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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28461/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28463/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by her Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28472/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28464/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28467/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's Office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's Office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28460/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28465/09]

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the principle of the Bill but want to make a few comments on it, and it is important they are made at this stage. As all Members will be aware, the public is taking a great deal of pain in terms of pension levies and pay cuts in the private sector, pension levies in the public sector and tax increases imposed by the Government, and there will be further tax increases imposed in...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I appreciate that. That is fair comment. The public and the media do not believe or understand the level of cutbacks and reductions which have been imposed on Members of the House. It is right that the cuts were made but they should have been made up-front and in a big package. Announcements were made in the emergency budget but there was a perception that they were not implemented. In...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister should look at my figures. There is no financial advantage in the Dáil collapsing if the pension is reduced by 25%. If it were 50%, a number of former Ministers on the Government back benches who are quite critical of the Government - I can think of two, in particular - would have been better off were the Dáil to collapse. This will not now be the case as the reduction will...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The former officeholders are not very supportive of the current officeholders.

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: My point regarding the payment of long service increments to public servants who are paid more than Deputies also applies to the dual payment of public sector pensions. Deputies and Senators are not the only people on the Government payroll who also receive a pension. Many people in well paid positions at the head of State agencies and boards have retired from the Army, the Garda and other...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Does that include staffing clinics?

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Are civil servants running Fianna Fáil TDs' clinics?

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding proposal 24 listed in annex D of budget 2009; the date the proposal will be fully completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29577/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of the 28 of April 2009, the progress made in this area; the expected date by which she expects to have completed the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29583/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her target for the payment of redundancy rebates to employers following the receipt of a correctly completed return in writing and electronically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29595/09]

Written Answers — IDA Properties: IDA Properties (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown by area of Industrial Development Authority properties; if, in each instance, the property is IDA owned or leased; if each property is currently occupied or vacant; if leased, the initial length of the lease and the remaining period of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...