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Varadkar gives Govt four weeks to cut prices for consumers

1. 6. 2010

Image via Wikipedia FG Bill would force Govt to implement key McCarthy recommendations   Government Ministers would be given a four week deadline to cut prices of vital State items [...]

FG laws will cut Govt prices & save Irish households €400 a year

1. 4. 2010

Image via Wikipedia Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesperson Leo Varadkar TD has published new laws to slash Government costs by 5%, saving the average household around €400 a year.   Deputy [...]

Coughlan must clarify why NCA spent €500,000 on PR

7. 2. 2010

Image via Wikipedia Quango sepnds €500K on PR   The spend by the National Consumer Agency (NCA) of €18,000 on average a month every month for over two and a [...]

Work to rule will hurt vulnerable much more than Govt

1. 2. 2010

Work to rule will hurt vulnerable   With public sector unions escalating their work to rule this week, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has warned their action is [...]

Varadkar rejects Liam Doran’s ‘Uno Duce, Uno Voce’ outburst

3. 12. 2009

Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has slammed union leader Liam Doran for telling critics of the proposed deal between unions and Government to ‘back off and keep their [...]

FG Youth Jobs Plan Will Reduce by 1/3rd Numbers of u25s on Live Register

2. 12. 2009

Image via Wikipedia FG Plan to reduce youth dole by a third   A set of Fine Gael proposals targeting youth unemployment will reduce by 1/3rd the numbers of under [...]

€10m Coughlan spend on higher pay, ads, & FÁS admin while job creation initiatives cut

16. 6. 2009

Image via Wikipedia €6.4 million increase in payroll costs for Department and agencies 40% increase in advertising €284,000 increase in grant for FÁS administration €2 million in grants to ICTU, [...]

Govt must publish European Commission report on FÁS

7. 12. 2008

Fine Gael Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has today (Sunday) called on the Government to publish, in full, the report issued to the Government in 2002 [...]

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 [...]