Results 17,001-17,020 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: If he is saying that €400 million extra on the current side, an additional €100 million on the capital side and another €691 million-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----should be spent just to stand still, he is saying that we should increase the total health budget next year by €1.1 billion. That is simply not provided for in the alternative plan-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----that Sinn Féin put forward.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I am sure we will allow plenty of other people to assess-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----that fully.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I am not in a position to comment on individual cases without knowing the facts and being able to have them verified. Even if I was able to do that, I would not be able to breach individual confidentiality. If there are individual cases that the Deputy wants to raise, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, would be happy to look into them. Up until now, we have been able to provide emergency...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I have not seen six versions of any report. I have only seen one report.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: As I have said, I have no difficulty with it being published. The first time I saw it was a few days ago. To answer the Deputy's question, it does not say how many customs officials may be needed. It mentions a range of between 100% and 800%. These things are not necessarily calculable.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I have to say I am a little disturbed by this level of outrage.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: It does not seem genuine.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Before and since the referendum, everyone has known exactly what would be meant by the consequences of a hard border on our island, which is exactly what we are trying to avoid.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I have never spoken about invisible, frictionless or telepathic borders.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I have always said that is not achievable. I have always said that there are no technical or information technology-based solutions to this. I have always said that the only solution to this problem is a political one.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The political solution is that we continue to have a free trade agreement with the UK and-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----as I said in my speech in Belfast, the UK stays in the customs union. In the absence of such an arrangement, there should be a long transition period, as I also said in Belfast, or there should be a unique arrangement for Northern Ireland. I have always said that the solution to this problem is a political one, rather than a technical one. I am very confused by the position of Fianna...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Is Fianna Fáil arguing that we should start training up border guards and getting dogs ready?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Should we start checking out sites for border posts and truck stops?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Is this what Fianna Fáil, the republican party, is actually advocating?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Of course we are doing desktop studies into what may happen under the many different scenarios that could arise from Brexit. We are not going to do what Fianna Fáil seems to be suggesting, which is-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Leo Varadkar: -----start preparing for something we are trying to prevent. We are not going to be hiring and training dogs. We are not going to be hiring customs officials. We are not going to be scoping out the Border for sites for truck stops.