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National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Is the Minister proposing a national coalition?

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Will the Minister invite us to join the Cabinet committee?

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister is preaching.

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister is giving a sermon.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I want to ask about two items. On the day that inflation went up to 5%, it is disappointing to hear the Tánaiste is not going to proceed, as a priority, with further legislation to protect consumers. Earlier, she told us she has other legislative priorities that have been agreed by the social partners. It is my understanding that the Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008 has not been agreed...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Four of them are quangos.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: What the Tánaiste said earlier, therefore, was untrue. There are no Bills.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I object to that. The person who has indicated untruths here is the Tánaiste. She has told the House that she cannot proceed with consumer protection legislation because she has other legislation which has priority over that, which has been agreed with the social partners. She is now confirming this is not the case.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: She should ask the Chief Whip, who is sitting beside her.

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: First Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for reform of the appointment processes of persons to the boards of statutory agencies; to provide for Oireachtas supervision of the appointment of ministerial nominees to the position of new members or the re-appointment of existing members to the boards of statutory agencies; to provide for the overseeing of and...

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: First Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Departmental Surveys: Departmental Surveys (9 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of health safety studies he has initiated in the past five years; the subject matter of these studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27733/08]

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: It seems that the decision to defer these pay increases to 2010 is just another example of the Government operating on a wing and a prayer rather than taking the opportunity for real reform. Essentially, the Government has recognised that there is a crisis in the public finances and has just put many things off and long fingered them for a few years in the hope that something will come up...

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: What is a comparable job to that of a judge in the private sector?

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: It is bogus.

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Public sector pay does not lag way behind private sector pay. Numerous studies carried out by people who know more about this than the Taoiseach or I show that this is not the case. This is one of the erroneous arguments that has crept into the Government for some reason. We can agree to disagree on that but I do not understand why the Taoiseach does not use the opportunity of these...

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Engage, yes, appease, no.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (8 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if he received a briefing, written or oral, extracts or a full copy of an internal audit report (details supplied) in view of the fact that a representative from his Department was on the board of FÁS and its audit sub-committee during the timeframe in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (8 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is normal practice for the representative of his Department on the FÁS board and audit committee to report or inform him or other officials in the Department of Finance on the activities of FÁS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27469/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (8 Jul 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a briefing relating to FÁS from his Department official on the board of FÁS in the years 2000 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27470/08]