Results 40,301-40,320 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 Jul 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 355.To ask the Minister for Finance the stated cost for each of the main tax reductions in budgets 2022 and 2023; and the actual outturn cost for each, for both years. [32143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (18 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the previous commitment by the Office of Public Works to install planting on the north road in the Phoenix Park to segregate the bicycle lane from the new one-way road system, which would make the system clearer for drivers and safer for cyclists. [36513/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 727. To ask the Minister for Health when the e-learning module to enable GPs to prescribe PrEP privately through their surgeries was last available; when it will be available; and the number of doctors waiting to do the training. [36508/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will press for conclusions on Sudan at the next meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council; if he will seek an extension of the arms embargo beyond Darfur and an increase in humanitarian aid to Sudan; and his views on whether steps can be taken to assist the UN and development NGO to get aid to those who need it. [37496/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the situation in Sudan with his Egyptian and Emirati counterparts; whether he has any concerns that they may be contributing to the humanitarian crisis in the country; and the date on which he last met or spoke to them. [37497/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will press for conclusions on Sudan at the next meeting of the European Council; and if he will seek an extension of the arms embargo beyond Darfur and the provision of more humanitarian aid to those who need it. [37498/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that nearly 5,000 people did not turn up for their driving test to date in 2024; if this is a record number; and if he intends continues to permit the Road Safety Authority to renew learner permits for people who did not show for their test. [37494/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatal road traffic collisions involving learner drivers each year from 2016 to date in 2024; the number of fatalities in each of the fatal crashes, by year; the number of fatal crashes involving an unaccompanied learner driver; the number of fatalities in each of those crashes; the number of learner drivers involved who...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of serious road traffic collisions involving learner drivers each year from 2016 to date in 2024; the number of people who suffered serious injuries in those crashes each year; the number of unaccompanied learner drivers involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37505/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of his agreed approach with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to prevent learner permit renewals without sitting a driving test, under action 27 of the Road Safety Strategy; the details of the RSA implementation plan; the proposed date to implement the plan in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37506/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will authorise payments to a school (details supplied). [37499/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is making any contingency plans for the possibility of having to provide school places for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due to the war, famine and humanitarian crisis unfolding there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37502/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the figure of €24 million is accurate in relation compensation being offered to the families of Stardust victims; if a separate payment is being made to cover legal fees incurred by the State and families; and to provide a breakdown of the amount, or if this is not possible, any estimate provided to her from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been briefed on the war and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan; whether she is aware than two million refugees have already left the country and that many will make their way to Europe; if she is making contingency plans for this; and if she has made an intervention on the matter at Justice and Home Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 365. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is making contingency plans to provide accommodation and other supports for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due to the war, famine and humanitarian crisis unfolding there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37501/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if he is making contingency plans for the possibility of having to provide health services for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due to the war, famine and humanitarian crisis unfolding there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37503/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (1 Oct 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will openly and clearly oppose any further moves towards the accession of Georgia to the European Union in light of the stringent anti-LGBT laws adopted there, referred to as the 'family values and the protection of minors' law. [38696/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2024)

Leo Varadkar: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has carried out a SWOT analysis or any other detailed analysis on Ireland joining the European Sky Shield Initiative; if he has any concerns that Northern Ireland could be under this protective umbrella, leaving the State more vulnerable and exposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38695/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Leo Varadkar: Except as a Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and the fact that they are highlighting this very important issue. I also thank their staff, at home and abroad. Most of my questions I jotted down here have been answered already but I have maybe three that they might be able to expand on. First of all, can they comment on the prospects for a political solution? All conflicts end...