Results 1-20 of 30 for cowen speaker:Leo Varadkar

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. First, I do not. Second, the premise of the Deputy's question seems to suggest that in some way I sought the head of Deputy Cowen or Deputy Calleary but I absolutely did not. The case of Deputy Cowen was handled by the leader of Fianna Fáil in the way he thought best. I found out the former Minister, Deputy Calleary, had resigned one morning when I woke up in bed...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: It does not mention the Government of Ireland whatsoever. The first thing is a big feature, an opinion editorial with a picture of Mr. Brian Cowen. In the corner, we have a nice little picture of Deputy Micheál Martin------

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: There is another opinion editorial with Mr. Brian Cowen's picture and an even bigger picture of Deputy Micheál Martin. This is fromThe Limerick Chronicle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----and the total payroll cost is also lower. My forebear had 23 staff and iar Taoiseach Cowen had more again.

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ...is that there does not seem to be any serious understanding of how bad the situation is. Does the Minister of State realise that since Deputy Coughlan took up her job as Minister, when Deputy Cowen became Taoiseach, 80,000 people have lost their jobs, enough people to fill Croke Park?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Leo Varadkar: ...from the debate, it seems Deputy Niall Collins has identified the new Fianna Fáil party line, namely, that its leaders were not knaves but merely fools. I assure him that I never considered Brian Cowen or Brian Lenihan to be knaves, but their capacity to believe everything they were told by the banking sector shows they were very much fools. When anybody who comes to my office...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I understand the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, will announce changes to some of the planning regulations within the next ten days. The Deputy will also be aware of Deputy Barry Cowen's Bill which is before the House and which the Government is supporting which has been designed to make it easier for people to bring vacant units into residential use. The Deputy will also be pleased to know...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ..., Deputy Enda Kenny. I have fewer staff than did my predecessor and the total cost of their salaries is considerably lower than the cost of salaries under former taoisigh, former Deputies Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern. I spend less and have fewer staff. I hope somebody will report on that since it is a fact. On the matter of the cost of running-----

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (9 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Cowen for raising this important issue. The nursing homes support scheme, a fair deal, is a system of financial support for individuals who require long-term nursing home care. Anyone who is ordinarily resident in the State and who may need nursing home care, regardless of age, can apply for the scheme. The total budget for long-term residential care in 2014 is €939...

Order of Business (14 May 2008)

Leo Varadkar: This matter has come up before but needs to be asked again. Since his election to the office of the Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen has expressed an interest in streamlining Government and public sector reform. On two occasions, first by reappointing 20 Ministers of State, he indicated that his speeches are not matched by actions. Regarding legislation before us, we have the same situation. Since...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 May 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...Government. We need to do this in a sensible way and in a way that does not drive up inflation. We cannot do it with borrowed money. This is the approach we will take. I echo the comments of Deputy Cowen on "Morning Ireland" earlier when he said that some of the best Governments this country ever had were minority Governments. I had the privilege to lead one for three years. I do not...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (9 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, on the issue of housing adaptation but I will speak to him and ask my officials to examine Deputy Cowen's figures to see if they stack up. The Deputy will be aware from his constituency work that not everyone who seeks housing adaptation would otherwise be in a hospital or nursing home. Many live in...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ...; and today, the election of a new one. Being elected Taoiseach is the greatest honour that can be bestowed on an Irish politician. On a personal level, I extend my congratulations to Deputy Brian Cowen on his election as Taoiseach. I also extend my congratulations to the Cabinet on their appointment, in particular to the new Tánaiste, who I look forward to tangoing with over the next...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: ...another, he later explained, former Deputy Joe Higgins. Mr. McCreevy left us speculating on the identity of the third comrade. After yesterday's tax and spend budget we can be certain that Deputy Cowen has been unmasked, at long last, as the third socialist in the Dáil. We have witnessed in the past year an extraordinary turnaround in the public finances, the worst in the history of the...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the opportunity to speak against the motion, which expresses confidence in the Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen. Needless to say, this debate comes at a difficult time for my party. However, the Government should not make the mistake of thinking that Fine Gael is weakened or that its resolve is diminished. We remain united in our determination to remove this broken and discredited...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...Taoiseach is elected by Dáil Éireann, which is elected every five years. It is not unprecedented for the Dáil to elect a new Taoiseach during its term. That was how I succeeded Enda Kenny. That is how Brian Cowen succeeded Bertie Ahern. That is how Jack Lynch succeeded Seán Lemass, and there are many other examples in our 100 years of democracy where a Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Recruitment (22 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ..., as against 23 for my predecessor. I have fewer staff than my forebear had politically appointed and he had many fewer, and they cost much less, than his forebears, the former taoisigh, Mr. Brian Cowen and Mr. Bertie Ahern. One is seeing a reduction in the number of politically appointed staff in the Department and a reduction in the cost to the taxpayer of politically appointed staff,...

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ...-conceived proposals to reform stamp duty. We did not destabilise the market. The Government destabilised the market. Mr. Michael McDowell said we did not need stamp duty. The Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen, said we would not have any reform. Then he introduced reform after the general election and another reform, which was more or less what we proposed, six months later. The Government...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...between 9,000 and 10,000 in the constituency of Dublin West. I congratulate the newly appointed members of the Fianna Fáil Front Bench, some of whom are present, including Deputies Barry Cowen, Jim O'Callaghan and Thomas Byrne. This considerable issue affects my peer group in particular, but by no means exclusively. I refer to people in their 30s and early 40s who bought...

Unemployment Rate: Motion (2 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ...that have followed, in terms of economic growth, the control of inflation and our export and productivity performance. Over the past ten years, the three Ahern Governments, or perhaps the Cowen-Ahern Government, have benefited hugely from the decision made by all parties and none in the years gone by. The Celtic tiger is an achievement that belongs to all of us and was certainly not the...