Results 181-200 of 430 for 5 million speaker:Leo Varadkar

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...and Reform as the year goes on, as we sort this out, but the overriding objective is one that results in, at the very least, the existing level of service and on top of that the additional €200 million or so that is being provided for new services being spent on those new services and not being sucked into other costs. As Deputy Martin said, it is an increase of €413 million...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...will sort it out. We are in strong position. The schools are 90% complete. The State owns the buildings and the payments made so far by the State to the PPP contractor are of the order of €4 million to €5 million. It costs much more than that to build one school, let alone six, so we are in a strong position to have this sorted out but because of the collapse of one of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (16 Jan 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...Healthy Ireland, Creative Ireland, Rebuilding Ireland, Global Ireland and Rural Ireland. Further campaigns will be added to this list in due course. The overall budget for the Unit for 2108 is €5 million, it is not possible at this stage to give a specific figure for spend on each individual campaign. The SCU is meeting with communications colleagues across departments to plan and...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Dec 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...do not merit much consideration. We will certainly examine what is being proposed. In terms of what was announced in the budget, as the Deputy mentioned it, the budget provides an extra €75 million for disability services next year. A reduction in the prescription charge of 50 cent for everyone under 65 kicks in in a few weeks time. An additional 1,000 special needs...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...weeks so that the carer can get his or her own affairs in order. Deputy Micheál Martin will recall that when he was last in Government the carer's allowance and carer's benefit were cut by €16.50 a week. We have restored the first €5 of that, we will restore the next €5 of it in March and we will restore it fully in the term of this Government. In terms of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Dec 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ..., training and employment opportunities, services for families and young people and physical improvements. The board implemented a number of proposals across the four priority headings in 2015 at a cost of €2.5 million. This is in addition to the range of local measures implemented in 2016, which were worth approximately €5 million. Further measures will be developed and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (29 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As part of Budget 2017, the Department secured an additional €3 million Pay allocation to help in responding to the challenges and opportunities associated with Brexit. Enterprise Ireland’s exchequer pay provision this year included an additional €1.7 million to assist the agency in the recruitment of an additional 39 Brexit specific posts to work alongside existing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (29 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy may be aware, an additional €3 million was secured for my Department in respect of Pay in Budget 2017 and targeted specifically to assist with increased staffing needs for the Department and a number of our Agencies to deal with the evolving Brexit scenario. These funds are enabling the Department and, primarily, our Agencies to recruit additional staff to supplement...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Research and Development Funding (29 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Education Institutes (HEIs). My Department took over responsibility for the PRTLI in May 2010, from the Department of Education and Skills. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) continues to administer Cycle 5 of the Programme on behalf of my Department. The allocations and amounts expended on the PRTLI in the years 2010 – 2017 are set out in Table A below. The full amount allocated...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (28 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 11, inclusive, together. Staff of the strategic communications unit met with the Office of Emergency Planning to discuss the winter ready campaign and provided it with the Government of Ireland identity, which appeared on the cover of the winter ready booklet. The Government of Ireland identity replaced 17 logos of Departments and State agencies whose...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (22 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: My Department's budget for 2018 has decreased by 2% compared to 2017. €5 million has been allocated to the Strategic Communications Unit of my Department for 2018. My Department does not delegate salary budgets to individual divisions/units. The salaries of the staff in the Strategic Communications Unit will be met from my Department's 2018 administrative salary budget. All...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (22 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...participation in national events, - increased communication capacity within Departments. In 2018, my Department's budget has decreased by 2% compared to this year. The Unit’s budget of €5 million is a reallocation of existing resources within my Departments' budget for 2018. My Department is about to award a contract for a Research services. Such work is a normal part of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (21 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...to be finalised in the coming weeks, will include an update on measures progressed by Government Departments, including actions to ameliorate housing and homelessness problems, such as the €750 million financing entity Home Building Finance Ireland, the new stamp duty refund scheme, projects approved under the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, the national...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Officers, RACO, conference in the next week or so. It is also worth mentioning the kind of investment that is now going into the Defence Forces. There is a capital allocation of €406 million for the next six years, which is very significant. That comprises: €250 million for new Naval Service ships to replace existing vessels; €55 million for armoured personnel...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 to 84, inclusive, 95 and 99 together. The Strategic Communications Unit (SCU) will be integrated within the Civil Service structures in my Department, with the Director of the Unit reporting to the Secretary General of the Department. The Civil Service Management Board (CSMB) has decided to establish a sub group of the CSMB which will act as a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (17 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: .... My Department is also seeking to recruit, on secondment, additional serving civil and public servants with the relevant experience and expertise to work in the Unit. The Unit’s budget of €5 million is a reallocation of existing resources within my Departments' budget for 2018. The vast bulk of the budget for 2018 is being earmarked for public information campaigns,...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...this budget, we are taking further steps to reward work and attain a sustainable increase in living standards. The threshold for payment of the higher rate of income tax is being increased by €750 while the 2.5% and 5% USC rates are being reduced. Self-employed people also benefit from a further increase of €200 in the earned income tax credit and stay-at-home parents have...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...pay and others to reduce the cost of accessing public services. We also believe in helping people who need it most. We have strengthened the safety net by increasing weekly payments by €5 for a wide range of people, including pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, the blind, widows, one-parent families, and those seeking work or those on employment support payments such...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...because I wanted to be as transparent about this as much as I could be. We put the cost out there. There will be six staff. The total cost, most of it being for information campaigns, will be €5 million in a full year. It will be cost neutral because it is being fully funded from my Department's existing administrative and information budget. In fact, as the Deputy will know...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The amount of additional funding for disability services next year, as announced in yesterday's budget, is €65 million. Approximately €50 million of this will be used to improve and expand existing services and cover additional pay costs etc. The other €15 million will be used for new developments. That is just in the Department of Health. Additional funding is being...