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Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, together. With regard to gender equality-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: With regard to gender equality in society, we must ensure that women have opportunities to participate fully and effectively in economic, public and political life. We need to see more women participating in decision-making roles across society so as to empower future generations of women and girls. As I have stated publicly, most recently at the Congress of Women's Caucuses on 10...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I am not sure who Deputy Burton was referring to as being male, pale or stale. I am definitely not pale. When we talk about gender equality and gender diversity, whether in politics, the workplace or in any field of life, I do not think it is right to be diminutive or dismissive of anyone based on their gender, pallor or level of experience. I hope that when we talk about these issues, we...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: No.

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: It will have to be brought to the Cabinet first.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Communications (9 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach has an ICT Policy which stipulates that where personal email accounts are used for business purposes, due regard must be taken of the sensitivity and confidentiality of the information being transmitted. The ICT Policy further requires that, where personal email accounts are used for business purposes, a copy of any record created must be retained in an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (9 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Secretary General of my Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup for one day at the invitation of the European Tour. The purpose of his attendance was to discuss the possibility of the hosting of a future Ryder Cup in Ireland. The European Tour requested that the meeting would be held at Le Golf National in Paris on one of the three days of the Ryder Cup, in order to illustrate the scale of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Government is very committed to the national broadband plan, NBP.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Once approved, it will be one of the biggest investments in rural Ireland that has ever taken place, providing high-speed broadband to over 500,000 homes, farms and businesses across rural Ireland This huge investment in rural Ireland will allow people to access more services online. It will also allow business in rural areas to flourish and to embrace the online and digital economy. Since...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----and the tender was not discussed. The minutes show that no official from the national broadband division was in attendance, which is an important fact and that it was not a meeting arranged to discuss the NBP. The engagement in question took place in a social setting and the engagement on the NBP lasted no more than ten minutes, with Mr. McCourt directing his comments to the officials...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: There is a single bidder so competition is not a factor here. Furthermore, the meeting took place on 16 July, when the evaluation stage had not yet commenced. The evaluation stage commenced on 18 September 2018 when the final tender document was submitted to the Department. The minutes of this meeting have been published.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy has a history in this Dáil of making allegations against Ministers and claiming that things are not credible. He said the same about the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, and about me in regard to CervicalCheck, yet the Scally report proves that what Deputy Martin believed incredible was credible. He made allegations regarding the former Minister for Justice and Equality,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----provided it conferred no advantage on Mr. McCourt. Deputy Naughten is the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Are we really saying that over a two or three-year period as Minister, it would not be acceptable for him to meet the CEOs of Eir, SSE Airtricity, SIRO-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Does the Deputy propose that over a two or three-year period the Minister would not have any engagement with anyone involved in the sector? Perhaps he should not meet the chairman of RTÉ or TG4 when decisions are made about the funding of those bodies. Perhaps he should not meet any CEO in the entire industry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: No, but it gets millions of euro in State funding.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I join in offering condolences to the family and friends of Ms Emma Mhic Mhathúna, particularly her five children Natasha, James, Mario, Oisin and Donnacha who, obviously, are foremost in our minds today. Like all Members, I am filled with sorrow that she has passed on at such a young age. I did not know her but, like many people, feel as though I did. She fought like a lioness to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: It delivers enough money to take 5,000 adults and their children out of homelessness next year. It provides for the addition of 10,000 houses to the social housing stock. It provides for an affordability scheme comprising 6,000 homes over three years, provided under shared equity. It provides for an expansion of the family hub programme in order that fewer families must spend time in hotels...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Sinn Féin plan was to provide income tax relief for people who are renting and only people who are renting. We decided-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----on a different approach. We decided to provide income tax relief and USC reductions for everyone who is working in our society, well over 1 million people-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----because many people are struggling to pay the rent. There are, however, also people struggling to pay the mortgage, struggling to pay for childcare and struggling to raise a deposit to buy a home. Sinn Féin-----