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Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I recognise Deputy Farrell for tabling this important and topical question. He referred to the work that the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, is doing on updating the electoral register. There have been improvements to the electoral register in recent years but it remains quite out of date, as we know from canvassing and knocking on doors. Proposals are being developed on online...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----but, as we have learned from issues affecting Visa, Ulster Bank and other entities, those systems can also go horrendously wrong. It might be easier to hack an electoral register or even influence the result of an election if it was all held on a central database. We must consider all of these matters. We are right to be concerned about external interference in elections. It is now...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I do not fully understand the request.

Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I genuinely do not.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: There were no Cabinet Committee meetings held in May 2018. However, there were 2 Cabinet Committee meetings held in April and a meeting of the Cabinet Committee B on 7 June. Further Cabinet Committee meetings are scheduled for later this month.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 122, inclusive, together. I last met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban on 4 January 2018, and I reported extensively on this engagement in the Dáil on 31 January 2018. I have not met with the Prime Minister formally since then, although we both attended the Informal EU Summit and High Level Conference on the Sahel in Brussels in February, the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. I met with Prime Minister May on the margins of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 17 May. We discussed current developments in relation to Brexit and the ongoing efforts to assist the parties in Northern Ireland to re-establish the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement. Prime Minister May told me that she expected...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I have no involvement in the processing of Freedom of Information requests. This is managed by the Civil Servants in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Government recently approved the annual report setting out progress on the Programme for Government. This sets out detailed progress since May 2017 on commitments being implemented across Government and will be published shortly and laid before the Oireachtas. The report contains details of progress on commitments falling under the responsibility of the Department of the Taoiseach,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: There are no Acts, or parts of Acts under the Department of the Taoiseach awaiting commencement.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Budgets (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has no capital allocation for the years in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Data (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: No such fines have been imposed on my Department.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: This is a difficult and emotive issue and has caused concern throughout the country, not just among people who have been affected and their families, but among women in general, and women, in particular, who avail of cervical screening. I believe the Government has taken a lot actions in a swift manner. We established a serious incident management team to go into CervicalCheck and deal with...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Yes, we are committed to establishing a commission of investigation. I do not want there to be any ambiguity about that. Members have a lot of faith in Dr. Scally. He has done a good job so far and many of the women with whom he has been in contact have a lot of faith in him. He has asked that he be allowed more time to conduct his scoping inquiry. It is appropriate that we allow him...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Yes, we will hold firm to the commitments we made and we expect the United Kingdom Government and others to hold firm to the commitments they made. In December, a political agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union that gives us a number of guarantees and assurances - for example, on the common travel area, for ongoing PEACE funding for Northern Ireland and Border areas and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: My priority is to secure the agreement and not to sell it. We secured a political agreement in December and we will secure a legal withdrawal agreement by October. That is exactly what I am focused on and what the Tánaiste and all of our teams are focused on also. That is what we intend to do. We need to bear in mind that dealing with Brexit is not solely a matter of considering...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I want to take a moment to add my words of condolence to the family of Rory Kiely, who passed away, and also to the family of Seán Calleary, whom we lost last week. I extend my condolences to their families and to the Fianna Fáil Party. There will be a time in the future when we will be able to give more lengthy tributes to those two men who gave great service to our country and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I am told Cahersiveen Garda station has reduced opening hours to the public but it is still functioning on a 24-7 basis. The Killarney district has 107 gardaí assigned to it, including one superintendent and 18 gardaí are assigned to Cahersiveen Garda station. They can call on back-up from national regional units, including the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the armed...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: It is a year tomorrow since my election as Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I am not one for anniversaries or birthdays. I am known to forget them or very often decline to celebrate them.