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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (31 Mar 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social welfare supports available to Irish citizens returning home from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12938/09]
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (31 Mar 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of individuals for each PRSI class who have made more than 156 reckonable contributions over the past four years, 195 reckonable contributions over the past five years, 234 reckonable contribution over the past six years, 273 reckonable contributions over the past seven years and 312 reckonable contributions over the...
- Written Answers — Official Languages: Official Languages (31 Mar 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the Constitution should be amended to recognise Irish sign language as an official language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12939/09]
- Written Answers — Official Languages: Official Languages (31 Mar 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he is taking to grant recognition to Irish sign language; if he will support its use by the Government and its agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12940/09]
- FÁS Report. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: My concern is that there is not any sense of urgency to deal with the issues that have arisen in FÃS. The scandal that came to light in FÃS occurred almost a year ago. We have since had a report published by the Committee of Public Accounts, while the Comptroller and Auditor General is compiling his report now. Much good work is done in FÃS, but it is also an agency with a budget of more...
- Skill Shortages. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will ensure there will be no reduction in funding to Skillnets in 2009; her views on proposals to include newly redundant people in Skillnets training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13739/09]
- Skill Shortages. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Minister of State for agreeing to allow the question. Skillnets does an excellent job. It is one of the examples of money that is well spent. It provides excellent training, it is largely employer-led and it gives the people who work in those industries the skills they need to improve the competitiveness of the industry and to go on to promotion and...
- Skill Shortages. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Will the Minister of State tell us by next week?
- Skill Shortages. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Does the Minister of State not understand the damage being caused to the country by this uncertainty? People do not know what is happening. They do not know how much they will be paid next month, or how much they will be taxed next month. We need certainty.
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I welcome the announcement that the Minister of State intends to appoint more people to that section, which is important. However, the Government has made several commitments recently. It committed to paying its bills on time and to paying redundancy refunds on time, but these commitments are not being honoured. As a customer, the Government is putting businesses out of business, because...
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Will they be?
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Do you think they are listening?
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: The Minister of State might have said as much in his reply.
- Departmental Agencies. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: People are facing pay cuts and higher taxes. People on training schemes are not paid well, nor are most FÃS workers on the ground. In this context, is the remuneration package of the director general of FÃS, which is worth more than â¬200,000, not excessive and inappropriate? Should the Minister of State not announce that the chief executive's salary will be capped at, for example, the...
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: The Tánaiste stated she was highly committed to sustaining jobs in that part of the world.
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I remind her that Members are discussing north County Dublin, which is a few miles away and not Argentina or India. It is located in Deputy Reilly's constituency at present and will be in mine quite shortly.
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Members should be aware that Irish jobs, located just down the road, are under discussion. What is happening at SR Technics is a scandal. While many jobs have been lost in the economy, many of the major job losses in large industries in Dublin and elsewhere have occurred in industries that were on the way out anyway as they may not have been profitable or their jobs models were of a...
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: The Tánaiste said "if", which means such a proposal has not been made.
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: They would have to agree to it.
- Job Losses. (1 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: It would be a good reason to resign