Results 36,601-36,620 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Hotel Sector: Hotel Sector (3 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied the findings of a study on the impact of the tax break on the hotel sector. [44858/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of granting a few hours paid leave in some sectors of the public service to facilitate staff shopping in the run up to Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45217/09]

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It is in the programme for Government. The Taoiseach should read it.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I have questions about two items of legislation. The first is the Multi-unit Developments Bill which will be of considerable interest to people in my constituency who are affected by management companies, as am I. It is particularly relevant after the loss of a roof from an apartment building in south Dublin. That Bill has been published. Will it come to the Dáil before Christmas or...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister of State should take his time.

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The purpose of the Bill is to allow US companies that move their parent undertaking to Ireland to continue to use US GAAP for the next four years. The Bill allows the Minister to extend by order the same recognition to other accounting systems for a limited period. There are also additional Seanad amendments to which I will need to give more attention at a later Stage. When reviewing the...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Was it drugs or guns?

Job Losses. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs she predicts will be lost in 2010 and a breakdown by sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44911/09]

Job Losses. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for her reply. She referred to the OECD unemployment projections and everyone accepts it will increase across the world. What was left out of her reply was the fact that of all the OECD countries, Ireland has the second highest standardised unemployment rate. Only Spain has a higher rate. That is a real change and...

Job Losses. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The biggest problem is the scale of the Government's response. I accept some action has been taken but unemployment is the largest problem facing the country. It is the greatest social and economic crisis before it. Unemployment benefit accounts for half the deficit and yet the additional resources the Government has put into tackling it amount to somewhere between €100 million and...

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister of State has said he is doing everything he can. He mentioned that round-table meetings are being held to collect information, etc. He did not acknowledge the truth of the problem - the reality of why it is the way it is. The European Investment Bank money is new money. The real problem we have is with working capital. The long-standing overdraft facilities of businesses are...

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It will get worse and worse.

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: People will default on their mortgages next year.

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The personal loans and business loans have not been removed.

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The only loans to have been removed are those of the big developers.

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Do they get answers?

Bank Lending Policy. (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It would be great if the Minister of State were in power, as he would then be able to do something about it.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies reported to her Department for each of the past six months; a breakdown by sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44913/09]

Written Answers — Employment Subsidy Scheme: Employment Subsidy Scheme (2 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details regarding the employment subsidy scheme which was extended to include non-exporting companies; if Enterprise Ireland is ready to administer an expanded scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44956/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Dec 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 will permit his Department to reconsider his decision to refuse an extension of the 37 bus terminus to the Blanchardstown Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43992/09]