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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to subsume the National Social Work Qualification Board, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professional Council, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published;...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board into the Dental Council, the Medical Council, and the Health Service Executive, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery into the Health Service Executive and An Bord Altranais, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to create a new body, the Public Health and Medicines Safety Authority, to replace the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the Office of Tobacco Control and the Irish Medicines Board, by which this new body will be established and the other bodies abolished; if this will require...

Written Answers — Dublin Transport Authority: Dublin Transport Authority (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport the date, with regard to the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority to incorporate the Dublin Transport Office, the Commission for Taxi Regulation and the public licensing function of his Department as announced in Budget 2009, by which this body will be established; the status of the legislation required to give effect to this...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date, in respect of the announcement in budget 2009 to combine the Irish Museum for Modern Art, the Crawford Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Ireland while retaining separate identities, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date, regarding the announcement in budget 2009 to merge the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission into the National Library, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs in respect of the announcement in Budget 2009 to integrate the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office of Social Inclusion within her Department, the date by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to assign the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to Citizens Information Board, the date by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 4 November 2008, if the cost neutral early retirement scheme for secondary school teachers is still in place; the way a teacher may apply to take up the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42103/08]

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: We have asked many questions about unemployment at Question Time recently and I know there will be more over the coming year. However, the overriding impression I get from the Minister's office is that there does not seem to be any serious understanding of how bad the situation is. Does the Minister of State realise that since Deputy Coughlan took up her job as Minister, when Deputy Cowen...

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister does not seem to appreciate that.

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Does the Government realise there are now more people signing on than when Fianna Fáil came to office in 1997?

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: What I am saying is the situation is worse than it was when Fianna Fáil came to power. Take the standardised unemployment rate ——

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Do the Minister and Ministers of State opposite understand that what is happening in the world is not the same everywhere? In Ireland, the standardised unemployment rate is now 6.8%. We have overtaken seven or eight countries in the past few months, since the Minister took office, and we will overtake the European average by January or February. Do they realise how serious this is and that...

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: That was the case at the time.

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: It seems the Department is unconcerned.

Departmental Agencies. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: The Tánaiste has overall responsibility for FÁS, but we should not ignore the importance of the role of the director general and the board in being on top of these issues. The board may have been able to do a better job in preventing problems. Does the Tánaiste still have full confidence in both?

Departmental Agencies. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Does the Tánaiste still have full confidence in the director general and the board?

Departmental Agencies. (20 Nov 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Does she?