals across Ireland. The Taoiseach referred to threats to the international economy and the risk of a trade war, obviously something he does not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Fine Gael's friends, the developers, are back in-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27644/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, last met. [37674/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: We are now entering the witching period with regard to Brexit when deals and compromises emerge, very often late at night. The Government is hinting heavily that a deal on the backstop is nigh and that Ireland is willing to compromise on the previously cast-iron backstop guarantee. Michel Barnier is speculating on "de-dramatising" the backstop. Does the Taoiseach agree that this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his forthcoming meeting with a person (details supplied). [37417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on ongoing negotiations with his EU counterparts and the European Commission on the proposed EU digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37411/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Review (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance when the LPT review will be completed; the engagement that has taken place with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, local authorities and the Revenue Commissioners regarding the design of the new LPT regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37412/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the impact on VAT revenue from residential property sales of new residential schemes being built on a build-to-rent basis; if changes are required in respect of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in respect of foreign direct investment and revenue here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37416/18]