Results 17,621-17,640 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: It is hoped more than 90% will be covered by the end of 2020.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not have any information on the raids that took place this morning. Enforcement happens independently of the Government and we are not informed when raids occur. The competition Acts are very strong in Ireland already and it is an area where we have very strong legislation and penalties. I have no doubt that if sufficient evidence is found, the Competition and Consumer Protection...
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, made an announcement on that consultation for a statutory home care scheme last week. If that is not the case it is certainly pending. I am still waiting for a reply on the other question raised.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The Government does not have any proposals to bring forward legislation for a public inquiry on this matter. It appears to me that Deputy Murphy and his co-defendants got a fair trial. The jury heard both sides of the case and all the evidence and they decided to acquit, but I do not believe that means that the behaviour we saw in Jobstown was decent or acceptable.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: It is a matter for the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport to decide who it wishes to invite. I have no doubt that if it issued an invitation to the IRFU, it would accept but it is not a matter for the whole House.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: There is a Vice Chairman.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: There is no legislation promised in this area.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I understand an additional hour for this Bill has already been provided. As the House will be aware, the order and schedule are now agreed by the Business Committee, and this has been agreed by the Business Committee.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The announcement by the UK that it is withdrawing from the London Fisheries Convention is very unwelcome. It is important to note that this forms part of the UK's approach and negotiating position to broader Brexit negotiations. The announcement will have no immediate affect, as the withdrawal process for the convention takes at least two years. As the Deputy will be aware, 35% of the...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the Constitution provides for only 15 Ministers at the Cabinet table. To establish a new Department of the marine it would be necessary to abolish another Department. For the duration of this Government, the marine sector will continue to form part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There are obvious synergies in having agriculture, food and...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: First, the timeline for making any decision such as this will be in the context of the Estimates. Departments will know in October what the budget for next year is, provided it is voted through by this House. We will then be able to make a decision on whether we should have another Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland report. I am told that the research conducted at European level is of...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Connolly for raising this important issue in the House and assure her and the House of the Government's deep commitment to taking action against gender-based violence, sexual violence and domestic violence which all of us condemn and abhor. The SAVI study was done in 2002, which as the Deputy stated, was 15 years ago. I am told there have been European studies that have...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I assure the Deputy that I wish we could have a Parliament where we actually have a proper questions and answers session and serious debate rather than this level of-----
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: If I may answer that-----
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I do not think a single person in this House does not understand bins. We all have bins and we all put them out. There are plenty of people in this House who have been putting a tag on their bin for as long as they can remember. That is the kind of system that the country is going to move to, either payment by lift or payment by weight. Half the country has such a system already. It will...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: Charging people by lift or by weight incentivises people to throw less away. That makes sense for all sorts of reasons-----
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: On the alleviation measure, Deputies will already be aware that the €75 grant will be brought in for people who have long-term illness and use incontinence pads. That will apply to half the country which already has the system and has not been receiving that grant. We have already announced that areas with a population of more than 500 will have to have brown bins. That gives people...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: The Taoiseach may have changed, but the scripted outrage of Sinn Féin has not. It is almost a cut and paste of a speech on a question on a similar issue not that long ago. Fundamentally, it is about the environment. Landfills in Ireland are filling up. We do not want any new dump. I do not know of a single Deputy in this House who would like to have a dump in his or her constituency...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I cannot answer that question for the Deputy. I do not know who stopped it or if anyone stopped it at all.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)
Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will understand from the legislation he brought in to establish the HSE, those final decisions that are made in terms of funding-----