Results 26,421-26,440 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: As can be seen from the figures from last year and this, there will be even stronger-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The issue of different pay scales within the public service is a somewhat different one to poverty and deprivation-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----and income inequality but we will come back to that. I do not know if that report is ready but I will check with the Minister and ask him to write to Deputy Bríd Smith.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The House will appreciate that no matter a long a speech one makes, there will always be something that one either does not mention or does not mention enough.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: That is a standard criticism of any speech that anyone makes. I am not a person for long speeches. I did, of course, refer on several occasions to Project Ireland 2040 and Deputy Eamon Ryan will know that the biggest-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----single aspect of that is €22 billion to be invested in climate actions.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: In respect of making time available for a debate, the Deputy has been back in this House for over two years now and he must know at this stage it is the Business Committee that makes those decisions, not me.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. The best approach to be taken in this case is for the patient concerned to get a prescription from a specialist. A specialist doctor is required, and he or she must be willing to prescribe the drug and monitor it for side effects and efficacy. The Minister for Health has already issued seven or eight licences on that basis and has not refused...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I did not pick up all of what Deputy Buckley said, but I believe it was related to the pilot scheme in schools for speech and language therapy. I will have to ask the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, to write to the Deputy with a detailed response.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I have not had an opportunity to examine that, but I will discuss it with the line Minister and reply to the Deputy in writing.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I am not entirely sure what the question is, but funding for section 39 organisations has been increased every year for the past three years at least. However, I appreciate that they are a diverse group. Some may have had reductions; others have had increases. Overall, there has been an increase every year for the past three years. This would be best raised as a Topical Issue matter with...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: As I said to the House yesterday, there is no law or regulation prohibiting farmers from cutting hay before 1 July. The traditional hay meadow aspect of the GLAS scheme is voluntary and farmers opt into it. It is a voluntary action and it is part of the voluntary scheme. If farmers choose this action, they are compensated at a rate of €315 per ha, up to a maximum of 10 ha. The...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I am afraid I am not familiar with the specifics of the issue, but I know it is something that is of great concern and interest to Deputy Neville. I will meet the Minister for Education and Skills later today, and I will ask him to make direct contact with the Deputy to see what can be done.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: Tax offences and tax crimes are serious crimes in my view and in that of the Government. When people commit tax offences, they are not just taking money from one person they are taking money from all society. In the case of Deputy Lowry, he got a fair trial-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----and as a result of that there was a conviction and a barring from holding directorships and also a fine. It is for the courts to hear cases-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----and to make those decisions. We are a democracy, we are not the people's socialist republic. We are politicians.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: We are not going to overrule judges.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: We are a democracy and we have a separation of powers.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It is not Soviet Russia.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1, 2 and 3 together. On Monday, 11 June, the Vatican announced the programme for the Pope's visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families from Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 August 2018. While the main impetus for the visit is the World Meeting of Families, it will also have a number of official and public events, including engagements with the President...