Leo Varadkar, TD

To ask the Minister for Finance the reason neither GNP and GDP are used as key denominators to measure State costs in order to receive more accurate readings on public spending key performance indicators; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action that he will take to help avert the looming humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to the closure of their only power point and increased tightening of the blockade of Gaza making the area as described by UNRWA as quickly becoming uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his view on the suggestion that a condition of the granting of drink licences to pubs and restaurants would be the mandatory stocking of non-alcoholic beer; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the changes to the allocation of funds proposed in the Pensions Bill could be extended to include funds currently in wind up but where the funds have not yet been distributed by the time of enactment?

Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has today (Wednesday) welcomed news from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, France Fitzgerald TD, that €100,000 has been allocated for the development of two youth cafes in Waterford City. Deputy Coffey had previously made representations to Minister Fitzgerald in relation to this matter.

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, today (Wednesday) said the continuous monitoring of carriage levels on DARTs, as committed to by the Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann, should help to resolve the issues of overcrowding that are being experienced by commuters.

Kerry Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin, has said he is seeking a debate on the future of the Shannon LNG project in the Dáil, following the rejection by the High Court today (Wednesday) of a challenge to the decision made by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) in respect of tariffs to be imposed on the company.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD today launched a National Sustainability and Quality Scheme for the dairy sector.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. will, together with the Taoiseach, lead a delegation of Irish agri-food companies on a trade mission to Japan this weekend.

Speaking following the initiation of the construction stage of a €100 million data centre in west Dublin this morning (Thursday), Fine Gael Dublin Mid West Deputy, Derek Keating said the project will be a huge addition to the area, which hopes to attract similar investment projects in the coming years.