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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse her decision to cap the hours for a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30897/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is excluded from the early childhood and education scheme; the reason for same; the options available to the child to ensure that they receive appropriate education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30898/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out an assessment of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the Buteyko method of treating asthma or will do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30297/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if doctors employed in public hospitals (details supplied) on temporary contracts in the 1970s and 1980s are entitled to a public service pension; the procedures involved to the public to ascertain such information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30910/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: He does not.

Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Thornton Hall prison project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31461/09]

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Feighan, Doyle, Stanton and Bannon.

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009 to the House in my name and that of my Fine Gael colleagues. If passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and enacted into law, it will bring about a radical reform in the way public bodies are governed and how they are held accountable to the representatives of people. In the past 12 years, there has been a...

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Go on.

Traffic Management (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue and appreciate that the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, who has responsibility for the Office of Public Works, has come to respond. As the Minister of State will be aware, it is proposed to close the Castleknock gate of the Phoenix Park for six weeks starting next week. My constituency has only three routes into the city...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Garda reservists must resign from the reserve before applying to join the Garda on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32353/09]

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications that have been received by reservists to join the Garda full-time; the number of same who were refused on the basis of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32354/09]

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his refusal to raise the age limit for recruitment to the Garda from 35 years relates to concerns about the cost of pensions or fitness levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32355/09]

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I do not know how many pools in which the Minister for Finance fishes but I am sure after recent weeks, he would prefer if the Tánaiste kept all her comments to herself in that they seem to be endlessly unhelpful to him and the Taoiseach. I would like to reflect on some of the points made by the many speakers who contributed to the debate, which was a very good one. We do not often have...

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (23 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if foreign policy commitments have featured in the renegotiation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31772/09]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish Aid staff based in its Limerick office; the number of staff moved from Irish Aid to other areas due to their unwillingness to decentralise with Irish Aid to Limerick; the scale of expertise in aid policy possessed by the replacement staff; the cost, both capital and current, of the Irish Aid decentralisation; and if he...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Is it €3 billion or €4 billion?

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Deputy Lenihan said €3 billion.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I will raise three matters relating to the legislative programme. The purpose of the Social Welfare Bill is to provide for the implementation of budget 2010 increases and to make amendments to the social welfare code. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the legislative programme published by the Chief Whip is correct and the Social Welfare Bill will contain increases? A simple "Yes" or "No"...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Tánaiste is standing.