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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: However, we see no sign of a move towards equalisation or equality. That is why people feel so undervalued. A teacher gets nothing like these breaks.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: A nurse does not get anything like these breaks. They often work much harder than the people who are brought to Ireland on the basis of the sale of these schemes by professional companies.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Most of the schemes like this are the product of various large accounting and legal firms producing packages which they can then sell around the world to people in the appropriate income bracket. That is one of the principal reasons the scheme in Ireland has failed to be capped properly and now results in a significant difference in tax treatment between somebody who is fully resident for...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: That is fair enough. Many people serving in the Naval Service will welcome this new tax credit. It is important to establish, though, whether people in the Army and the Air Corps are going to get the same benefit. While service with the Naval Service at sea is a particular type of service, confining this tax credit to help boost after-tax pay to the Naval Service is wrong. The problem of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: More than 500 people attended the recent open evening for those interested in having their children attend the school. The school now has 230 applications for 2021. I do not know if the Minister is aware of the site on which the school is currently located. I am sure the school community would welcome a visit from him if he is going out of the city via the Navan Road. Essentially, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: There is extraordinary population pressure. The Government has referred to demographic factors underlying significant parts of the budget for 2020. This school is an example. Earlier, I asked the Minister about the maps of school planning areas, which very few people from the area - including myself - can actually understand. The maps contain area names that I do not associate in any way...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in building a permanent school on the Phoenix Park racecourse site for a college (details supplied); when construction of the new permanent school building will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47484/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister about Edmund Rice college, which has been established in temporary accommodation at Blanchardstown in Dublin, and the site for its permanent building on the Phoenix Park racecourse on the Navan Road. The completion of this permanent building has now been put back by a further year, to September 2021, much to the intense disappointment of parents and students. This delay...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: DEIS Scheme (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister agree to give some information and publish details of the school planning areas, which are broad maps that apply in areas of rapid development of housing? These are really confused. People cannot go to a school that is next door or there may be no transport to an area to which they have been designated. It would be really helpful to have a consultation and information...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Excuse me.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: What about the price?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach disowns the comments in that case.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: It is an issue in Enniscorthy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: And coal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach address the apprenticeship part of the questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach referred to county councils earlier. In the context of climate change, does he share the views recently attributed to the Dublin City Council manager, Mr. Owen Keegan, that if he had his way, he would cut down all the trees on streets in Dublin that are traversed by buses. That would be a radical action in the context of our climate. What was stated shows how difficult it is,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the context the Climate Action Plan 2019. [46443/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: The immediate focus will be on the likely change in the EU's relationship with the United Kingdom. It is now inevitable that, one way or another, there will be a significant change in that relationship. While Mr. Michel was anxious to state that the EU was ready to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK, it also wants to promote a level playing field. Has the Taoiseach a sense of how...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversations with the President of the European Council. [46442/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); his plans to extend the use of the current site of the school in view of the fact that the lease ends in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47485/19]