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Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: In regard to Garda numbers, we want to build safer and stronger communities, and that means supporting gardaí and making sure they are supported, feel supported, and that it is a good career choice. The budget provides for 1,000 additional Garda recruits this year and we believe that will be adequate to cover retirements and resignations. The resignation rate from An Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----and assisted by People Before Profit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It is very interesting debating-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----members of People Before Profit in the Chamber. You are interesting people, you are passionate and I enjoy listening to your questions and you often raise pertinent issues I sometimes have not considered, but are you sure you are not a bit bonkers? Do you really think there is going to be a conspiracy-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----involving all those people to overthrow a left-wing Government?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: A comprehensive evaluation of how the country managed COVID-19 will provide an opportunity to learn lessons from our experiences in dealing with a pandemic. It will include a review of the whole-of-government response to the pandemic and how we might do better and be in a stronger position if another pandemic or other similar type event were to occur. It will include a consideration of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (7 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: As provided for in the Terms of Reference for the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use, agreed by Dáil Éireann on 21st February 2023 and Seanad Éireann on 23rd February 2023, the Chair of the Assembly will be paid an honorarium. This will be the standard per diem rate which is applied for similar such positions, and will be sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure, National...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel respected, valued and included and to serve the public in line with Civil Service Quality Customer Service guiding principles. The Department currently has no legislation in drafting nor any legislation in planning. The final text of any legislation as enacted is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: A comprehensive evaluation of how the country managed COVID-19 will provide an opportunity to learn lessons from our experiences in dealing with a pandemic. It will include a review of the whole-of-government response to the pandemic and how we might do better and be in a stronger position if another pandemic or other similar type event were to occur. It will include a consideration of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Action Plan (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach prepares quarterly progress reports on the implementation of measures committed to under Climate Action Plans. The reports provide a detailed breakdown of completed and delayed actions each quarter. Once approved by Government, they are published online for full transparency on climate action delivery. The most recently compiled progress report was published...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Climate Action Unit is part of the Economic Division of the Department of the Taoiseach. It was established in 2019 to meet the challenges of climate change and drive the necessary transition to a climate-neutral economy. The Unit assists in coordinating a whole-of-government response to the climate crisis, including supporting the delivery of the Government’s climate commitments...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank members for this opportunity to appear before the select committee as they consider the 2023 Estimates for Votes 1 to 6, inclusive. A detailed briefing document for each of these Votes has been supplied to the committee in advance of the meeting. While I have certain responsibilities to the Oireachtas for administrative matters in some of these offices, they operate independently...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Go raibh maith agat a Theachta as do chuid ceisteanna. First, the Housing Commission has not yet reported or given us any advice on new targets. I think there may have been a leak from the commission, but we have yet to receive a report from it on new targets. I look forward to that report and I have met the commission so I have a rough idea of what it will propose but it has not done it...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I have had the same experience as Deputy Mairéad Farrell of going to weddings and meeting friends and colleagues who still live in the parental home. The average age for somebody leaving the parental home in Ireland is now 28 years of age. It used to be 23 or 24 years of age. I was 23 years of age when I left home and I want us to get back to the point where the average age for people...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The number of free emergency accommodation units varies from week to week. It is not a set figure. People come in and out of emergency accommodation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Yes, obviously we are fully briefed on that by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, but there are different figures for the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, DRHE, area and the various local authorities and the figure in Dublin varies a lot from the figures in other areas. We did take action during the period of the eviction ban. More than 5,000 new social homes were constructed. Some 450...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I echo Deputy English's comments. I express my thanks, both personally and on behalf of the Government, to everyone who has helped to accommodate people coming from Ukraine. It is easy to forget, but we have never seen anything like this in Ireland before. We were used to somewhere between 3,000 and 12,000 so 80,000 in one year is an extraordinarily big number. They are going to continue...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I believe migration is a good thing. If it was not for migration, I would not exist. My parents met in England when they were both migrants. My mother was an Irish nurse while my father was an Indian doctor. Migration has been broadly a good thing for Ireland. When I got into the big tech and pharma companies that are employing so many people and paying so much tax in Ireland, I see a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: First, I do not believe that the Good Friday Agreement is toast. We will mark 25 years of that agreement this year, 25 years of peace in Northern Ireland. Notwithstanding the fact that the-----