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Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Feighan, Doyle, Stanton and Bannon.

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009 to the House in my name and that of my Fine Gael colleagues. If passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and enacted into law, it will bring about a radical reform in the way public bodies are governed and how they are held accountable to the representatives of people. In the past 12 years, there has been a...

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Go on.

Traffic Management (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue and appreciate that the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, who has responsibility for the Office of Public Works, has come to respond. As the Minister of State will be aware, it is proposed to close the Castleknock gate of the Phoenix Park for six weeks starting next week. My constituency has only three routes into the city...

Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Thornton Hall prison project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31461/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: He does not.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: He does not know it.

Written Answers — National Partnership Agreement: National Partnership Agreement (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach if he will include representatives of Opposition parties in the social partnership talks on a national recovery plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30172/09]

Written Answers — National Partnership Agreement: National Partnership Agreement (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach his views on expanding social partnership to establish a new pillar for the Opposition parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30175/09]

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the proposed new action plan for the national supported employment programme with particular reference to the requirements that participants be work ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30917/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has appointed an assessor to determine the value of shares in Anglo Irish Bank; if not, when he will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31559/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse her decision to cap the hours for a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30897/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is excluded from the early childhood and education scheme; the reason for same; the options available to the child to ensure that they receive appropriate education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30898/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out an assessment of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the Buteyko method of treating asthma or will do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30297/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if doctors employed in public hospitals (details supplied) on temporary contracts in the 1970s and 1980s are entitled to a public service pension; the procedures involved to the public to ascertain such information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30910/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I refer to the comments of the Minister for Education and Science. He either misrepresented or misunderstood our policy. I do not propose to go into the detail but if he wants to sit down with me-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Both the Minister for Education and Science and the Minister for Finance mentioned two former Fine Gael Party leaders, Alan Dukes and Garret FitzGerald. I respect both of them but they have not been right about everything in their careers and they are not right about NAMA. We have heard very little about the views of former Fianna Fáil leaders on this legislation. They have been silent...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Does the Deputy know the answer?

Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I am speaking in favour of the amendment tabled by Deputy Reilly, which I very much support. I am speaking as spokesperson for enterprise, trade and employment and as somebody who understands the pressures small businesses and retailers, in particular, are under in a very difficult economy where there is a shrinking market and rising costs, mostly imposed by Government. I am also conscious...

Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Two questions arise from the Minister's response. She said that a policy decision has been made to leave it to judicial discretion as to whether a person will be banned from selling cigarettes for a period of time. I am always bemused when I hear Ministers say that a policy decision has been made because in this case it begs two questions. First, does the Minister of State have confidence...