Results 31,041-31,060 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----or from a UN rapporteur.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: It has come from the UNDP which is a UN agency. I look forward to the "Prime Time" special dedicated to-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----explaining to the country exactly how we managed to get to fourth place in the entire world.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I do not have that figure to hand but will ask the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide it for the Deputy. Assuming we stay in office, I can commit to continuing to increase the capital budget for public transport, as we have done for the last two years. We will continue to do so for the next five years if we are given the opportunity. I know that the Deputy will want to...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: New carriages have been ordered which will increase capacity by 34% on the Maynooth, Kildare and northern lines.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: We are providing €1 billion for Irish Rail over the next five years to improve the quality of our railways.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: Also, for the first time, there will be 24 hour bus services in Cork and Dublin. That has never been done before.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The short answer is "Yes". However, I would say ratified rather than signed because there is a difference there. Should the withdrawal agreement be ratified, the Government will implement the Low Pay Commission's recommendation to increase the minimum wage to €10.10 per hour. That will be the third increase in three years by this Government and will mean that we have the sixth...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. The Government does not have powers of investigation when it comes to matters such as this in companies or sporting bodies. The Garda does and the report is now with the Garda. This is a matter for the Garda and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE to investigate.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: He does not have the power to carry out a Garda or ODCE investigation.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: Maidir le Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, leagadh é faoi bhráid an Rialtais maidin inniu. Tá áthas orm gur tugadh cead é a fhoilsiú agus tús a chur leis an bpróiseas reachtaíochta san Oireachtas. Is céim mhór chun tosaigh í seo. Cinnteoidh an Bille nua go leanfaidh Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla de bheith ina thacaíocht...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The Cabinet decided today to provide an extra €10 million for public service broadcasting in Ireland in 2020, with €9 million going to RTÉ and €1 million going to the broadcasting fund. Also, a commission will be established on the future of Irish public service broadcasting, to report by September 2020. The terms of reference include examining how public service...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: If the Deputy gives me more details on the specific incidence, I will have it checked. Much of nursing recruitment goes through the national recruitment service which is somewhat cumbersome, but others can recruit independently and locally, which has led to financial management issues. If the Deputy provides me with more information I will have it checked out.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I can answer. I am happy to assure the House that neither I nor the Government are proposing that people be banned from burning turf or wood in their own private homes. However, this is-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy is a wise enough man not to believe everything he reads in the papers.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: However, a ban on burning turf and probably a ban on the burning of wood in people's private homes would be probably a natural extension of the policy that is being proposed by the leader of Fianna Fáil.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: It is part of its growing anti-rural agenda. It opposed the massive broadband plan, it wants to re-profile the roads projects and now it wants to ban the burning of turf. This is an anti-rural party.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I will have to check with the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, the progress on implementing those changes. We want to do this. I acknowledge we have said we will do it for a very long time and have not done it yet. I will check with the Minister of State how that is proceeding and get back to Deputy Brassil.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The €1 billion over five years allocated to Irish Rail by the Minister, Deputy Ross, only in the past two weeks is for all the lines around the country, including the Rosslare line. As recently as a few years ago we had to seriously contemplate closing some lines. We no longer have to do that. Now, rather than repairing faults as they arise, we will have a managed maintenance...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I will ask the Minister for Health to provide a written response to the Deputy.