Results 35,601-35,620 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider his opposition to the sale of State assets like ESB Powergen, Bord Gais and ESB customer supply in view of the crisis in the public finances and the International Monetary Fund/EU intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45063/10]
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: I asked the question because of a speech the Minister made some weeks ago. I do not want to go into the question of NewEra, but the Minister largely misrepresented it and then underlined his opposition to the sale of any State assets. He pointed out that a number of the semi-State companies are engaging in investment programmes, which is correct. Of course these are all the network...
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: And ESB Powergem.
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: I did not ask about the ESB, but rather about ESB Powergem.
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: What about Bord Gáis?
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Will the Minister answer the question about the budget?
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Will it include the sale of State assets?
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: It seems the Minister has answered my question to the effect that the budget will provide for an initial public offer of the semi-States bodies. Will he confirm for me that there will be a sale of State assets under his remit in the budget next week? There is some confusion about the memorandum of understanding and perhaps the Minister can explain it. There is some suggestion to the effect...
- State Property (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Answer the question.
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the reason he approved the purchase of Northern Ireland Electricity by the ESB and if he is satisfied with the price paid in view of the large debts of NIE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45064/10]
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: This decision may turn out to be the biggest made by the Minister during his time in office. I hope he has made the right decision. I am concerned that adequate scrutiny has not been given to this acquisition. Does the Minister agree that the â¬1 billion being spent by the ESB would have been better invested in the Republic of Ireland rather than on purchasing an asset in Northern Ireland?...
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Which ones?
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: The country is in crisis. There are 450,000 people unemployed and the Minister thinks it appropriate to spend â¬1 billion on power lines and â¬500 million on roads in Northern Ireland. The sooner this Government is out of office the better if that is its approach. I wish to raise with the Minister the recent statement by the Green Party that it had been misled and betrayed. Yesterday, on...
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: The Green Party in its statement said it had been misled and betrayed. Who misled and betrayed the Green Party?
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: In Northern Ireland, apparently.
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: It is in Northern Ireland.
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: We do not want to grow the economy in Northern Ireland.
- Company Takeovers (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: The Minister is more interested in Berlin and Belfast than he is in Ireland.
- Energy Supply (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his view on the proposal to reduce reconnection and disconnection charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45065/10]
- Energy Supply (30 Nov 2010)
Leo Varadkar: I am pleased that the CER has moved on this matter and that the cost of disconnection-reconnection will be shared. We have discussed the extent to which people are having their power cut off or "de-energised", as the ESB likes to describe it. It is appalling that when people come to an agreement to sort out their bills, they are then charged for reconnection. However, something has come to...