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Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35098/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35101/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35096/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35094/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35099/08]

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Over recent years, we have witnessed a classic example of "boom and bust". The Government pursued an economic policy the reverse of the one it should have pursued during the boom, which was caused by both domestic and international factors. Spending was increased and taxes were cut and the boom was fuelled at a time when a good Government would have taken the foot off the accelerator and...

Written Answers — Wastewater Treatment Systems: Wastewater Treatment Systems (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that CB6 biocylce units were being sold without correct NSAI/IAB certification, that such units have been installed in homes here and that householders who have installed these units have not been informed that their units are not compliant; the action she will take...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her view on the industrial relations dispute at Aer Lingus; if she will intervene; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35303/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legal protection that exists for employees who agree to transfer from one employer to another under the transfer of undertakings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35304/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 7 October 2008, he has sought assurances from the banks that asset to liability values as published in the end of 2007 accounts accurately reflect the current asset to liability in October 2008; if he sought such an assurance before agreeing to provide a guarantee to the banks; and if...

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available from her Department or its agencies for preschools in respect of children with autism or autistic spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35308/08]

Written Answers — Illegal Substances: Illegal Substances (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to address the issue of head shops selling BZP, cannabis seeds, smilers, jokers and other psychotropic products in retail outlets and on-line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35309/08]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal situation regarding the retention of organs by pathologists without the consent of the next of kin and their subsequent sale by hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35310/08]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce legislation with regard to consent for the retention of organs by pathologists and hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35311/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a community welfare officer may approve an exceptional needs payment for the maintenance of a diet for cultural rather than medical reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35359/08]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he refused a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35306/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available from his Department or its agencies for preschools in respect of children with autism or autistic spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35307/08]

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to share my time with Deputy Perry. I am grateful for the opportunity to address the House on this important issue. As Members will be aware, Fine Gael supports the guarantee, which is a necessary response to the liquidity crisis. However, it appears that there is more than a liquidity crisis at issue here. There is also a capital crisis, an issue to which I will return later. I...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

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Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Leo Varadkar: During the Japanese banking collapse, bankers offered some apology. I remember the famous scene of the banker bursting into tears because of the number of jobs lost in his bank and his personal failure. We have the opposite in Ireland. Seán Fitzpatrick, the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, went on Marian Finucane's radio programme, offered no apology and suggested that we should tax child...