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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (5 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The Commencement Order, commencing the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 will be signed shortly, with the Establishment Order which is required to set up the CEA being signed soon thereafter.  As an Agency, the CEA will have more autonomy, particularly the ability to recruit required skills and expertise. My Department has worked with the ODCE to ensure the CEA will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (5 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: While no official is due to receive a pay rise, Section 20 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 set out that restoration for public servants with annualised basic salaries above €150,000 would be completed by Ministerial order by 1 July 2022. In accordance with the legislation, an Order under Section 20 of the Act was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 30 June. My...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (5 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: My Department is progressing a range of actions to promote the inclusion of people with a disability in the workforce.  These actions cover issues such as Workplace Relations Commission referrals referencing disability grounds, the National Standards Authority of Ireland’s Excellence Though People certification scheme, and Enterprise Ireland’s (EI) collaboration with the...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 to the House. The Bill enjoys significant cross-party support. I acknowledge the contribution of Senators, whose thoughtful contributions have helped us refine and improve the Bill. I also acknowledge my colleague, the current Leader of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the Corporate Enforcement Agency will be formally established very shortly and will effectively subsume the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. The new Agency will have greater autonomy and flexibility in terms of the ability to recruit staff with the necessary skills mix and depth of experience to meet the reinforced mandate of the CEA. In...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The CRO’s allocation for 2022 from Vote 32, under subhead C.11, was €8.016 million. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing funding to the CRO by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. REV Allocation 2022 (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 15% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: PIAB is funded through fees charged for its services and the exchequer provides an allocation to meet costs associated with former staff pensions. As there was a significant reduction in claims to PIAB in 2020 and 2021 because of the closure of public places and businesses and less traffic on our roads, the Department, on a once off basis, provided an additional exchequer allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The HSA’s allocation for 2022 from Vote 32, under subhead C.5, was €26.471 million. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing funding to the HSA by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. REV Allocation 2022 (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 15% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The CCPC’s allocation for 2022 from Vote 32, under subhead C.8, was €18.323 million. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing funding to the CCPC by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. REV Allocation 2022 (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 15% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: IAASA’s allocation for 2022 from Vote 32, under subhead C.12, was €1.679 million. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing funding to IAASA by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. REV Allocation 2022 (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 15% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) 25%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay Commission (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The LPC’s allocation for 2022 from Vote 32, under subhead C.16, was €490k. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing funding to the LPC by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. REV Allocation 2022 (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 15% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) 25%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The NSAI Committee, NSAI TC 063, was and continues to be responsible for the development of I.S. 465. The committee’s composition remains the same for work currently underway on amendment of I.S. 465, except for Ground Investigations Ireland and Fastnet Analytical who are no longer involved. NSAI keeps membership of the committee constantly under review so as to endeavour to have a...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: It has been a long debate - I have been here for almost all of it - and it has been a good one. In the limited time I have, I wish to make three points. First, the motion of no confidence tabled by Sinn Féin is a deeply cynical and nakedly political one. It is pointless. The Government has a clear working majority and that will be evident from the vote tonight. Those in Sinn...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: -----because their motion has allowed us to demonstrate tonight that we have a clear working majority, we will be able to pass a budget and that this Government can and will last full term. We will prove by the vote tonight that there is no prospect of a Sinn Féin-led government-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: -----this year, next year or the year after, and maybe not even the year after that.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: This is a show motion. It is a publicity stunt designed to get coverage and air time for Sinn Féin politicians who have no real solutions to the problems our country face - just snappy soundbites that tested well with their expensive focus groups. It is a waste of parliamentary time as well. Let us not forget that only last week, Sinn Féin wasted 45 minutes of parliamentary time...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: This week, three hours will be wasted on this debate even though we know the outcome of it.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The truth is that Sinn Féin wants chaos because it benefits from chaos.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: There is no functioning government in London. In Belfast, there is no functioning government once again. Sinn Féin wants the same here.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: Last week, it demanded an early budget to tackle the cost of living, but Sinn Féin is not sincere about that. It is not really on the side of hard-working Irish families. If its motion of no confidence had been passed, we would have been faced with an election in August and, with it taking several months to form a government, the budget would be pushed back and people would not get the...