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

Leo Varadkar: How much are they paid?

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the principle of the Bill but want to make a few comments on it, and it is important they are made at this stage. As all Members will be aware, the public is taking a great deal of pain in terms of pension levies and pay cuts in the private sector, pension levies in the public sector and tax increases imposed by the Government, and there will be further tax increases imposed in...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I appreciate that. That is fair comment. The public and the media do not believe or understand the level of cutbacks and reductions which have been imposed on Members of the House. It is right that the cuts were made but they should have been made up-front and in a big package. Announcements were made in the emergency budget but there was a perception that they were not implemented. In...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister should look at my figures. There is no financial advantage in the Dáil collapsing if the pension is reduced by 25%. If it were 50%, a number of former Ministers on the Government back benches who are quite critical of the Government - I can think of two, in particular - would have been better off were the Dáil to collapse. This will not now be the case as the reduction will...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The former officeholders are not very supportive of the current officeholders.

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: My point regarding the payment of long service increments to public servants who are paid more than Deputies also applies to the dual payment of public sector pensions. Deputies and Senators are not the only people on the Government payroll who also receive a pension. Many people in well paid positions at the head of State agencies and boards have retired from the Army, the Garda and other...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Does that include staffing clinics?

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Are civil servants running Fianna Fáil TDs' clinics?

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding proposal 24 listed in annex D of budget 2009; the date the proposal will be fully completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29577/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of the 28 of April 2009, the progress made in this area; the expected date by which she expects to have completed the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29583/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her target for the payment of redundancy rebates to employers following the receipt of a correctly completed return in writing and electronically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29595/09]

Written Answers — IDA Properties: IDA Properties (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown by area of Industrial Development Authority properties; if, in each instance, the property is IDA owned or leased; if each property is currently occupied or vacant; if leased, the initial length of the lease and the remaining period of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and amount of grants approved for dispersal under the CORD enterprise platform programme scheme for 2009; the amount dispersed to date; the reason for delays in the dispersal of such grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29585/09]

Written Answers — Work-Life Balance: Work-Life Balance (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the members of the National Framework Committee for Work Life Balance; the way in which they have been selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29596/09]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the appointments made by her to public bodies, committees, agencies, boards, and so on since her appointment; the appointee in each case and their qualifications for the appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29597/09]

Written Answers — Training and Advisory Services: Training and Advisory Services (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the allocation to ICTU for education, training and advisory services has been used for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29598/09]

Written Answers — Trades Union Sector: Trades Union Sector (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the Trade Union Amalgamation Fund has been used for each of the past five years; the trade unions which have been amalgamated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of her €350,000 advertising and information budget for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29600/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason payroll costs are estimated to rise by almost €1 million in 2009 in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29716/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason payroll costs are estimated to rise in 2009 in the Company Registration Office, the Competition Authority, FÁS, Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. [29717/09]