Joan Burton TD

Welcome from Joan Burton TD Labour Spokesperson on Finance

Joan Burton is serving her second term as Labour TD for Dublin West.In the present Dail she is Labour's Finance Spokesperson. Previously she served as a Minister of State,first in Social Welfare and later in Foreign Affairs overseeing a dramatic extension of Ireland's International Development Programme.

Find out more about Joan's work and the latest issues in Dublin West at www.joanburton.ie

Joan was reared in the Stonybatter area of Dublin and educated at Stanhope St school. Later she graduated from UCD in Commerce and qualified as a chartered accountant,one of the first women in Ireland to achieve that qualification.

Before her first election to Dail Eireann Joan lectured in Accountancy at the DIT Aungier St.

She is married to Pat Carroll, also a DIT Lecturer. They have one daughter Aoife who recently qualified as a barrister.

Joan is one of the most high profile TDs in the Dail. She has won much praise from political observers for the high quality of her contributions to public debates and Dail Question Time.

It was her questions to Ministers which brought many taxation injustices to public notice. She exposed the scandal of millionaires who are using tax shelters to avoid all taxation on their income. She highlighted the failure of the Government to expand the standrad rate PAYE band which has brought tens of thousands of workers into the higher rate band and has made a greater proportion of these workers than ever before pay tax at the higher band.

Locally Joan also has has a high profile throughout Dublin West for her tireless work as a local representative with and on behalf of every community in the constituency.

Her regular public displays of local plans and information meetings and her Keeping in Touch newsletters have been welcomed by residents anxious to be kept aware of local developments in a constituency which is experiencing a very rapid pace of change.

As a long standing social campaigner Joan works with the Blanchardstown Centre for Independent Living to promote the rights of wheelchair users. She served on the Board of the School for the Deaf and was chair of the Steering Committee of the Family Refuge in Blanchardstown.

Schools,sports clubs ,community organisations and indeed many individuals all over Dublin West have direct knowledge of the commitment she brings to every task.She has an exceptional reputation for her hands- on approach.

As a Councillor on Dublin County Council, Joan took a courageous stand to expose planning corruption before any tribunal was established.

Dublin West benefits greatly from having a TD like Joan Burton who is both articulate and experienced and well capable of representing the area in the difficult and uncertain times ahead.
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Deputy Joan Burton addressing the Labour Party conference 2007