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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (9 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to recent studies which highlight the bogus self-employment of pilots operating for airlines registered here; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that an association (details supplied) estimates that the use of self-employment contracting by airlines here costs the State in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households exempted from property tax by county in tabular form; when he expects the households exempted to become liable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28447/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount he expects to be raised by the various EII schemes in 2019 and 2020; the expected tax cost; the likely additional jobs that will be created, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to Part 16 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, on whether the EII scheme offers reasonable value for money despite the poor take-up in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28286/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if a rigorous value-for-money analysis was prepared in advance of the changes in relation to Part 16 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, introduced in respect of EII schemes with effect from 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28287/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the further changes that may be required to make the scheme in relation to Part 16 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, more effective at raising share capital, rather than debt, for investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28288/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number by the Revenue Commissioners of additional jobs created by the EII scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from an annual charge of €250 per parking space on all car parking spaces provided for Civil Service and publicly funded positions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28291/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has carried out an audit in relation to the number of public buildings that may require retrofitting; if so, the expected cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies have a minimum level of paid-up share capital and reserves which reflects the size of their balance sheet and annual turnover to ensure that if a company ceases to trade, the Exchequer and trade creditors are not left unpaid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 364. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to set the minimum level of paid-up share capital and reserves required by a limited company as a proportion of the annual turnover of the company as a way of preventing companies from ceasing to trade and leaving unpaid taxes and trade creditors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has carried out an audit of the number of public buildings that may require retrofitting; the expected cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28293/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cycling Facilities Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Burton: 577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of bicycle spaces available to Civil Service staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28294/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Review (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent report by the Economic and Social Research Institute on the evaluation of the national Youthreach programme; his plans to ensure early school leavers are tracked, followed up with and offered a place on a Youthreach or other suitable programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to return to the principle that teachers would start at point three of their pay scale instead of the first point; his plans to reinstate additional payments to teachers with masters qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school places secured in existing schools in Dublin 15 for the provision of autism-specific education for the academic year 2019-20; if existing schools cannot provide the necessary number of places, his plans to ensure children do not go without a school place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26590/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on OECD figures that indicate investment in education here as a percentage of national wealth is at the bottom end of the league table for wealthy countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (20 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure robust and credible cost-benefit analysis reports by third parties are provided when assessing costs of projects and other costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25685/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (20 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of preparing for Brexit, in particular for a hard Brexit, in 2018 and to date in 2019; if he anticipates additional resources to be required should a hard Brexit materialise in October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has instituted new or amended structures in the monitoring of health services expenditure in order to ensure that budgets have a reasonable chance of meeting their targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/19]