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Ceisteanna - Questions: Estimates Process (22 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...together. At the end of April, a further Revised Estimate for my Department was voted through the House. This further Revised Estimate reduced my Department's 2018 net budget allocation by €2.5 million, from €35.89 million to €33.39 million. My Department's original Revised Estimate showed a net reduction of 2% on 2017. This further Revised Estimate brings the total...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...areas, such as cyber attacks. That is where we see ourselves, rather than in trying to do what France and Germany do and becoming a military power or replicating them in some way, even if it is 2% or 5% of what they do. We want to do something different and contribute to European security through other mechanisms, some of which I have mentioned. I am a very strong supporter of a common...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...always be a certain percentage where the facts or claims are contested. In Vicky Phelan's case, as the Deputy knows, the case against the HSE was struck out but the laboratory settled for €2.5 million without accepting liability. While there may not have been legal liability on the State, I think there was moral liability on the State to ensure that she got the information about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (24 Apr 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. On 1 March, I requested that the Secretary General of my Department conduct a review into the operations of the strategic communications unit, SCU. The report from this review was accepted by the Government on 27 March and published on the same date. The report finds that there is significant benefit to be realised by...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...money. It is very expensive to send people abroad for treatment, but we do it because sometimes specialised treatment can only be provided in specialised centres in areas with a population of 10 million, 20 million, 30 million, 40 million or 50 million. I cannot say to the Deputy for sure whether it would be viable or possible to have the treatments provided in this country, a country of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (29 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...Fraser, Secretary General of the Department, Ms Mary Keenan, head of corporate affairs, and Ms Geraldine Butler, finance officer. The 2018 Revised Estimate for the President’s Establishment is €4.32 million. This includes some €3 million for pay and administration, with the balance to fund the centenarians’ bounty. It is estimated that approximately 450...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (29 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: That is a fair point. On the strategic communications unit, the SCU has 15 members of staff, seven of whom worked previously in communications in the Department and were seconded from the press office or Government Information Service to the new unit. The remaining eight staff were new, if one likes, in that they came from elsewhere or other sections of the Department. It will,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (29 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I do not know the answer to that question, but if one looks at the figure of €5 million as being for the full year, spending €2.5 million by the end of July would not be unusual. One would spend half of the budget in the first half of the year and the other half in the second half of the year.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...of expenditure up to the end of February 2018 are contained in the following table: Details 2017 2018 (to 28 February) Total Travel & Subsistence €3,423.21 €299.34 €3,722.55 Advertising and Incidental Expenses €35,186.33 €124,385.38 €159,571.71 Postal & Telecommunications €626.48 €308.27...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...the record for those interested in them. The establishment of the strategic communications unit, SCU, as a Civil Service unit in my Department was approved by Cabinet in September. A budget of €5 million from within my Department's existing envelope was allocated in October and a work programme was agreed by Cabinet in December. This was all done transparently. Approximately...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: To state some facts, the budget for mental health this year is approximately €900 million. It has increased by €150 million or €200 million in recent years. One can argue about how much the increase was but it was certainly a lot more than €5 million. It was probably closer to €35 million.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Therefore, I am not sure whether Deputy McDonald's assertions count as fake news or spin but they are certainly untrue. The €5 million budget came out of my Department's administrative allocation. My Department is one of the few Departments that had their budgets reduced for 2018, and I imagine that €5 million budget will be reduced further, if not eliminated altogether,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Project Ireland 2040 Launch (27 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98, 101, 102, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 115 to 119, inclusive, and 122 together. An objective of the Government is to improve citizens’ understanding of what it is doing on their behalf, what their entitlements are, and the workings of Government in general. In support of this objective, the Government has approved a list of policy areas for which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (27 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Strategic Communications Unit does not have a marketing budget. The Unit has a budget allocated of €5 million for 2018. This budget will be used on a variety of items within the strategic communications programme, such as the implementation of the new Government of Ireland identity, support of the migration to gov.ie and for various priority information programmes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Of course, there is contact between serving politicians and their parties. I speak to Fine Gael and I do so very regularly, as do special advisers. The total budget for the unit is €5 million for this year and it is up to the directors to determine how it is best spent and spread across the various campaigns.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...to see a psychologist to get the help they need. For a parent, any wait, even a short one, causes great anxiety, while a long wait causes enormous anguish. It is for that reason that an extra €5 million has been invested in child psychology services and it is making a difference. If we look at the figures from July 2017, we will see that 6,850 children were waiting for psychology...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (7 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...else, just want to be able to live their lives and go to school, college and work and do not deserve to have this level of violence on their doorstep. In terms of recent investment, €21 million is being invested in the St. Mary's Mansions project, which is a great example of inner-city regeneration. There is a permanent Garda presence through the emergency response unit, and it...

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...Ring, has made 32 changes already to simplify the Leader process and to make sure that money is drawn down and is spent. The social inclusion and community activation programme is receiving €43 million. The CLÁR programme is receiving €5 million to help restore small-scale infrastructure projects in rural areas.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (31 Jan 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...same. Primary PCI for 24 hours is a highly specialised service that can be provided only in a relatively small number of regional centres. In the entirety of Scotland which has a population of 5 million people it might be provided in only two or three centres.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Urban Renewal Schemes (31 Jan 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...chaired by Michael Stone is overseeing implementation of actions recommended in the Mulvey Report. The short terms measures announced in 2016 have been delivered which amounted to almost €5 million invested in real facilities and services in the area. This included €1 million investment in sports facilities and projects; €700,000 spent on local community projects...