Leo Varadkar

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar will not face any criminal charges following an investigation surrounding the leaking of a confidential GP contract to a friend.

“I do regret it and I am sorry for the controversy and the annoyance that my actions have caused, including to members of the medical profession, members of the IMO, my colleagues in government and to the House.” A Garda spokeswoman said in a statement: “Following a Garda investigation, a comprehensive investigation file was submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. He said: “I was informed this evening by my solicitor that the DPP has determined that I have no case to answer in relation to my disclosure of a document to the president of the NAGP in 2019.

The investigation began after Mr Varadkar confirmed he had in 2019 leaked a copy of the proposed GP contract agreed with the Irish Medical Organisation to his ...

Mr Varadkar is due to take over as taoiseach in mid-December under the terms of the Coalition deal struck with Fianna Fáil and the Green Party in 2020. “Obviously I attended for the Garda interview, and it has obviously been determined that there is no charge for me to face. I am pleased at the outcome of what was a very thorough investigation”.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar will not be prosecuted for leaking a confidential GP contract to a friend when he was Taoiseach, Independent.ie can reveal.

Businessman Chay Bowes was hired to review the NAGP’s books and records. And the whistleblower in the case has also been told he will not be prosecuted. I will issue a full statement in due course.” "Following a Garda investigation, a comprehensive investigation file was submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. “I was informed this evening by my solicitor that the DPP has determined that I have no case to answer in relation to my disclosure of a document to the president of the NAGP in 2019. The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to press charges in the case following a lengthy Garda investigation.

The Tánaiste said he is 'pleased at the outcome of what was a very thorough investigation'

I did not do anything corrupt. I will issue a full statement in due course.” An Garda Síochána said in a statement: “Following a garda investigation, a comprehensive investigation file was submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Childcare costs in Ireland are “out of line with other similar wealthy Northern European countries that we would compare ourselves to”, according to the ...

Varadkar used the examples of ECCE places, free GP visits for under 6 and paternity leave in the work they had done and said: “There are quite a number of things that we have done to help parents. He also said that the pay, terms and conditions of staff in these providers had to be improved, “because otherwise, we won’t have them”. “We have increased all welfare payments, not just the pension.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has criticised “sworn political opponents” who alleged he broke the law by leaking details of a multimillion-euro GP contract to his ...

I have been held to account for those actions in the Dáil. I have apologised for it and I want to do so again,” he added. That is now clear to any fair-minded person.” “I accept that my use of an informal personal channel was inappropriate.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has released a full statement in response to news that he will not face any criminal charges over the leaking of a confidential GP ...

"I am very aware that many people and politicians are not allowed due process, the benefit of the doubt or the presumption of innocence. "This was not the case nor did anyone ever come forward to say they were a victim of a crime," Mr Varadkar stated. That was released and made public long before I disclosed the document." "The document was not classified and did not go to Cabinet. Therefore, I could not have breached Cabinet confidentiality which some have claimed. He said: "The document was as it was entitled – ‘An agreement on service delivery and contractual reform.’ It was not a contract. I have been held to account for those actions in the Dáil. I have apologised for it and I want to do so again.

Leo Varadkar thanked his fellow coalition leaders, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, along with 'the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party ...

"I am very aware that many people and politicians are not allowed due process, the benefit of the doubt or the presumption of innocence. This was not the case nor did anyone ever come forward to say they were a victim of a crime." That was released and made public long before I disclosed the document," the statement continues. "It has been suggested that I was investigated for a data protection offence. "The document was not classified and did not go to Cabinet. Therefore, I could not have breached Cabinet confidentiality which some have claimed. "The document was as it was entitled – ‘An agreement on service delivery and contractual reform.’ It was not a contract.