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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I will make a few general comments about the Bill but I will stick mostly to specific comments. We have talked a lot about the current economic crisis. In many ways, part of the unwritten history of the crisis is bad planning — the extent to which land was inappropriately zoned and to which planners, who are supposed to be professionals, granted planning permission that conferred land with...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I have an open mind on that. There may be a case for having elected members and making them work, but we cannot do these things piecemeal. It is similar to the situation with the Lord Mayor of Dublin. If we are to establish an elected mayor it must be as part of an overall reform of local government in Dublin. If it were up to me, I would establish an elected Dublin mayor with executive...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if applicants from outside the public sector are considered for the filling of top posts in his Department. [5257/10]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has utilised his powers under Section 6 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No.2) Act 2009; if so, the details of his utilisation of those powers; the number of public servants in this class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/10]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if any individual, informal group, trade union or staff association has approached him seeking that he utilise his powers under Section 6 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009; if so, the details of this representation; his views in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5422/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on providing land for allotments on his lands at Abbotstown, County Dublin, pending the completion of the sports campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5416/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (3 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on providing land for allotments on his lands at Abbotstown, County Dublin, pending the completion of the sports campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5417/10]

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for confirming that a question about a statutory instrument, which I asked in this House last week or the week before, was in order. It has since been answered. I would like to ask the Tánaiste about a Fingal County Council regulation, limiting the rate on valuation, which has been passed by means of statutory instrument. Under the relevant Act, which...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No, we are talking about a statutory instrument that is before the House and which we have 21 days to challenge. It is absurd that at the current rate, it will take the Valuation Office at least 37 years to complete the revaluation of rates in Ireland.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to hear Tánaiste's response on what the Government intends to do about the statutory instrument.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: That is because it was based on 2005. The valuations in 2038 will also be based on 2005.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Thirty years.

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the Bill and I offer my broad support for it on behalf of the Fine Gael Party. This legislation updates the 1971 Act. I have been in contact with most of the stakeholders, including unions, employer bodies and employment agencies and there is broad support for the Bill, although a number of provisions may need to be refined or amended on Committee Stage. The purpose of the Bill is...

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I am referring to ministerial appointees, which is a legal term for cronies. That is exactly what they will be. One thing that has shocked me is the behaviour of the Green Party. Since the last local elections the Green Party has appointed at least seven failed election candidates to State boards. It has even set up a whole new Green quango, the Foras Orgánach, to facilitate its members....

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No. I am suggesting that if one stands for election for the Green Party and loses, one will almost certainly be appointed to a public body. There is evidence of that.

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No; what I am saying is that appointments to public bodies should be properly scrutinised. I am saying that the members of a party that preached that line for ten years and voted down a Bill containing such provisions on the basis that it did not go far enough are hypocrites. I am happy to stand over that in any forum whatsoever. At least Fianna Fáil does not pretend anything; its members...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-time staffing and full-time trainee numbers within the FÁS training centre at Tallaght, Dublin 24 on 31 January in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the breakdown of the figures by persons engaged in centre management, manager, assistant managers and so on, administration, training instructors, general...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-time staffing and full-time trainee numbers within the FÁS training centre at Finglas, Dublin 11 on 31 January in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the breakdown of the figures by persons engaged in centre management, manager, assistant managers and so on, administration, training instructors, general...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-time staffing and full-time trainee numbers within the FÁS training centre at Athlone, County Westmeath on 31 January in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the breakdown of the figures by persons engaged in centre management, manager, assistant managers and so on, administration, training instructors,...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-time staffing and full-time trainee numbers within the FÁS training centre at Sligo, on 31 January in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the breakdown of the figures by persons engaged in centre management, manager, assistant managers and so on, administration, training instructors, general operatives,...