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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: As I stated, my fear is based on the possibility to construe that there has been a failure to plan effectively in this regard. The Minister of State obviously will contradict that, which is her right and is understandable as long as she can back it up with factual figures bearing out the point. Can the Minister of State give an absolute commitment to Members, to Leader companies nationwide...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: The Minister of State is convinced.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: It is okay, it is on the record.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: Did Sinn Féin ask the same question in four different ways?
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: I welcome this opportunity, prior to the summer recess, to establish what progress has been made by Irish Water in respect of the provision of water services to the public at large. Has Irish Water yet provided the Government with a detailed audit in which it is outlined what will be the reinstatement costs countrywide, the cost of supplying directly to Dublin from reservoirs such as that at...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: It was included in the initial Bill.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: My point relates to final point made by Deputy Stanley. Can the Minister of State inform the House if any contracts have been confirmed or agreed between the Department and Irish Water and, if so, is it an overall contract on a countrywide basis with subcontractors on a regional basis, or what configuration will it have? There has been much deliberation by us and others in recent months on...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: They are not compelled - that is the point.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: Three contractors have now been appointed.
- Other Questions: RAPID Programme (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: I would like to mention at the outset that the Minister of State did not answer the question I asked about whether permission has been sought from the troika, as a going-away present, to defer the billing of households until after the local and European elections. Can he confirm whether that is the case?
- Other Questions: RAPID Programme (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: Most of the Minister of State's reply to this question involved a description of what the programme involves. Like many of my colleagues, I am well aware of what is involved. He eventually confirmed that there are just seven full-time RAPID co-ordinators throughout the country. It could easily be inferred that the Government has little or no interest in urban social deprivation. To...
- Other Questions: RAPID Programme (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: That is why I asked whether the Minister of State or any Minister has attended one of these meetings.
- Other Questions: RAPID Programme (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: I respect the Minister of State's answer in respect of his responsibility within the Department and how he is not able to answer for the Minister in this regard. However, as a matter of urgency, could he instruct his Department to furnish me with information about the national co-ordinating committee meetings of the RAPID programme and tell me about attendance, if any, by a ministerial...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: It has a financial dimension.
- Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: When is it expected that next the Bill regarding the setting up of Irish Water will be brought before the House? I am conscious of the fact and have been led to believe that lucrative contracts for water metering will be announced next week when the Dáil will not be sitting. I thought we might have been informed of the content and extent of those contracts during this week when the...
- Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: They are not compelled to employ subcontractors.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: 98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends making any money available from the Dormant Accounts fund for small projects in RAPID areas this year and also for flagship projects nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33736/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Inspections (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: 111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected number of inspections on waste water treatment systems in 2013 and 2014; the expected failure rate and estimated amount of money to be spent on remedial grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33771/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: 753. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will take on liability for the pensions of local authority water services staff through local service agreements with staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34439/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Funding (16 Jul 2013)
Barry Cowen: 754. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county by county breakdown of funding under the rural water programme from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34438/13]