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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I have visited hostels and met parents who are living in hotel accommodation. Some of those now, thankfully, have been housed and been housed by the Government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Roughly 50,000 children attend Temple Street Hospital every year-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----of whom 800 were living in emergency accommodation last year. As Deputy McDonald will know from the study, those children attended for reasons such as chest infections, abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting, high blood pressure, as well as chronic diseases such as asthma and epilepsy and injuries. Those are some of the many reasons why any child might attend an emergency department....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: There were 8,000 additional homes added to the social housing stock last year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. Without doubt, children are the most valuable citizens we have in the country. That is why we introduced free GP care for all children under six years in order that parents would not have to worry about where they would find the money to take their children to see the doctor. It is why we introduced two full years of free pre-school....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: There is no one thing, whether it is VAT, fire safety, construction inflation or an underestimate of the cost of the cables and electrics, that could possibly explain an increase of this nature. Of course it is multifactorial. Of course there are a number of reasons the cost has gone up. The estimate did not just go from €650 million to €1.433 million. It went up to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: That was reported to the Government in December. That is the full construction cost, including the car parks, but it does not include ICT investment, for example, and some other associated costs. The review being undertaken by PwC commenced this week. Department of Health officials have engaged with the HSE and consultants on finalising the terms of reference, methodology and timeframe. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: When we talk about the children's hospital, we should not forget the enormous value the project will bring to the country.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: It will deliver a major improvement in healthcare and paediatric care for our most valuable citizens, namely, our children. Some 450 beds will be provided, each of them single rooms, which is very different from what we currently have. There will be space for parents to stay overnight.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: There will be 15 theatres and five MRI machines. Ambulatory care centres at both Tallaght and Connolly hospitals will be provided which will reduce the need for admissions and attendances and the total need for hospital beds. The project will provide parent accommodation and an academic research centre. The hospital will be born digital. It will be an enormous asset for the country and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The capital build cost of the project is €1,433 million. That includes the entire capital cost for the main hospital at St. James's which will also house the school and third level educational spaces, the outpatient and urgent care centres I mentioned at Connolly and Tallaght hospitals, equipment for the three sites and construction of the car park and retail spaces. These same...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: My Department had no capital budget for the years in question and therefore had no expenditure with accountancy or consultancy firms in relation to such projects.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Cabinet Committee F last met on 8 February last year. The meeting was attended by Ministers and Senior Officials from the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform; Foreign Affairs and Trade; Justice and Equality; Health; Communications, Climate Action and Environment; Transport, Tourism and Sport; Housing, Planning and Local Government; and Defence. Arrangements are being...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Following receipt of the IBRC Commission’s Fifth Interim Report in November 2018, I consulted with opposition representatives regarding the Commission’s request for a further extension of its reporting deadline. There was a strong shared concern about the level of progress achieved by the Commission to date, the timeframe now proposed for concluding the first module of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The total amount spent on air travel by my Department for 2018 was €193,560.03. This includes the cost of commercial flights taken by myself, Ministers of State, officials and advisers travelling on official business, particularly in the context of managing EU, British-Irish and international relations. A breakdown of spend between specific airlines is not available. Detailed...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: My Department's expenditure on newspapers and online newspaper subscriptions for 2018 was as follows: 2018 Amount Newspapers €57,970.43 Online newspaper subscriptions €13,575.47 TOTAL €71,545.90 My Department liaises closely with the Office of Government Procurement on all matters related to public procurement and monitors all areas of expenditure, including on...

Ráitis ó Cheannairí na bPáirtithe agus na nGrúpaí - Statements from Party and Group Leaders (21 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, ar an lá seo, céad bliain ó shin, deimhníodh ráiteas dearfa, diongbháilte, misniúil faoi thodhchaí na hÉireann. Tháinig grúpa beag duine a bhí tofa i bParlaimint Westminster, le chéile anseo, i dTeach an Ardmhéara i mBaile Átha Cliath, chun an Chéad Dáil a reachtú....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Written answers are published on the Oireachtas website.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I do not remember the exact date of my last contact with Theresa May but it was by telephone about ten days ago. I think it was the day I was in Munich or the day after that when I was in Paris. We had pencilled in a call for the week gone by but given all the events in Westminster that did not happen. I do not anticipate I will speak to her today. The motion of no confidence is happening...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: That was my reading of it.