Results 37,981-38,000 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Written Answers — Companies Registration Office: Companies Registration Office (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will request the Companies Registration Office to provide a telephone help line or e-mail helpline to assist people making an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34021/08]
- Written Answers — Companies Registration Office: Companies Registration Office (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time it takes the Companies Registration Office to process an application to register a new company, change directors or change the company name; her views on this time for processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34022/08]
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 24 September 2008, the amount of resources, in terms of staff and funding, she is committing to her Department's review of labour market programmes including training programmes; when this review will be finished; the stakeholders that will be consulted; and if...
- Written Answers — Exchequer Borrowing: Exchequer Borrowing (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the increased cost of Exchequer borrowing in 2008 and 2009 as a consequence of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34023/08]
- Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence basis for his assurance to Dáil Ãireann on 30 September 2008 that the assets of the banks exceed their liabilities by â¬80 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34024/08]
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the evidence basis for her assertion to Dáil Ãireann on 30 September 2008 that 30% of the population are carriers of MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34025/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport when the decision was made that school buses have to be to pull-test standard; the authority which was responsible for this decision; the basis for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34018/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Bus Ãireann was given the responsibility to set the standard for seat belts in school buses; the reason that standard was not set by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34026/08]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the â¬6 million being allocated to fit seat belts on school buses has been awarded; the persons to whom it was paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34016/08]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if private operators have received funding to retrofit their school buses with seat belts; the amount of money that has been disbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34019/08]
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: I welcome the motion from the Labour Party. The Fine Gael amendment reads: to delete all words after "employment" in the second last paragraph and substitute the following paragraphs: "âaccess to a local employment service for every unemployed person; maintaining investment in NDP projects that will improve our competitiveness such as metro and broadband; a total overhaul of FÃS to ensure...
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: I wish to share time with Deputy Enright.
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Shall we wait until a Minister appears?
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Perhaps the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will let me know when I reach four minutes so I do not eat into Deputy Enright's time.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: I do not intend to dwell on the boundaries drawn in the constituency review. My constituency will increase from a three-seater to a four-seater, which is positive for me, but the difficulty is that the county town of Swords has been split down its main street. Similarly, the village of Clonsilla has been more or less split down the middle for the local authority elections. I appreciate...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: For example, it was proposed to reduce the number of seats in Belfast to three, with a number of other changes. Responses were provided and changes were then introduced. That might be a better system for the next constituency review. We have plenty of time to do this, as the next census will not take place until 2011. Perhaps a new system could be adopted then, whereby draft boundaries...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: It is strange that that could occur. We know who will be on the B panel for the Parliament elections, but not for the local council elections. If someone in my constituency runs in the local and European elections simultaneously, I assume he or she would take the parliamentary position were he or she to win it, at which point the council seat would be handed to someone else. Running for...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: I am not a fan of quotas, but the matter must be addressed in some way. As a profession, politics is probably unattractive to women. For example, I do not know how one would take maternity leave. It might be impossible. Former Deputy Mildred Fox stated that she did not mind a day's work, but having to go back out again after going home was the difficult part. Is there a way to address...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: The Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, took a one-year career break after the births of his children while he was an ordinary MP. Would it be possible to introduce such a provision in Ireland to make politics more attractive to women? I support the Bill.
- Written Answers — Work Life Balance: Work Life Balance (7 Oct 2008)
Leo Varadkar: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has conducted a value for money review of the most recent work life balance campaign; the outcome of that review; the matrixes which were used to assess the success or otherwise of the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33446/08]