Leo Varadkar, TD

I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this very welcome Bill, which builds on the success we have seen in recent years in reducing road fatalities. I echo the remarks of the Minister and others in acknowledging the work done by Mr. Noel Brett, the first CEO of the Road Safety Authority, who is moving on to a job which I suspect, will be no less challenging, which will be to represent the Irish Banking Federation.

A Tobacco Free Ireland by 2025! That is the overall aim of a new tobacco policy, Tobacco Free Ireland launched by Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly today (Thursday 3rd October, 2013).

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures currently being undertaken by his Department to improve road safety with particular reference...

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full extent of employment generated by the sporting sector annually over the past five years to date...

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full extent of employment generated by the sporting sector annually over the past five years to date...

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures currently being undertaken by his Department to improve road safety with particular reference...

Fine Gael Galway Senator, Hildegarde Naughton, has today (Wednesday) urged the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, to ensure that personal profiles of all 422,900 people on the live register are completed, to help tailor personalised employment supports for them.

Fine Gael’s Director of Elections, Minister Richard Bruton TD, has this evening (Wednesday) said that Fianna Fáil's true reason for wanting to keep the Seanad has been revealed, with figures showing that the Party receives €445,000 a year from the Exchequer for its Senators, under the leaders allowance paid for all political parties. This amounts to about a third of Fianna Fáil’s State funding.

We’re halfway through the government’s term of Office and so this evening I want to talk to you about the progress we have made, the challenges that remain, and where we want to take Ireland for the future.