Results 24,841-24,860 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: That is something we are willing to discuss with the party opposite and take into consideration. There is also a code of conduct on mortgage arrears which remains in place after the sale of any loans to the bank. The code says that the lender may only commence legal proceedings for repossession of a borrower's primary residence where the lender has made every reasonable effort under the...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: As it is Deputy McDonald's first occasion here in her new role as president of Sinn Féin, I take this opportunity to congratulate her on her election to that office. I know what it feels like to be elected to the leadership of a party one has worked in for decades, and I congratulate her. Becoming president of her party must be a very proud moment for her, her family and her...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy is correct. Distressed mortgage holders are under enough stress so we should not add to that unnecessarily by causing them undue concern. As I said, PTSB has not sold any of these loans. It has not identified a prospective buyer. It is an assumption by some people that that buyer will be an unregulated so-called vulture fund. That may not be the case. It may turn out to be a...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, informed the Cabinet last week that this might be coming down the tracks as an issue. We were not given any details as none are yet available and there was no Cabinet decision on the matter. It was solely for information. The Bill being sponsored by the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, is at an advanced point and is being taken up by the Minister...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: One person's loosening of financial regulation could be another person's relaxation of financial regulation. From calls for 97% mortgages to be offered by the State to people who have been refused mortgages-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----to calls now for the loosening of financial regulation, it is strange to hear that coming from a Labour Party and a centre-left party.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It is calling for looser financial regulation and 97% mortgages for people who have been refused loans. Regulation has to be dynamic and I am aware that the SSM is considering the way split mortgages are classified. Perhaps a decision will be made to change those regulations. If we are going to loosen financial regulations, make credit more available and bring back 97% mortgages, we should...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I am very much aware of quite a lot of people around the country, in the city but certainly not just in the city, who bought apartments and houses that are now in need of substantial repair. Obviously, those people bought those homes in good faith - they are not all homes and quite a lot of them are buy-to-let properties but in many ways that is beside the point. People who bought those...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I assure the Deputy that I have met these people already. I represent the Dublin West constituency, most of the homes in which were built in the past 20 or 30 years. Several developments were not built well and now need very significant investment in order that they might be brought up to standard. This is an issue of which I am very aware. It involves people who have bought properties...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I do not have the breakdown of the different lists to hand-----
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----but the Government certainly does not wish to see anyone, child or adult, waiting long periods for treatment. I know the figures that came out just last week show that the number of patients waiting for an inpatient or day case procedure such as procedures on hips, knees and cataracts - all those procedures that people need - was down another 1,264 on the previous month and from a peak...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----but in the past two years the focus has been on inpatient day case waiting lists, which-----
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The Minister for Health sought and received approval today to draft the referendum Bill to delete Article 40.3.3° from the Constitution and insert a new article enabling the Oireachtas to regulate abortion services in Ireland. The wording is the wording we gave at the press conference some weeks ago. The intention is to publish the Bill in the first week of March but we need to get...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----to ensure that the referendum Bill passes this House and the other House quickly and is not held up. I cannot make any promise in this regard.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I imagine or suspect that is an error. I worked in hospital medicine and community medicine for seven years and I often saw people get appointments for six months or four months later but I never saw anyone get an appointment for six years' time. If the Deputy would like to pass it on to me or the Minister, Deputy Harris, we will have it examined. As I said, there are different types of...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: As is always the case, to ensure a referendum passes will require both political leadership and civic society. If we just have one and not the other we will be in difficulty but I am confident we will have both and that the referendum will be approved by the people. I can understand where the theory comes from on the link to International Women's Day. That is not the reason. I am...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I do not have information on that particular service but I will raise it with the Minister for Health and ask him to contact Deputy Healy-Rae about it.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: There is no legislation promised on this matter, nor is it covered in the programme for Government, but I did give a detailed response to Deputies on the question of Merlin Park University Hospital specifically last week during Questions on Promised Legislation. I refer the Deputy to that answer.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I am not sure what is the connection between Sceilig Mhichíl and that particular legislation.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: However, I understand-----