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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I shall read it again but that was my reading of it. In a no-deal scenario obviously we have a big problem. As I have said before, it is not enough for people to say that a hard border can be avoided simply by saying that nobody wants one-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----and simply by saying that it can be achieved merely through political will and good intentions.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: To maintain the absence of a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland we have to have an agreement on customs and regulation. We have to be in the same customs territory or customs union, whatever one wants to call it, and we have to have alignment on regulations.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: That is precisely why we have negotiated the withdrawal agreement.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy would have to ask the Tánaiste but that is what he told me he was getting at.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: That is why we negotiated the withdrawal agreement and the backstop. I do not see much room for negotiation beyond that. What has to happen now-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I will tell the Deputies then what. What happens now is exactly what Prime Minister May said would happen. She will now engage with senior politicians in Westminster to see if they can come up with a set of proposals that would allow us to ratify the withdrawal agreement. That is where the issue lies. We have to hear from the UK what its proposals are to resolve this problem and avoid no...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Written answers are published on the Oireachtas website.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 95 together. There are currently 212.7 whole time equivalent staff working in my Department. Given the nature of the work and size of the organisation, the Department has no staff in a professional or technical grade. My Department does not collect or collate this personal data except where the Department funds training undertaken by staff or...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Exports Data (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It shows the top 15 trading partners covering approximately 87% of total trade. Table A: Exports of Goods by country 2017-2018 and percentage share of total trade Country Value €000 2017 Tonnes 2017 Value €000 Jan - Nov 2018 Tonnes Jan - Nov 2018 % of total Value of Exports 2017 % of total Value of Exports Jan...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Imports Data (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It shows the top 15 trading partners covering approximately 87% of total trade. Table A: Imports of Goods by country 2017-2018 and percentage share of total trade Country Value €000 2017 Tonnes 2017 Value €000 Jan – Nov 2018 Tonnes Jan – Nov 2018 % of total Value of Imports 2017 % of total...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Exports Data (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The data requested by the Deputy is not available. The trade of Irish owned enterprises cannot be separately identified in the data as the country of ownership of trading enterprises is not currently available.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Small and Medium Enterprises Data (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The exact data requested by the Deputy is not available. Table A shows the most recent year data is available for exports of goods by SMEs is 2016. There is no breakdown by country available. Table A : Goods exports by enterprise size 2016 Enterprise size Value €million % of total Number of enterprises % of total Micro 6,917 6 5,007 59 Small 7,507 6 2,143 25 Medium...

Ráitis ó Cheannairí na bPáirtithe agus na nGrúpaí - Statements from Party and Group Leaders (21 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, ar an lá seo, céad bliain ó shin, deimhníodh ráiteas dearfa, diongbháilte, misniúil faoi thodhchaí na hÉireann. Tháinig grúpa beag duine a bhí tofa i bParlaimint Westminster, le chéile anseo, i dTeach an Ardmhéara i mBaile Átha Cliath, chun an Chéad Dáil a reachtú....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: When we talk about the children's hospital, we should not forget the enormous value the project will bring to the country.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: It will deliver a major improvement in healthcare and paediatric care for our most valuable citizens, namely, our children. Some 450 beds will be provided, each of them single rooms, which is very different from what we currently have. There will be space for parents to stay overnight.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: There will be 15 theatres and five MRI machines. Ambulatory care centres at both Tallaght and Connolly hospitals will be provided which will reduce the need for admissions and attendances and the total need for hospital beds. The project will provide parent accommodation and an academic research centre. The hospital will be born digital. It will be an enormous asset for the country and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The capital build cost of the project is €1,433 million. That includes the entire capital cost for the main hospital at St. James's which will also house the school and third level educational spaces, the outpatient and urgent care centres I mentioned at Connolly and Tallaght hospitals, equipment for the three sites and construction of the car park and retail spaces. These same...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: There is no one thing, whether it is VAT, fire safety, construction inflation or an underestimate of the cost of the cables and electrics, that could possibly explain an increase of this nature. Of course it is multifactorial. Of course there are a number of reasons the cost has gone up. The estimate did not just go from €650 million to €1.433 million. It went up to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: That was reported to the Government in December. That is the full construction cost, including the car parks, but it does not include ICT investment, for example, and some other associated costs. The review being undertaken by PwC commenced this week. Department of Health officials have engaged with the HSE and consultants on finalising the terms of reference, methodology and timeframe. I...