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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27734/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27736/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27744/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27739/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 392 and 417 of 23 June 2009, the amount of moneys held from each local authority in a similar manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on paying delegates allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27735/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27733/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27738/09]

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 1: In page 11, to delete lines 38 to 47 and in page 12, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: "(a) by the deletion of subsection (6)". This amendment is similar to one I tabled on Committee Stage last week but which has been changed slightly to reflect the full intent. The purpose of the amendment relates to the Bill's provisions, which represent some...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I did not think the day would come so soon when the Fine Gael spokesperson in this House would argue for tighter regulation and more openness and the Labour Party spokesperson would argue for less regulation and openness.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I understand Deputy Penrose's point and fully respect his perspective. The difficulty I have is largely philosophical. When a bank or other company is nationalised and becomes a State-owned company, all citizens become shareholders. Although in law the Minister for Finance is a shareholder, in my view a nationalised company belongs to all of us and we are all shareholders. These are the...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Government has had 12 years to do that.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It has had six years.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 23 June 2009, if any Members of the House of the Oireachtas are members of the local committees which direct the activities of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26244/09]

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (30 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 23 June 2009, if she will amend the rules pertaining to entry to the work placement programme in view of the fact that many graduates will have taken part-time work, or lowly paid work in fields not utilising their qualifications in preference to signing on the...

Written Answers — Valuation Orders: Valuation Orders (30 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will postpone the issuance by the Valuation Office of final valuation certificates in view of the current economic situation; the impact this process will have on retailers as well as on local authorities' income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26231/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Allowances: Departmental Allowances (30 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions relating to delegate's allowance; if those provisions have changed in recent years; if the delegate's allowance is awarded in addition to travel subsistence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26243/09]

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (25 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will request the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to collect and publish details on the waiting times to access MABS money advisers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23268/09]

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: It has been suggested that the programme for Government will be reviewed. It is of particular relevance to this House that such a review, if it takes place, should be addressed and debated. I am especially interested in the commitment in the programme for Government to eliminate the national debt, following on from a commitment in the Fianna Fáil election manifesto.