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Written Answers — Controlled Substances: Controlled Substances (15 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is any empirical evidence to support the claim that the number of head shops operating here has fallen to 36 from over 100 since the recent banning of certain products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25192/10]

Written Answers — Controlled Substances: Controlled Substances (15 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a census or count of head shops has been carried out by the Garda; the number of outlets in operation by town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25193/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount an organisation (details supplied) has received in grants or other funding from his Department in the past three years; the heading under which this money was given; the amount of this money that was spent on foreign travel for staff members; if the Department has carried out an audit of this...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the decision he has made on each of the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme report relevant to his Department such as creating a single funding stream for all science, technology and innovation activities across all Departments, the discontinuation of funding for the...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Minister for his reply and I look forward - assuming it will still be my responsibility to do so after tomorrow - to examining the table to which he refers in great detail. I would not agree with every proposal contained in the an bord snip nua report but I and my party agree with many of them. For some time I have been critical of the fact that the Government commissions...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: That was the question which I asked.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to hear what is happening in respect of the recommendations that have been refused.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I am confused by the Minister's answer. If memory serves, the legislation to which he refers is the Competition (Amendment) Act 2010, which was recently passed by the Houses and which allows the Minister to appoint, on a temporary basis, some members of the authority. The consumer and competition Bill, the purpose of which will be to merge the Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. It is reasonable to say that given the profile of the State-sponsored bodies and agencies under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation none of them are appropriate for privatisation as they are not commercial entities in any real sense. I was curious to ask this question for many reasons. It is not that long ago that the...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I would like him to respond to my question.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No, it is not. That is rubbish.

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I again ask the Minister of State the question the Minister asked of Fine Gael in regard to NewEra. Is it not inappropriate to privatise VHI at this time given the current state of the capital markets and how much does the Minister hope to raise from this sale? That is the question posed to Fine Gael in respect of NewEra. I would like now to hear the Minister's answer in regard to the...

Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to hear a response from the Minister, Deputy O'Keeffe, rather than from the Minister of State, Deputy Kelleher.

Printing Contracts (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: This is the second time this session I have been promised a tabular statement. I am sure the relevant tabular statement has been already prepared. Would it not have been reasonable to provide Members with a copy of it for Question Time? Perhaps the Minister of State will do so now. I do not understand how I might ask follow-up questions based on the promise of a tabular statement.

Printing Contracts (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: It is disrespectful.

Printing Contracts (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I appreciate that. This is an important issue. There is concern among the industry that small print contractors in particular are not being given a fair opportunity to tender for Government work. I would like to know how the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, which is supposed to support Irish industry within European rules, behaves but I cannot ask a follow-up question...

Printing Contracts (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No one on this side of the House would oppose the rules of the internal market. I will examine the tabular statement provided by the Minister. It gives the names of companies but does not say if they are based in Ireland. In fairness, I did not ask the Minister for that information. I will have to review them. Does the Department have an internal printing procedure? The Government might...

Loan Guarantees (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I have some sympathy with what Deputy Morgan said. It seems that high level groups are the latest fashion in Government. I wonder if there is a hierarchy of groups. Are there medium and low level groups or are they all high level? I would be interested to hear the Minister's comments on that.

Loan Guarantees (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Has the Minister looked at the Chilean loan guarantee system, which is the preferred option of the Governor of the Central Bank? I think he is right about that, having read his lectures on the subject. The question everyone else has asked and which the Minister has not answered is, will he introduce an SME loan guarantee?

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if, further to parliamentary Questions Nos. 14 and 15 of 9 June 2010, in respect of the 53 fixed term contracts due to expire over the period to end 2012, the overseas office to which those positions relate; the location of the six posts for which sanction has been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter....