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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: May I speak?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: May I speak?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It is a very clear and consistent approach from Sinn Féin towards the Government, towards other Opposition parties and towards the media, namely, to shout them down or sue them. This is a Parliament, this is a democracy and I am going to be heard.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It is a serious issue, so may I be heard without being threatened with legal action or being shouted down? Would that be possible? This is still a democracy, Deputy, and I am not going to let you take away our democracy through your threats or your activities. I can guarantee you that. May I speak?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Thank you. I have explained the situation very clearly. This is not the same as Ukraine because an investigation into potential Israeli war crimes in the Palestinian territories is already under way. That is the position. We support that investigation, we provide millions in funding to the International Criminal Court in order that it can gather the evidence and take prosecutions into the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Deputy and a Cheann Comhairle, on a point of information, nobody will be denied a vote whatsoever. This is a democratic Parliament and a democratic country. People are allowed to put down amendments and have votes on those amendments before the substantive vote, and the Deputy's party does that all the time. To try to suggest that is some sort of denial of a vote is deeply disingenuous and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I agree with the call for a ceasefire for reasons I have outlined in the past. If there is a ceasefire, it is important it be honoured by all sides, including Israel, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other protagonists in this conflict. It would allow aid to get in, citizens of this and other countries to get out and perhaps for peace talks to begin. In relation to the International Criminal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----the correct approach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Those are the two reasons the Government thinks Sinn Féin's proposal would be of no use and would be unbalanced. What we are going to do is to provide an additional €3 million to the International Criminal Court. This will be of practical assistance and help it to gather the evidence and to carry out any prosecutions necessary. I reiterate the Government's condemnation,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----to be observed by all sides so the killing can stop, aid can get in, hostages can be released and our citizens can get out. We also need a new peace process, one that ensures Palestinians control Gaza once this phase of the conflict is over and one that is based on a two-state solution. We do not have agreement at EU level when it comes to much in relation to this conflict, but we do...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (14 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Co-operation (14 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Shared Island unit in the Department of the Taoiseach operates a published research programme. Administrative expenditure by year to date on this programme is provided in tabular form. Commissioned research typically involves North/South or East/West collaboration and is all published at www.gov.ie/sharedisland/research. Separately, capital ceilings for the Government’s Shared...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 45 together. Ireland is hosting over 99,500 people from Ukraine who have been forced to flee their homes. The Government is ensuring effective co-ordination of our humanitarian response through the work of the Cabinet Committee on the Humanitarian Response to Ukraine, which I chair, and is assisted by the Humanitarian Senior Officials Group which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I thank Deputy Haughey, in particular, for his remarks, and concur with the general spirit of them. The proposal for a peace conference was an issue made by President Sánchez of Spain, but has now been adopted as a European objective. Ireland will support and assist that in any way we can. That offer to do so has been made openly. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I think we have sent a very clear message in this regard and will continue to do so. Whether that message is heard or not, of course, is not something under our control. We do not have any evidence that Shannon Airport is being used to transport weapons to Israel, and we have a system for approving and refusing the transport of weapons. In terms of the matter that Deputy Murphy-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----has raised, he has had a chance to look at things. I have been in the Chamber so the answer that I gave him is the same because I have not left the Chamber in the last couple of hours, but I will get advice on the matter. It may be the case that a referral has already been made and that an investigation is already under way. I honestly do not know and will have to check up on those...

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: At some point there will have to be peace talks.

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to a peace intervention specifically, the truth is that there is no appetite for that at the moment-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----from the protagonists, but I think that has to come at some point.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I attended a meeting of the European Council on 26 and 27 October in Brussels. The agenda covered the Middle East, Ukraine and other external matters, as well as economic issues and migration. A Euro summit also took place. In his contribution later, the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, will provide further detail on migration, as well as some of the external relations issues discussed....