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- 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.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: It has been a difficult time for the garda he threatened as well.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: It was wrong, too, to threaten a young garda.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Only for yourselves.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: He will be able to leave the country then.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: That is just the Minister.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: A quango.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: Deputy Gogarty is the only Green Party member who did not get to be a Minister.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: The Government has removed employment from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. It is extraordinary.
- Roads Network. (11 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: While the Minister of State might not be familiar with this issue, it is a very important issue. Fingal County Council and all of us in the area are seeking approval from the Departments of Transport and Finance to allow the council to borrow in order to complete the project to build the N2 to N3 link road. The area, which is heavily congested with traffic, is very important to Ireland's...
- Roads Network. (11 Mar 2010)
Leo Varadkar: We are nearly half way through 2010. It is March.