Results 29,441-29,460 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: Perhaps if the Deputy can calm down for a moment and contain-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----himself, I can give him something that might be of use and some help to him, that is, to advise him that powers do exist for local authorities to make decisions in this area.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: For example, recently Wexford County Council unanimously passed a motion calling on the Minister to extend the smoky coal ban to Enniscorthy. However, it is open to Wexford County Council to now make an order to begin the process to ban the burning of a substance under provisions of the Air Pollution Act 1987.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: So there are existing legal provisions that allow cities and counties to pursue the ban if they so wish-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----notwithstanding the risks.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: This is national carer's week. I want to join my voice to those of the Deputy and others in this House who have paid tribute to carers, who do enormous work for their families and others. The Government and society place enormous value on the work of those who care for people in their own homes and in other homes. Those are not just words; in the last couple of years the Government has...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: If it is a case of comparing records, one only has to look at the difference north of the Border when it comes to the income supports provided to carers, where Deputy McDonald's party served in government for a long time. I am happy to compare that record at any point in time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The budget for home help and home support in 2015 was €306 million. This year it is €446 million, so in the course of only four years there has been a 50% increase in the budget for home help. People will argue that providing extra money for home help takes pressure off hospitals and reduces hospital costs but there is no evidence that this is the case because notwithstanding...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: What appears to be logical does not often turn out to be the case when one actually does it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: An extra €30 million has been provided for home help this year and that will provide an extra 800,000 home help hours this year.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: There will be 800,000 more home help hours this year than last year. It is necessary for the HSE to manage that additional resource appropriately.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. I am very sorry to hear about her injury and I hope she makes a speedy recovery.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy asked for practical examples of the kind of climate action Government is taking, so I will give her a few.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy said that there is no evidence that Government is taking climate action. I will respond to that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----by giving her examples of four practical measures taken in recent weeks. I signed a joint letter with President Macron to build a Celtic interconnector between Ireland and continental Europe which will allow us to expand our renewable energy sector and to share it with Europe.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: Irish Rail issued the initial tender for 600 hybrid electric vehicles as we start to move towards an electric rail fleet and to electrify the lines to Drogheda, Maynooth and Celbridge. Dublin Bus received the first of its low-emission buses.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: All buses being procured for our cities from now on will be low-emission vehicles. Just today Cabinet voted to publish legislation to outlaw the manufacture of microbeads in Ireland. There are four practical examples-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----of measures taken by Government in recent weeks that will make a difference. These will be followed by the publication of the Government's climate plan in the coming weeks. Government wants sensible climate action, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions rather than legislation which pays lip service to doing so. It wants sensible climate action that reduces greenhouse gas...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----because of the risks and costs of transport. We have accepted other legislation. We have accepted two Private Member's Bills, one from Deputy McLoughlin to outlaw fracking and another from Deputy Pringle to end investment by State funds in fossil fuel companies. We have, therefore, demonstrated that we will support legislation which makes sense, actually works and will not do...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I have not been lobbied by them at all. I said earlier the Government wants to take sensible climate action, that is, climate action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps us to save our planet, but at the same time does not cost jobs, does not make us poorer and does not make us less safe. The difficulty with some of the Deputy's proposals is that they potentially would make us...