Image via Wikipedia Fine Gael Enterprise, Trade & Employment Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has described the loss of 785 high-value jobs at Pfizer as ‘a meltdown in the multinational sector’. [...]
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‘Meltdown in multinational sector’ as Pfizer sheds 785 jobs
18. 5. 2010
€20 billion trade between Ireland and China possible by 2020 if trade strategy launched
15. 2. 2010
Image via Wikipedia FG to propose strategy at Oireachtas Committee tomorrow Speaking this week at the start of the Chinese New Year, Fine Gael Trade Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD [...]
Rip-offs continue under toothless regulator & ineffective Tánaiste
30. 6. 2009
Image by jimmyharris via Flickr Irish consumers are still paying a premium for goods and services when compared to other EU countries, in spite of some evidence of falling grocery [...]
Varadkar welcomes IBEC endorsement of FG pay freeze policy
27. 1. 2009
Image via Wikipedia Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has welcomed IBEC’s endorsement of Fine Gael’s policy to call for a national pay freeze, as announced by the Party’s [...]
Unemployment and Training – Fine Gael Private Members Motion
10. 11. 2008
Last week, Fine Gael devoted its Private Members time to a motion on the current unemployment crisis. My speech on the debate can be found below the fold, while the [...]
IDA survey proves that government has failed on competitiveness
10. 11. 2008
Fine Gael’s Spokesman on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, today (Sunday) said the 2008 IDA survey of multi-nationals based in Ireland has been released to Fine Gael under [...]
Govt fingered on competitiveness as Ireland languishes in 22nd place
9. 10. 2008
Govt fingered on competitiveness as Ireland languishes in 22nd place – Varadkar The World Economic Forum has pointed the finger of blame firmly at the Fianna Fáil Government for [...]
NCB Manufacturing Report adds to evidence that Ireland already in recession
1. 5. 2008
Today’s report from NCB on the state of the Irish manufacturing sector suggests that the Irish economy could already be in recession, according to Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar [...]
Competitiveness of the Economy – Speech
4. 12. 2007
As Fine Gael Spokesperon on Enterprise, Trade and Employment I introduced the Fine Gael motion on the Competitiveness of the Economy. Please find my speech below. The debate, including speeches [...]
Competitiveness of the Economy – Motion
4. 12. 2007
On the 4th and 5th of December, reflecting the change in economic circumstances and Ireland’s decreasing economic competitiveness internationally the Fine Gael part proposed the following motion.