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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (3 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the issue of workers who have been encouraged or pressurised into becoming self-employed contractors in order that their employers can avoid paying PRSI and other benefits or for other reasons; if she will carry out an investigation into this matter; the actions she has taken to address this...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons with PRSI class S contributions who have applied for or inquired about seeking jobseeker's allowance in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the number who did not qualify due to the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10649/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (4 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social welfare rights of redundant persons to contributory benefits such as jobseeker's benefit where their employer did not pass on the PRSI payments to the Revenue Commissioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10931/10]

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has any plans to restructure her Department. [11669/10]

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: My question was whether there are any plans to restructure the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which has existed in its current form since 1997. The question arises from reports in the media of proposals to break up the Department.

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: It is a valid question for the Tánaiste because I am sure she, her Secretary General and others in the Department would be consulted before the Taoiseach would break it up. Perhaps there is a case to be made for such a restructuring. In the United Kingdom, for example, there is a Department for Work and Pensions which deals with people on social welfare of working age as well as labour...

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The Tánaiste says that this is, in the final analysis, a matter for the Taoiseach. However, has the Taoiseach had any consultations with her or with the Secretary General about breaking up the Department? I am sure he would discuss it with her before he would consider removing one of the elements of her Department or breaking it up. On "The Frontline" programme last night, an audience...

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: What does the Tánaiste say to those who level the charge at her that she is not suitable to represent Ireland overseas?

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Such investment has decreased by 47% since the Tánaiste took up her Ministry.

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: These criticisms are not from the Opposition; they are from people in business.

Departmental Structure. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: We did not go on the Tánaiste's overseas trips.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that the banks and other financial institutions are making sufficient credit, new loans and working capital available to business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11670/10]

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Sometimes I think the Tánaiste and I do not live in the same country. I heard her reply, in which she said there is no doubt banks are making significant capital and credit available to businesses. That is just not true. I wonder whether she is spending too much time doing the clinic of Pat The Cope Gallagher in her constituency, rather than talking to business people about the realities...

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Will the Tánaiste do something about this? Will she introduce an enterprise finance guarantee, as has been done in the United Kingdom, to ensure credit is extended to business again? If she will not do that, will she at least consider establishing a new bank, a national recovery bank, as Fine Gael has suggested to ensure these zombie banks are not relied on to provide credit when we can...

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The Tánaiste is always setting up groups for stakeholders and all of that.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: This is all process. We know this Government is great at process. There are review groups, research papers, committees and task forces which all get together and write another report. We are sick to death of process. It is now two years since the bank guarantee and what we need is action. When will the Minister act on this issue and make a decision on whether there will be a loan...

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: We have no banks. They are zombies to which the Government gave €11 billion to lend no money.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Working towards examining.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Let us swap places.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Matrix in the framework.