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04 Apr 2009
Varadkar calls for profit-sharing scheme as alternative to pay rises
Profitable companies should have the option of sharing profits with employees as an alternative to pay rises under any new pay deal, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD told a meeting of Young Fine Gael delegates at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis today (Saturday).
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10 Mar 2009
Unemployment soars - but Govt slashes successful training schemes - Varadkar
FG calls for axe to fall on FÁS budget instead of Skillnets
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05 Mar 2009
All banks must pass on rate cut as homeowners bear brunt of economic crisis - Varadkar
Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has called on all banks operating in Ireland to pass on the full 0.5% European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate cut to help out hard-pressed homeowners.
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04 Mar 2009
As 1 in 10 people on dole, Varadkar calls for more Community Employment schemes
Ireland isn't working as unemployment 4th highest in Europe and double rate in Iceland
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19 Feb 2009
Tánaiste must sack FÁS board following damning PAC report - Varadkar
FG backs PAC call for Corporate Enforcement investigation
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10 Feb 2009
Minimum wage should be maintained at current level for 2 years - Varadkar
FG rejects Kelleher's minimum wage cut kite
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07 Feb 2009
Govt must force banks to accept pay freeze and cancel all bonuses - Varadkar
Fine Gael Spokesperson for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has today (Saturday) called on the Government to force the banks to implement a pay freeze for staff and to ban all bonuses for executives as a condition of the recapitalisation plan.
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04 Feb 2009
'Ireland is not working' as live register shows biggest EVER monthly increase - Varadkar
FG calls for small business loan guarantee to protect jobs
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28 Jan 2009
Varadkar publishes 10 point plan to bring down prices and boost consumer rights
New proposals to tackle the high cost of living and strengthen consumer rights have been published by Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD. They include an immediate review of electricity and gas prices, a ban on surcharges for all payments by ‘plastic’, and a freeze on Government charges.
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15 Jan 2009
Banks must pass on full interest rate cut - Varadkar
All banks must follow the lead set by AIB, Bank of Ireland, Halifax and Ulster Bank by passing on the European Central Bank's (ECB) interest rate cut in full, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has said.