Results 3,721-3,740 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [39966/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [39967/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [39968/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [39969/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [39970/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed by Irish Water; and staff costs of Irish Water in 2013, 2014 and estimated in 2015 and 2016. [40464/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the costs of a contract (details supplied) for Irish Water in 2014 and estimated in 2015 and 2016; and the number of staff employed by the company in its Irish Water contract in 2014 and estimated in 2015 and 2016. [40465/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the costs of contract of external agencies entered into by Irish Water in 2014, 2015 and 2016. [40466/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: I thank the witnesses for attending today. Like all committee members, I had hoped to speak to them prior to the publication of the draft document. It would have been useful if the witnesses had been in receipt of Irish Water's submission, as they were not when they met us previously, and they assured us they would speak to us about this. It is water under the bridge. I hope my questions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Does the delegation think too much is expected of it? Irish Water will impose these charges. The delegation may believe they are excessive and that there will be rebates. That is exactly what I have said all along. There has been a rush to charge people without adequate preparation. The CER is not in a position to judge how adequate or otherwise the charges are, but the customer is being...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: When publishing the document, will the CER compare and contrast its analysis with the one that was in place, albeit from the United Kingdom and ten years old? Mr. McGowan said he had compared the two and the public would be interested to know what the comparisons and contrasts were. Also, what poverty proofing analysis information was furnished to the CER and by whom? Will Mr. McGowan also...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Which is it?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy knows them.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: An off-site court.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (22 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: 196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Irish Water application packs received by Irish Water to date broken down by county; the estimated compliance rate in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40499/14]
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: A total of €4.6 billion in ten years.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Government would not let us. It closed it down.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: That is right.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy should check those figures; he is wrong.