Results 101-120 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Order of Business. (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: He is rowing.

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey of more than 400 primary and secondary schools that shows that waiting time for psychological assessments is well over six months; his views on whether this is an unacceptably lengthy waiting time; his plans to address shortening waiting times for children in need of psychological...

Written Answers — Student Councils: Student Councils (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons behind the establishment of a working group to promote student councils in post-primary schools; the powers and remit of the proposed student councils; when he expects the working group to publish a report on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/04]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if part-time public sector employees who have been paying PRSI Class A contributions while their full time colleagues have been paying PRSI Class D contributions have been or will be required to pay Class D contributions as a result of changes brought about by the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001. [14488/04]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (25 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the agreement that gives Ireland authorised destination status with the Chinese Government; when this agreement comes into effect; the number of tourists from China to Ireland he expects will materialise from this agreement; if this agreement represents a shift in the areas to which Ireland is being marketed as a...

Prisons Building Programme. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision on the expressions of interest in the construction of a new prison in a greenfield site close to Dublin to replace Mountjoy Prison, which he told Dáil Éireann he expected to make by the end of March 2004; when he will announce a decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: What remedy do we have in regard to the functioning of the finance committee? Decentralisation is one of the most important issues——

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: The Government is railroading decentralisation——

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister of State aware of the statement made to me by the Governor of the Central Bank at the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service this afternoon that until 1996 or 1997, Allied Irish Banks Investment Managers, AIBIM, was an unregulated entity? Has the Minister any plans to order a look-back in respect of such unregulated entities in the banking sector such as AIBIM,...

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister comment on this disclosure by the Governor of the Central Bank and in what way do the Government and the Minister propose to address this astonishing lapse?

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: I asked about the Central Bank, which is the regulator, having identified unregulated entities which were in existence up to 1996 or 1997. Does the Minister propose that the Central Bank should specifically look back at the activities of such unregulated entities? The actions by the Revenue Commissioners are welcome but they do not address the job of the Central Bank in this regard.

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: No, I am talking about the time——

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: Not according to the Governor of the Central Bank.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 128(1) of Standing Orders Relative to Public Business, directs that the remaining sections of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003, and all amendments thereto, be recommitted to a committee of the whole House. In recent days we have heard an extraordinary number of additional revelations regarding what...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: He will ram it through.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: I understand from the Minister of State's reply that he was just landed with dealing with this Bill today and therefore he may just be answering to the Minister's tune. However, what the Minister is doing is deeply unwise and totally anti-democratic. There are a number of Report Stage amendments that have not yet been considered and they have a profound effect on the structure of the...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: I accept your point a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will finish on this point. Dorothea Dowling is one of the most respected figures in Irish financial regulation. She has put the most serious questions to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service. We have had no opportunity to examine those questions and determine whether more scandals are yet to be revealed. Yet Fianna...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: It is seven years late.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: No.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Joan Burton: No.