Results 23,201-23,220 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy will forgive me if I am giving him out of date information but when I checked on this matter some weeks ago, it was still the intention that the Irish Aviation Authority will be the relevant body and discussions are ongoing between the Office of the Attorney General and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the appropriate legal mechanism. It could be a Statutory...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Unfortunately, I cannot tell the Deputy that. I will ask the Minster, Deputy Ring, to update him as soon as he can.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: As I am not familiar with all of the details of the scheme, I will ask the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to correspond with the Deputies directly. One thing we always have to bear in mind when it comes to the matter of tenant purchase is that in the past we sold off much of the social housing stock and that we are in the process of building up the stock of public or social housing again....
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The Bill is expected this term.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I have not met MSF, but I have agreed to a meeting which is in the process of being scheduled. The way European Council meetings work is there is an agreed agenda with certain points; it is not a case of being able to raise anything one wants to raise. It is unlikely that it will be possible to raise the matter formally at European Council, but I will ask the Minister, Deputy Charles...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The heads of the Bill were approved by the Cabinet in April and it is intended to refer them to the relevant committee for pre-legislative scrutiny this session, with a view to the Bill being drafted and going through the Houses next year.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I cannot give the Deputy a timeframe as to when the necessary advice from the Attorney General will be available. I do not believe I have been asked for a money message on this yet although I may stand to be corrected on that. That we no longer have water charges and that Irish Water is very much back on the State's balance sheet kind of removes the urgency for a referendum of the nature in...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not believe there is any risk whatsoever that our water services are going to be privatised given that it is now totally back within the State system-----
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I understand the HSE decided not to reimburse Translarna purchasers because of the lack of efficacy and the high cost of the medicine in question. The last I checked, the company had taken the State to court. It is not common practice for a pharmaceutical company to take the State to court but it will be a difficult case to resolve given that legal action has now started.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The first Bill is before the Seanad currently. The second Bill is still being drafted.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I met President Juncker in Tallinn a couple of days ago and it was one of the issues we discussed. I expressed the view of the Government, which is that we do not just export our products; we export our standards, and we would expect that the standards should be the same in the Mercosur countries as they are in Europe when it comes to animal health, animal welfare, traceability, safety and...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I am very aware of this issue and the financial impact it has on farm families and those who own small businesses. I share the Deputy's concern about this issue and we are very keen to resolve it as it has not yet been resolved. The Minister of State, Deputy Daly, is working very hard on it. We are nearing a resolution. It does not require the approval of the Attorney General. Rather,...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not have an exact date, but I know legislation is imminent and should be passed in the next couple of months in order to secure the reunification of Carlow.
- Citizens Assembly: Motion (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I move:That the Resolution of Dáil Éireann of 13th July, 2016 regarding the Citizens' Assembly is amended by the deletion of 'but in any event not later than one year from the date of the first Assembly meeting' and the substitution therefor of 'but in any event not later than 29th March, 2018'."
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5 together. As outlined to the House in July, the Government agreed a new streamlined Cabinet committee structure and approved the establishment of six 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....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: A number of risk analyses of job creation have been made by various bodies. They are of value, but the value is limited because we do not yet know what Brexit means. We do not know what the new trading relationship will be between the United Kingdom and the European Union. All the analyses can do is consider various potential scenarios and try to map out the impact they may have on job...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: We have not proposed special economic status for the North because of-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: We have not proposed special economic status for the North because what we are proposing would not require it. Our proposition is that the trading relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland should remain the same. I set out how this could be done in the speech I made in Belfast, first, in a long transition phase, second, through a customs union partnership which would still be a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----one accepts that there would be less trade or new barriers to trade. We have not given in yet.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: One only needs special arrangements after giving in on the possibility of free trade continuing.