Results 2,861-2,880 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach should answer for members of his own party.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Is the Taoiseach subject to freedom of information?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: It will have crashed long before it gets here.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: See where that has got us.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Maybe the Taoiseach should talk to the rest of the Cabinet.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach should go to the other issues he raised.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: If the Government had dealt with the Bill nobody would be copying anybody else.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: It was to do with wind turbines.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Does the Taoiseach have any knowledge of whether the Whip converses with the Chairmen of committees? Today an issue regarding Poolbeg is to be discussed at a committee meeting while at the same time we are expected to deal with local government legislation in the House.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Will the Taoiseach put in place a procedure?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: I received some communication from the local development consultative groups, or members of them, who had various protracted negotiations and discussions on the alignment process. They had hoped some of their recommendations would be considered in the amendments here today. There is some disappointment in that regard. Would the Minister comment on those issues and the submissions made by...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: There were some pilot alignments. Offaly was one of them. Have recommendations emanated from that process for the wider alignment due to take place into the future, and can the Minister give an assurance that they will be taken on board?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: These amendments are led by amendment No. 61, as technical amendments result from it.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Am I to understand that the local community and economic plans replace what was the county development plan?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Will each municipal district not carry out a separate economic and community plan?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: So that will be included?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Will it be like the old development plan, within which there were development plans for towns of a certain size and beyond, or will it be the municipal district in its entirety? Leading on from this, may I ask a relevant question regarding the status of county development plans? In regard to the Westmeath and Offaly plans, Westmeath recently varied its development plan and Offaly has begun...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: I welcome this if it turns out to be what I think it is. That is the reason I want to tease out the issues and perhaps ask the Minister if his Department would consider publishing a set of guidelines that might be recommended to local authorities as an example of how the consultation process can be improved and can be seen to be more fulfilling and involve more engagement than has been the...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Will the Minister confirm that the consultative process will start with the municipal authority making submissions to the CEO prior to the draft being issued by him or her thereafter? I presume the entire authority only signs off on the budget after the combined municipal authorities have agreed their budgets. Would that be correct?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)
Barry Cowen: Will the autonomy rest with the overarching authority?