Results 21-40 of 859 for cork speaker:Leo Varadkar

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...to Ballyvourney road. The fact there was such a big turnout from County Kerry, including Deputy Griffin, helped to remind me this is as much an investment in Kerry as it is an investment in Cork, improving access to and from the county, which will be good for investment, jobs and tourism. The first motion the Deputy put down when he was a member of Kerry County Council related to this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...we are keen to help out there. I believe the flood-defence works, which are under way, helped, but they need to be completed. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, had a very good meeting with Cork County Council just yesterday which he very briefly briefed me on. It looked at what could be done to speed up projects or what interim works could be carried out to reduce the risk of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...development. It includes: the national broadband plan, which is the biggest single capital investment in the history of the State; the roads programme, which is almost all outside of Dublin and Cork, certainly outside of Dublin; and the technological universities, which I am committed to and which are making a difference in many regions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which is of enormous importance to people in counties Cork and Waterford and the other parts of the country affected by flooding, not just in the past few weeks but also in recent years. I had the chance to visit Midleton last week, which is a town I know well. I have seen a lot of flood damage in my time, but this at a different scale. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...of the European Council which will take place on 26 and 27 October. It was expected that the Cabinet committee would meet last week but that meeting was cancelled on account of the flooding in Cork. It is expected that the committee will meet again before December.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...he is willing to engage with the club on that, depending on how much it is costed at and how much the insurance will cover. However, the same principles we applied in Donegal we will apply in Cork and we will get the club back up and running. On the land itself, my understanding is that it is FAI-controlled or FAI-leased land; I cannot remember the exact details of it. I am not sure...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ..., more adverse weather events and more flooding. We need to focus much more on adaptation in the period ahead. People will be aware of the enhanced support scheme that has been put in place for Cork, Waterford and Middleton to help householders. We will be happy to have a debate on mental health. The mental health budget is €1.2 billion for the coming year, which is a big...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...sure we can develop places like, for example, the old Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, where we can build the best part of a thousand new homes for people in this city. There are projects in Cork as well and all over the country. This is very much happening on the ground. We will make sure the LDA is adequately capitalised. It is an off-balance sheet transaction that does not need...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...now in place and providing care closer to home. Work is ongoing on the reconfiguration of the HSE organisational structures into six new health regions and the establishment of elective care centres in Dublin, Cork and Galway, as well as surgical hubs in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford in the interim. We are making healthcare more affordable at a time when the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Collins for raising the very concerning issue of the Aperee Living nursing home in Belgooly, County Cork. I am aware of the matter. HIQA has engaged in a series of inspections of Aperee Living nursing homes, six of which are detailed in the publication of Thursday, 7 September. Across these facilities, the chief inspector is concerned about the registered provider's ability...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...some good examples, Fingal County Council is currently refurbishing 12 derelict cottages on St. Ita's hospital campus in Portrane to bring them into use as social housing. St. Kevin's hospital in Cork has been transferred to LDA ownership and the construction of 265 social and affordable homes on this public land has commenced, and the first will be ready for occupation in 2025. This is,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Deputy Barry asked about the Cork event centre. I do not have an update. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, gave me a verbal update on it recently and I promise to get back to him when I have a chance to find out more about the project. I think it is a very good project and will be really great for the city of Cork and the wider region. Of course, it is embarrassing that it has not recommenced...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...the post is advertised; for Dublin midlands, which is St. James's Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, the job specification is in development; for the south west, which would be based in Cork, the post is progressing; and for HSE mid-west, which would be based in Limerick, again that post is progressing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Just Transition (27 Sep 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...Minister, Deputy McConalogue, and I have jointly invited the Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Mr. Sinkevičius, to Ireland. I do not know if he will be able to go to County Cork but we will suggest that he visit a farm somewhere in the country if we are able to work that into his programme. I am glad he accepted the invitation. I do not want to and, never...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I will be happy to come back to the Deputy in detail on the specific projects he raises. I know from my visit to west Cork in the past couple of days there has been huge investment in the area. The Deputy knows in the town of Bandon the amount of work that has been done to install flood relief. We all remember the floods in Bandon. Under the previous Government and this one, millions of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: My diary is published. It was a real pleasure to have a chance to visit west Cork again. It is surely one of the most beautiful parts of the country. I was really glad to meet people in different parts of it and talk to them on this occasion. I got to visit Bandon, Clonakilty, Timoleague and also Courtmacsherry. While I did not meet the people the Deputy mentioned, I met a number of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...sides in the dispute and has made a recommendation. I understand the next step is consultation and balloting. I hope it will go to a ballot and we will see what decision is made after that. On Cork rail, there are two significant projects. There is metropolitan rail, which Deputy O’Sullivan touched on and which uses the existing train lines. We are keen to get that done as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...appointment in eight years time would not be typical or anything near the normal waiting time for cataract treatment. On what we are doing, we are expanding the additional public services, including in Cork. The Deputy will be familiar with the developments that are happening there with the new theatre. The National Treatment Purchase Fund is also an option. We regularly pay for people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...patients to avoid attendance at an emergency department. Work is also ongoing on the reconfiguration of the HSE organisational structures into six new health regions and the establishment of elective care centres in Dublin, Cork and Galway, as well as surgical hubs in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford in the interim. We are also making healthcare more affordable at a time...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...you want to buy. There is huge interest in the grants to do up derelict homes and vacant properties in order to bring them back to use. I think there have been 500 applications alone in County Cork, which is extraordinarily encouraging. There are also, of course, local authority home loans, which people can use to get a mortgage when the banks cannot give them a mortgage. That is all...