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Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I will take the questions in order. I have received a copy of the book Deputy Bacik referred to, but I have not yet had time to read it, so I cannot comment on the assertions made by the authors or adjudicate on them. In relation to records relating to Magdalen laundries, major work is currently under way to establish a central repository of records within the national centre for research...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, together. International Women's Day is marked annually on 8 March and is an important day for recognising the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women in Ireland and women around the world. It is a day to honour the contributions of women, as well as to advocate for greater gender equality and women's rights. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Okay. Deputy Bacik asked about the interdepartmental group on the referendum, which met for the first time in the last few days. I have the report and the minutes from the meeting on my desk. Like many things on my desk, I have not had a chance to look at them just yet but I hope to do so in the next few days. It is my expectation that the group will follow, or at least seek to follow,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It is very fair of the Deputy to ask the question he asked but as is so often the case when he raises individual cases in the Dáil, and I know they are real cases, it is very hard to comment on them without understanding all the detail. I have a constituency service too and get lots of housing queries - believe you me - and try to deal with them and help people as much as possible. You...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 10 go 17, go huile, le chéile. The Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination generally meets in advance of Government meetings and is scheduled to meet again on Monday, 27 March. The committee reviews the agenda for Government meetings the next day, looks forward to Government meetings to come, discusses political priorities and reviews the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputies have raised a number of important questions but given the time allowed, I will prioritise answering the questions that relate to the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination, which is the issue addressed in the group. Regarding the reasoning given to us by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the lifting of the eviction moratorium, the Department's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: We certainly met the Minister. I cannot remember exactly which meeting he attended or did not attend but we certainly met him. He almost certainly was there but there was more than one meeting on this, as the Deputy can imagine. The very strong assessment from the officials was to go for the option of ending the moratorium as planned on 31 March. In terms of statistical modelling, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I do not think any modelling has been done by the Opposition. We had an indication of the RTB figures but not the exact figures. They indicated two things. One was an uptick in notices to quit driven by the eviction ban. Landlords got the message, in part as a consequence of the eviction ban, and it accelerated the number of landlords that were leaving. That bothered us and is one of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I cannot respond to that. It is not a matter for the co-ordination committee. Perhaps I can come back to Deputy Barry at a different point.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I will participate in the March meeting of the European Council in Brussels tomorrow and Friday. The agenda will cover Ukraine, competitiveness, the Single Market and the economy, energy and migration. We will also discuss some recent developments including the Windsor Framework, the normalisation agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, and a donors' conference held in Brussels on Monday to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Convention on the Constitution and the Citizens’ Assemblies to date have been established by Resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas and operated independently of the Government. Arrangements for payments to Chairpersons of the various Assemblies have been determined by resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Chairperson of each of these bodies has been entitled to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The International Section of the Department supports my work at international level, beyond Europe, to promote Ireland’s foreign and economic policy objectives, and to develop and maintain strong bilateral and multilateral relations. Working closely with other departments, especially the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Section provides me with advice and briefing on bilateral...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Cabinet Committee on the Humanitarian Response to Ukraine last met on Thursday 23rd of February. The next meeting is scheduled for 30th of March. This Committee, which I chair, works to ensure a coordinated approach to the State’s humanitarian response for people arriving from Ukraine who have sought Temporary Protection here. The Government’s coordinated response to the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach sought and received approval for virement in principle, in full compliance with the Public Financial Procedures, from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery, and Reform in December to vire monies within non-pay administration subheads. Provisional sanction was also granted to vire surpluses associated with the Tribunal of Inquiry to offset the full...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach does not oversee any capital projects and has no capital expenditure subhead in its estimates.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach fully complies with its responsibilities under the National Archives Act 1986. This involves transfer of records for public inspection when they become thirty years old. Any records held by this Department relating to this subject matter up to and including 1992 will therefore, have already transferred to the National Archives in line with the Act. Any...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I would be interested if the Deputy knows how many new tenancies were created in Ireland last year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Fifty thousand new tenancies were created last year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: That means 50,000 people found a new place to live.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It is possible that in some cases those properties were rented out before but the fact is-----