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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Energy Regulation (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware that the UK energy regulator, OFGEM, has recently published proposals to standardise and strengthen supports for customers who struggle to pay energy bills and customers who pay for energy on a pre-payment basis. Protections for Irish energy customers who pay for energy on a pre-payment basis are the responsibility of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities which comes under the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Offices (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Accommodation for my Department and its Offices is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State owned or leased by the OPW on our behalf. Typically, the Department and its Offices are in shared accommodation, either with other Government Departments, public bodies or the private sector. The Department and its Offices are located in 11 locations across...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and IDA Ireland have a number of proactive measures in place to encourage investment and job creation in the regions, including the North-West. The IDA is authorised by my Department to provide a range of financial supports in the form of employment, capital, research and development, environmental and training grants. In 2019, the Agency paid over €6.8m in grants to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Advisers (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil, which incorporate the principles of section 11 of the PMSA Act, were...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In the context of the continuing advice from NPHET that pubs that do not serve food should remain closed, the Government nevertheless accepts that there are ongoing costs that pubs face over and above those of other businesses.In that regard the Government introduced a range of measures to support pubs, bars and nightclubs that were announced on 28th August which amounts to a further...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Advisers (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: While appointments are subject to formal Government approval, the appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the terms set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines which set out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am embarrassed to be a Member of this Chamber tonight because of the behaviour from some of the parties here. I want people at home to listen to the number of times I am going to be interrupted when I try to say a few words in this Chamber because of the arrogance, nastiness and abusiveness of some of the smaller parties and the far left parties in this House who try to dominate this...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Day in and day out they bully people in the Chamber because they come from a larger party or a Government party. I want the people at home tonight and the people who will listen to this on the radio tomorrow morning to know that what we have here is a new set of procedures, which will still give the Opposition parties 74% of the speaking time, even though they have less than half the seats....

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing somebody from the Government to speak. What we have seen for the past hour or two is exactly what has been wrong for too long: very small parties that get very few votes in elections dominating the Chamber, and members of Government parties and other larger parties that get hundreds of thousands of votes not being allowed even to speak, or being...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: It is not beneath me.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I do not think we have got started on that aspect yet, but it is in the programme for Government. It is something that the Government and all three parties in government are committing to doing, because we need an accurate way to measure well-being in our society that is about more than GDP and about more than trolley numbers. We need something more sophisticated than any of those metrics....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Government will make this decision at our Cabinet meeting next Tuesday. It will depend on two things. The first is advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, on how we might manage social distancing in pubs and open them safely, which will be difficult to do, but not impossible. Second, it will depend on the epidemiological data on how we are doing with the virus....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I do not doubt that this is an important issue for north Kildare but I do not have any information on it. If Deputy Cronin would like to raise this issue with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, by means of a parliamentary question or special notice question, I am sure he will respond.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Unfortunately, this problem has been going on for a long time and we have struggled to deal with it. In some cases, there might be 16 and 17 year olds in an adult unit, while in other cases a decision is made in consultation with the family to put a child in an adult unit nearer to home rather than a children's unit far away. Still, it is not a satisfactory practice. As long ago as when I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I do not know the details of the individual case raised by Deputies Ó Murchú and Fitzpatrick or the particular service that was mentioned but I am sorry to hear that story and my heart goes out to that man and his family. I wish to pass on my condolences to them at this time. I will not comment on the individual case or the service as I do not know anything about them but I will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I did not say it was not about beds. I said it was not just about beds. There is more to healthcare in Ireland than hospital beds. Many services can and should be provided through general practice and in community settings. The Deputy can feel free to misrepresent me for the next five years. It is in the nature of her party to do so-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: -----and I am sure that modus operandi will continue from that particular party.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: We had been making significant progress on waiting lists prior to the pandemic. 1 o’clock For many months, if not for more than a year, we were seeing reductions in the number of people waiting for an operation or a procedure and reductions in the number of people waiting to attend an outpatient clinic. It was still a bad situation but we had been going in the right direction and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am not au faitwith the details of this matter but the Deputy Chief Whip, Deputy Griffin, tells me that what has been said is not accurate, and Deputies will have 20 minutes of speaking time. What we are endeavouring to have in this Dáil, which is entirely appropriate, is that speaking time should be proportionate. Every Deputy elected to the Dáil has a mandate, and every mandate...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Everybody elected to this House is equal and their mandate is equal.