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EU Summits: Supplementary Questions. (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: That works both ways.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the decision of the Irish people to reject the Lisbon treaty by referendum, and the consequences this decision has for Ireland's future in Europe. If this is not an issue of national importance, I do not know what is.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: That is a disgrace. Shame on you, a Cheann Comhairle. We will spend the rest of the evening talking rubbish. It is unbelievable.

Dáil Sittings: Motion (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to share time with Deputies Stanton and Breen.

Dáil Sittings: Motion (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to speak in favour of the Labour Party motion, which raises three essential issues — the relevance of this Parliament; public trust in politics and politicians, given the way we behave; and the key social and economic challenges we face. While it may not be wise to include all three issues in one motion, that has been done and we have to debate them. I propose to address them...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to address this issue as Thornton Hall is located in my Dublin West constituency. I wish to express my opposition to this project in its entirety, first on the basis of its cost. The site cost is €40 million, which is an extraordinary cost for a piece of agricultural land that probably is only worth approximately €6 million, and that...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Will he turn up for the vote tonight, or will he run out of the Chamber faster than Roadrunner, as he did at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights? The Green Party and the former Independent Deputies have become more Fianna Fáil than Fianna Fáil itself. They have cheapened the political process by their cynical stance on this matter....

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: He turned a blind eye then.

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to share time with Deputies McHugh and Flanagan.

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I begin by expressing my regret in regard to the result though, of course, I accept it. Some 800,000 people voted "No" and 700,000 voted "Yes". It is important not to forget that 47% of the people voted "Yes" and that they remain committed to European integration. What we have seen in recent days is indicative of the reality of the campaign. We were told by Sinn Féin, Libertas and the...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Some have suggested the Lisbon treaty is dead. The UK Foreign Secretary has said it is up to the Irish to give the last rites to the treaty. Is it still the policy of the Government to ratify it? If it is, when will it tell the people? If it is not, when will it tell the other EU member states that we do not intend to ratify it? They will then not have to waste time going through an...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: That is different from wanting greater integration.

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: When will it be published?

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions she has taken or plans to take to address the rising cost of consumer goods and services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24096/08]

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Deputies will be aware of widespread consumer anger about the price of goods and the growing fear of those on tight budgets. While I am not on a particularly tight budget, I returned from my local Spar outlet the other day having paid almost €100 for a basket of goods which had very little in it. I appreciate the Minister earns €5,000 per week and probably has her driver do her...

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Deputy Clune does not have a driver.

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: On a brief supplementary——

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ——the Tánaiste stated she met Tesco and that she had not met Dunnes Stores. Did she meet Lidl, Aldi and Superquinn?

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Leo Varadkar: She did not meet them directly, did she?