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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: So there is nothing particularly new in CETA in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: There are two issues there. First, whether that is constitutional is a separate question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: -----and would presumably have to be determined by the Supreme Court. The second question is whether there would have to be compensation in those circumstances. Any company could argue that case, not just a Canadian company such as IRES REIT. Any company could argue in such a scenario that that represents confiscation or expropriation and that case would have to be heard. Whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Properties (21 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Accommodation for my Department and its Offices is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State owned or leased by the OPW on our behalf. The nature of the work of my Department means we have minimal direct in-person interaction with members of the public in our buildings and accordingly we have no public offices in the Department. The vast bulk of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (21 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Mr. Mulcahy and his representatives have communicated with my Department for more than twenty years and I have written to Mr Mulcahy about these matters on 16 March 2021. I reviewed the matters associated with my Department regarding Mr Mulcahy’s correspondence over a prolonged period. Mr Mulcahy had the Department’s handling of these matters considered by the Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Communications (21 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I do not regularly use text messages to transact Government business but I do use email regularly. I do not routinely delete text messages or emails related to Government or official business. I do delete personal or party political ones on occasion. Messages on old devices may not always be retained or backed-up.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cybersecurity Policy (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department adopts a defence in depth approach to cyber security. This approach uses multiple layers and disparate systems to deliver security which is not dependent on any single component. Given the heightened level of risk which has pertained in recent months, my Department’s technical staff has adopted a posture of increased vigilance and oversight of systems. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and the agencies under its remit are driving the implementation of the National Remote Work Strategy, Making Remote Work, in a way which maximises its economic, social and environmental benefits. Each action in the Strategy has been attributed to lead actors for delivery and each action is scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year. Lead actors report progress on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and the agencies under its remit are driving the implementation of the National Remote Work Strategy, Making Remote Work, in a way which maximises its economic, social and environmental benefits. Each action in the Strategy has been attributed to lead actors for delivery and each action is scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year, with work being coordinated through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It could sue us in either court system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I might come back in a moment on the negative list issue. There would, of course, be engagement on it. If the Senator can give me a little bit of time I might come back on that later in the session. On the earlier question, I am advised that if a member state was unable to ratify CETA, and it represented a permanent and definitive state, they would have to formally notify this to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The question asked by the Deputy at the outset on the breach of competition law is valid, but it is also hypothetical. I imagine that the way it would work is that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, which is Ireland's competition authority, would conclude that there was a breach of competition law. If that breach of competition law harmed a Canadian company, I do not see...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: There were a lot of threads to the Deputy's question. I will, perhaps, focus my reply on the issue of student accommodation in recognition of the fact there will be a student protest today on that issue. Students have suffered a lot during this pandemic. They have seen changes to the leaving certificate cancelled and calculated grades. Many of them have had to experience college from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister will give consideration to any legislation brought forward by the Opposition. I am very aware that we face a housing crisis and I am also very aware of the many personal stories. The Deputy does not have a monopoly on compassion or understanding. He may think he does but he does not. Every Member of this House has constituents and friends and family. Every Member of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It is why we are doing so many things. The Deputy said earlier that Members on the Government benches should be ashamed. Maybe he should ask himself whether he should be ashamed too. His party voted to increase rents in Northern Ireland in a pandemic.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy never misses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: A bit of humility from the Deputy, too, would go a long way. A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, we have the usual display. The truth hurts, and they go mad. It drives them crazy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Sinn Féin increased rents in Northern Ireland. It never misses an opportunity to oppose housing here in the South.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It hurts the Deputy more.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I had not heard that Mr. Mervyn Taylor had passed away until I heard it from the Deputy now. I extend my condolences to his family and friends and to the Labour Party. He was a fine man. I met him only once or twice, but he was a democratic revolutionary. He served as the Minister for Equality and Law Reform in the Fine Gael and Labour Party Government headed by Mr. John Bruton. I will...