A key element of Fine Gael’s Five Point Plan to create jobs and get Ireland working is to slash waste and duplication in public spending in order to keep taxes [...]
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145 Quango-ing…going…gone
12. 2. 2011
Pylon case farce must lead to independent inquiry
9. 11. 2010
Image by OrangeSmell via Flickr Fine Gael Communications & Energy Spokesman, Leo Varadkar TD backed calls today (Tuesday) for an independent inquiry into the botched planning process for the North-South [...]
Return air ticket to Glenties cost me €55 yet Min. Dempsey spends €7,890 an hour on Govt. Jet
6. 8. 2010
Image via Wikipedia It’s simple: the Minister and his colleagues are out of touch It speaks volumes for the disdain with which the Government views the taxpayer that a [...]
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 [...]
29 school prefabs in Dublin 15 rented for over 10 years
18. 1. 2010
29 school prefabs have been rented out for at least ten years or more according to information revealed by local Fine Gael TD, Leo Varadkar. Leo Varadkar received the [...]
Expenses and Allowances for 2009
18. 1. 2010
Image via Wikipedia Last year, I became the first TD publish details of my expenses and indeed expenditure on my website. There is a public perception that expenses and allowances [...]
Varadkar calls for total overhaul of FÁS following further revelations
12. 1. 2010
Image via Wikipedia FÁS should be overhauled, given a new slimmed-down remit and rebranded after further revelations about wrongdoing in the State agency were revealed in 22 audit reports released [...]
No price tag on Programme for Government, Lenihan confirms
8. 11. 2009
Image via Wikipedia Following a series of parliamentary questions asked by Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has confirmed that the revised Programme for Government [...]
Govt in disarray on Budget as Lenihan says no tax rises & Cullen says no spending cuts
19. 9. 2009
Image by jmenard48 via Flickr Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has said Fianna Fáil is in disarray over the contents of the forthcoming Budget, after Arts, Sport & [...]
Fine Gael Forces the Tánaiste to Admit No Confidence in FAS Leadership
22. 9. 2008
C&AG Annual Report Highlights Weak Financial Control in Quangos The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has effectively expressed no confidence in the FÁS leadership, according to Leo Varadkar, Fine [...]