Results 15,561-15,580 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----Limerick 2030 and the inner harbour in Galway.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I did answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It also provides for the ongoing growth in Dublin because Dublin will continue to grow, just not as fast-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----as it did in the past. It will no longer suck in other counties or-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----spread out into other counties. Dublin needs to grow up rather than out.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I have straight answers for the Deputy. First, we have no arrangement or understanding with Fianna Fáil on this matter. Second, the legislation the Deputy referred to is not the law. There is no plan to have it signed by the President next week nor was there ever. We were going to publish this plan before the end of last year. That was the commitment I gave last June. We should...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: We got held up with other issues. The legislation the Deputy refers to does not say the final plan has to be approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas. What it says is that Government shall submit the draft of the revised or new national planning framework together with the environmental report and appropriate assessment report for the approval of each House of the Oireachtas before it is...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The requirement-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The requirement is that the draft be put before the House; D-R-A-F-T, not the final draft.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: Brexit is a complicated negotiation, but our objectives are very simple. Our first and overriding objective is to ensure that we continue to have free movement of people and free trade, not just North and South, but also between Britain and Ireland. The best way for that to be achieved would be for the United Kingdom to stay in the Single Market and the customs union. It has indicated that...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: In relation to what other people may believe or may surmise, I cannot be accountable for that. What I can be accountable for is what is agreed and what is written down in black and white. People can read the December joint report for themselves, and they can also read the guidelines from only two weeks ago, which I have read out to the Deputy today. That is what I will be accountable for -...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----that we trigger the backstop, that we trigger what is there in the joint report from December, which is not just for the transition, but on an ongoing basis, a special unique arrangement-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----for Northern Ireland-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----that maintains full alignment. That is now what we are seeking-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----to be written into the legal text of the withdrawal agreement, but I think if there is a misunderstanding or difference of opinion here, it seems to me that the preferred outcome for Fianna Fáil and the preferred outcome for Sinn Féin is that we only have a special arrangement with Northern Ireland that allows-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----that border to be avoided and that they would be happy to accept-----
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Gender Recognition (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The delivery of effective, quality customer service is a priority for my Department and forms an integral part of my Department's Strategy Statement, Corporate Governance Framework and the business plans of individual Divisions within the Department. While my Department is primarily engaged in policy development and does not have the same level of contact with citizens as other Departments,...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (14 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: My Department is working to ensure it is well prepared for the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May. A Data Protection Officer (DPO) has been appointed and Divisions throughout the Department are currently reviewing what personal data is received and how it is managed and stored by the Department. We are also seeking to identify any gaps in the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I will answer the questions in order. With regard to the Nordic-Baltic group, the Dutch Prime Minister and I, as well as Foreign Ministers and Finance Ministers, attended by invitation but we are not members of the Nordic-Baltic group. I did not attend on the last occasion as I attended the European People's Party, EPP, summit. A number of pre-meetings happen before European Council...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It is equally important that that is done at a cost that is fair and reasonable to the taxpayer. Any money that we can save on medicines is money that can be used for other purposes, particularly in our health service. I was asked about the particular concerns that different countries have. Austria's main concern relates to migration. It had an experience of 1 million people crossing...