Results 81-100 of 8,669 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: I acknowledge the willingness of the Minister to come to the House and answer questions in free format. If other Ministers were prepared to do so on important issues such as this we would have a stronger Parliament and democracy and perhaps a better Government. I understood the role of the Radiological Protection Institute was to assess whether machines were dangerous in terms of their...
- Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Is it the case in the midlands when somebody presents to a general practitioner with a lump on the breast, that a triple assessment is not the norm?
- Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Was cancer excluded solely on the basis of the mammography?
- Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: There was a lump but the mammography was negative.
- Undocumented Irish in the United States: Motion (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: I congratulate Deputy Ring on raising this matter and I acknowledge the support of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for this important issue. I welcome the fact that it has been identified as an area for potential all-Ireland co-operation, deserving inputs from the Government of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Executive. Since the defeat of the McCain-Kennedy Bill on immigration reform, it...
- Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (8 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Fine Gael accepts the Bill. It will introduce a public lending right to protect the intellectual property of writers and artists who ensure that a further remuneration scheme is in place to pay royalties to these people. This change should have been made some time ago. As the Minister has admitted it is only coming forward now as a result of enforcement proceedings under Article 228 of the...
- Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (8 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: I have a query in respect of back-payments.
- Social Partnership. (13 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will support the application by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association to be included in social partnership in view of the fact that small businesses are not properly represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25671/07]
- Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: The Government ran out of issues on which to have statements.
- Local Government Elections. (22 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue. The need to hold a boundary review of local electoral areas is clear. A review has not been carried out since 1998, which was based on the 1996 census. The boundaries are, therefore, 11 years out of date. Since then two constituency reviews for European elections and two for the Dáil elections have been carried out. At a recent...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Everybody wants to take their tablets.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: There is an ongoing problem in providing school sites and developing new schools in rapidly growing areas. I refer to page 42 of the programme for Government, entitled High-Quality School Buildings and Planning for New Schools, in which a specific commitment is given to ensure that no rezoning of land for residential development can take place without a prior commitment to provide an...
- Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: I thank the Minister of State for his comments and associate myself with his message of thanks to the Department and other staff. The Bill will shortly become law when it is signed by the President and we were happy to co-operate with its speedy passage, given the need to do so as we faced prosecution in European courts. I ask the Minister not to waste any time in making the provisions in...
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will set a national target for the reduction of the administrative costs of regulation to business; if he will use the international standard costs model as part of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31478/07]
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: No one can underestimate the importance of cutting red tape and reducing the regulation of business. A recent ESRI survey showed this to be the matter of most concern to businesses, more so than infrastructure and potentiallyââ
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: A recent ESRI survey of business people showed this to be their number one concern ahead of infrastructure and other issues, including labour costs. We estimate that business could be saved up to â¬1.25 billion in five years were the standard cost model adopted. Like many Ministers, the Minister has only half answered the question I asked. I assume his answer in respect of using the...
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: The figures for Italy, the Netherlands and the UK are 25%. When will the Minister set a target? From his statement, can I take it that he will not use the standard cost model to assess the baseline for current regulatory costs?
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: Is the answer no?
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: When will the target be set so that we will be able to see whether it has been achieved?
- Business Regulation. (28 Nov 2007)
Leo Varadkar: When will the Minister set the targets so that we can begin benchmarking?