Results 23,681-23,700 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I understand the Bill is on Report Stage. I cannot say when it will be completed as that is obviously a matter for Members and dependent on the number of amendments tabled and the outcome of votes. The Government is keen to have the Bill completed by the end of the year.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for raising this important matter and extend again my condolences to Mr. Goss's family in County Louth. Yesterday, the Cabinet discussed the response to Storm Ophelia. Although I believe that, in the round, people accept the storm was well managed, there are always lessons that can be learned and lessons can be learned from the deaths that occurred. A report will...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: We are working on that. There is a solemn Government commitment to ratify the convention. There is an area of legislation that has not been fully dealt with, that is, around the protection of liberty. It is quite complex legislation that we may need to enact in this House before we can sign the convention. It might be possible to sign it without having done that. I am aware other...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not think so. I have not seen the heads and I would have seen them if they had been done. The answer to the Deputy's question is no. I will get a comprehensive answer for the Deputy and reply by correspondence.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not believe the Deputy is correct to say that we are seeing a haemorrhaging of staff. As I mentioned earlier, we have many thousands more teachers employed by the State every year and perhaps part of the reason it is difficult to find teachers to cover substitution is that they are being hired into permanent positions. The solution to substitution might be asking more retired teachers...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: GPs are not recruited. They are self-employed contractors. It is slightly different to doctors who are employed in hospitals and in the public health service. The rural practice allowance has not been discontinued. It has actually been increased, and it is easier to qualify-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: ----- than it was previously. I myself signed that order 18 months ago. The kind of GP that my father would have been was willing to get up and go out on house calls every night, would come home to find my mother would have a message for him to go out again, and would work every weekend. The world has changed and lifestyles have changed. Also, the nature of general practice has changed...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Perhaps this question would be best addressed to Dublin City Council or to the members of the largest party on Dublin City Council-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----which is, of course, the Sinn Féin Party, who are doing a terrible job for our city and who are much more interested in having votes about what flags they will fly-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----than dealing with the concerns of people in Ballymun and Finglas.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I am afraid I am not familiar with the particular statutory instrument. My understanding is that, under the rules of the House, the House can rescind a statutory instrument within a certain number of days.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I am not sure whether it is 21 days or 21 sitting days. I am also unsure about the mechanism by which that is done because it is not in my purview to control the business of the House.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: An tAire Stáit, an Teachta Kyne.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The Bill is being drafted but, unfortunately, we do not have a publication date yet.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: An tAire Stáit, an Teachta Griffin.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I share the Deputy's frustration with how long it is taking to sort out this contract. It looks like it will be next year before the contract is signed. Once it is signed, however, it will allow us to become the first country in the world to connect every home and business to fibre, which will be a real achievement. I am frustrated that the contract will not be signed until next year. I...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not know the answers to the Deputy's questions, to be very frank. An additional €1.3 billion has been allocated to transport for the next four years on top of what was already allocated. A ten-year capital plan will be published, it is hoped by the end of the year, and I would anticipate that it will give us a bit more clarity. As a representative for west Dublin, I acknowledge...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I will ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, to reply to the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, together. I attended my second meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 19 and 20 October. The agenda included migration; Digital Europe; security and defence; and external relations. The future of Europe was also discussed over breakfast on Friday, followed by a meeting of the European Council in Article 50 format - without the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (8 Nov 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The county or the city?