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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 162. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for her Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25913/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25912/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for her Department, including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the country-by-country report of the European Commission recommending that the State limit the scope and number of tax expenditures and broaden the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25325/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the country-by-country report of the European Commission recommending the State to cut its fossil fuel subsidies and to send a stronger price signal to investors by committing to a schedule of increases in the carbon tax over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to help to restore confidence in auditing following a string of corporate collapses; her further plans to implement a public grade system to evaluate the quality of audit work by accountancy firms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority plans to make public its audit quality inspection reports of public interest entities in view of the fact the results of the inspections have already been shared with the auditors involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25314/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the need for expanded supports in the school completion programme at schools (details supplied); if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that a number of these schools have been affected by crime and gang violence making the broad supports that the programme provides to the schools even more...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedure in respect of an adopted person who wishes to trace personal information such as his or her birth certificate and file in respect of his or her adoption; the number of such information requests Tusla has received in the past five years; the number responded to with comprehensive information, including file information on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Authority of Ireland Data (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications in each year since 2013 to the adoption contact register; the number that have been successful, the number that have been unsuccessful and the number pending a reply, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated number of improper adoption arrangements by religious bodies, nursing homes and other bodies in which no detailed records were kept; her views on the prevalence of this practice in the past; the number of persons affected; the steps taken to contact those affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25276/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 578. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the threat to the viability of a community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if assistance will be provided to ensure the centre is rebuilt to comply with new building rules and regulations and can continue to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (13 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the appointment of the new Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (13 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the negotiations between City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together in respect of the delivery of a multi-denominational co-educational second level school for the Dublin 7 area to be based at a school (details supplied); if the multi-denominational co-educational school will open ahead of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Applications (13 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty in tracking strategic housing development planning applications including co-living proposals through An Bord Pleanála and its respective website; his plans to ensure information on planning applications is more easily accessible to the general public in order that local...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the seven sites on the 2010 tentative list for nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24276/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Performing Arts (12 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the provision of audio description captioning for the hard of hearing and the availability of Irish Sign Language interpretation at the national performance venues of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24278/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (12 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the number of artist studios and creative community spaces that are at risk of closing down due to increased costs in commercial rents; her plans to ensure affordable spaces for artists and exhibitions in view of the contention that creative spaces are necessary in order for an arts culture to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (11 Jun 2019)

Joan Burton: 751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the dangers of air pollution from sources such as exhaust emissions, soil and road surfaces, construction work and industrial emissions; the number of premature deaths to date in 2019 that are directly attributable to poor air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter....