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Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: That is fair enough.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I stand corrected, again. I have forgotten the questions now. They are so much more obsessed with my public relations than I am interested in them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I do not know why.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: It is pretty normal for people within Departments to be reassigned to different roles.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: That has been the practice since the foundation of the State. Every role within a Department is not advertised.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Not that I am aware of.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 14, inclusive, together. I met Prime Minister May in London on Monday last. We discussed the political situation in Northern Ireland and both the Prime Minister and I agreed on the need to have the power-sharing institutions restored as soon as possible. We repeated our strong message to the Northern Ireland parties to redouble their efforts to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: There were not any staff of the strategic communications unit in Downing Street with me. If Members of this House do not know it already, they should not believe everything they read in the papers. That simply was not the case. Obviously, if there is a role for people to communicate what the Government is doing, it might be appropriate for them to be there. I am not saying it would not be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I mentioned Arlene Foster as well. It is the strong view of Government that the Northern Ireland Executive should be functioning. People in Northern Ireland want and expect devolved government and it is important that Northern Ireland should have a unique voice. As Deputy Burton pointed out, there is a Scottish First Minister and a Welsh First Minister. There is a Scottish Parliament and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: It is not good enough always to be asking others to make compromises. Politics is about compromise and Sinn Féin will have to make compromises to allow an Executive to be established.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: This is the constant pattern of the debate we have in this Parliament.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The only time the Deputy is not scripted is when she is interrupting.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Is it any small wonder the people of Northern Ireland-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Is it any small wonder that the people of Northern Ireland do not have a First Minister or a deputy First Minister?

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Is it any small wonder the people of Northern Ireland do not have an Executive or an Assembly? It is because this is the attitude of Sinn Féin. They are constantly hectoring and making smart aleck remarks. There is a lack of temperance, a lack of respect for other people and an inability to listen or to compromise.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: It should be of no wonder whatsoever that the people of Northern Ireland have no government and have no voice. The style of politics, debate and negotiation favoured by Sinn Féin is to interrupt people and shout them down-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: They shout them down and show total disrespect for anyone who does not share their views.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I am laughing at the Deputy, not the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy is very cranky today.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As outlined to the House in July, the Government agreed a new streamlined Cabinet Committee structure and approved the establishment of 6 new Committees, one of which is Cabinet Committee C. This Cabinet Committee will cover issues relating to the European Union, and will assist the Government in its ongoing consideration of Brexit. Cabinet Committee C will also support the Taoiseach's...