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Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I congratulate the new Ministers, Deputies Carey and Killeen, and the new Government Whip, Deputy Curran, on their appointments. I share a border with Deputies Carey and Curran and I have much respect for their work on the ground. I congratulate the Tánaiste on her appointment as Minister responsible for education and I sincerely hope she gets on as well with Deputy Brian Hayes as she did...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: This country does not need a new Cabinet but it needs a new Government with a five-year term, a clear and safe majority and a mandate to govern. The Minister for Health and Children is right in that no party put forward a manifesto at the last election reflecting our current position. Neither the Government nor the Opposition has a mandate to do what needs to be done. The Minister gave a...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The restructuring of the Cabinet is a botched job. It is the worst reshuffle since Garrett FitzGerald's botched reshuffle of 1986. FÁS, which is the most troubled agency in this country and needs a Minister to fix it, is divided among three Departments - the Department responsible for social protection, the Department responsible for education and skills and the Department responsible for...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: That Act does not cover it. If the agency is not broken up, there will be a problem. The Taoiseach's announcement today is contradictory to the Labour Services Act in that case.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The Taoiseach should split the agency or I do not see how one Minister could be in charge of it in its entirety. It will be a real mess and a big mistake.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I am shocked that during the worst jobs and unemployment crisis in a generation, there will no longer be a Department responsible for employment, jobs or labour.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: It would seem the labour portfolio will remain in enterprise, trade and innovation, although this was not mentioned in the Taoiseach's statement. Employment has been downgraded and there is to be no Department with employment, jobs or labour in the title.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: It is the most important issue facing the country and there is a Minister for everything else but not employment. It is an extraordinary decision. The employment functions should have been taken from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment - dealing with the people who are on benefits and of a working age - and put in a new Department of employment, work and skills, or work and...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The Taoiseach does not even understand what public sector reform is about if he thinks that sort of nonsensical triangular arrangement will be successful. There is another strange Department that will be responsible for community, equality and the Gaeltacht. It will also be responsible for disabilities and the integration of immigrants. It should be called what it is, which is a Department...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: He is a Garrett FitzGerald. He has trebled the national debt and effectively destroyed the country.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: He has brought us a wasteful botched job of a Cabinet reshuffle. It is the last thing he will do so he should enjoy writing boring article in The Irish Times in a few years.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The net number of new jobs will be zero.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: There are plenty of jobs in Hamburg.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: What about the-----

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: That was the pensions strategy.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Let them eat opera.

Written Answers — Companies Register: Companies Register (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to a residential or owners management company which is struck off the companies list, the person who has ownership of any money held by that company in the form of a sinking fund and the person who owns any other assets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12351/10]

Written Answers — Trade Union Representation: Trade Union Representation (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade union official can be barred from representing their members at a creditor's meeting of a company in the liquidation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12725/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from increasing the marginal tax rate for income earned in excess of €150,000 from 50% to 65%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/10]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if public servants and civil servants engaging in an overtime ban will continue to be paid overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12352/10]