Results 3,161-3,180 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the allocation of part-time pro-rate teachers to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for 2009 and for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16634/09]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the teacher allocation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork for 2009 and for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16635/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Apr 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of public servants in receipt of long service increments; the cost to the taxpayer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17362/09]
- Small Claims (Protection of Small Businesses) Bill 2009: First Stage (6 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the District Court Rules; to provide that vendors may use the small claims procedure for the recovery of small debts; and to provide for connected matters.
- Small Claims (Protection of Small Businesses) Bill 2009: First Stage (6 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (6 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 3 February 2009, the loss to the Exchequer arising from cross-Border shopping in 2008 and 2009; if he will publish said report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/09]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on paying participants in FÃS community employment schemes and FÃS training allowances through the social welfare system and if an estimate has been made of the administrative time and costs that could be saved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17558/09]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of back to work allowance, back to enterprise allowance, back to education allowance, community employment scheme payment, training allowances and other FÃS training payments in lieu of welfare in March 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17561/09]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has studied the European equal treatment directive and the implications it may have for enrolment policies and recruitment policies in schools with a religious patron; if he has briefed the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the matter or if he will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17559/09]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is subject to the pension levy when they had signed a waiver opting out of the pension scheme and therefore will derive no benefit from it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18386/09]
- Written Answers — Corporate Responsibility: Corporate Responsibility (13 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals made by a group (details supplied) for the inclusion of corporate responsibility in terms of ethics and social concern as a criterion in the award of public procurement tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13522/09]
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (13 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will manage the State role on the banks which are to be recapitalised. [19092/09]
- Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the impact of the Obama Administration's recently announced tax reform on foreign direct investment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20226/09]
- Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I note that the Tánaiste is alone today. I am aware that her junior ministerial ranks have been somewhat depleted by the recent decision to reduce the number-----
- Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I hope they are not doing a Deputy McGuinness and leaving her on her own.
- Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I am delighted to hear that. As the Tánaiste noted, multinational investments, particularly by US owned corporations, are extremely important to Ireland. These corporations employ approximately 100,000 people. A number of large investments have been made in my constituency of Dublin West by firms such as IBM and eBay. I agree with the Minister that Ireland is not a tax haven but I am...
- Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I appreciate the Minister's response but I would like specific answers to my questions. Did she raise with Timothy Geithner the fact that Ireland was one of only four territories named in the report? One of the specific examples given related to the US wanting to end the system whereby companies investing in an unnamed country with a 12.5% tax rate are able to offset the cost of building...
- Consumer Protection. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on a code of conduct for suppliers and retailers to ensure that consumers are protected and retailers cannot abuse a dominant market position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20227/09]
- Consumer Protection. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: In many ways, this question is connected to Deputy Penrose's previous question.
- Consumer Protection. (19 May 2009)
Leo Varadkar: I wish to echo some of his comments about the position of employees in Tesco. That company is making substantial profits in this country, probably in the region of â¬200 million per annum, although we do not know for certain. There is a strong case for the company to introduce a profit-sharing mechanism as an alternative to the traditional system of national wage agreements, which has now...