Results 761-780 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Let this motion be the catalyst for this Government to start walking the walk, having talked the talk for 14 years.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Let it prioritise those in need, stop pandering to the opinion leaders and spin doctors, and allow us, as a credible alternative and Opposition-----
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: -----to support the right decisions and choices. Most of all, let us be in a position to support-----
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: -----what we recognise and what the Government will eventually see are the correct priorities. After only one year, I commend this motion by Deputy Kelleher, in its entirety, to the House.
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the review into severance and remuneration packages at the covered institutions which has been ongoing since April 2011; the work that has been done in the past ten months; if he will set a date for its competition; his plans to seek pay reductions for senior executives at the institutions. [9897/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the definition of fraud as used for working purposes by her Department. [10309/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the â¬645m in control savings achieved in 2011 by scheme, clerical error, fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10312/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the control savings achieved over the past five years by scheme, clerical error, fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10313/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a definition of control savings as used for working purposes by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10314/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the way cost savings estimations of the level of excess expenditure based on the case reviews which are prevented from being incurred in the future are calculated. [10316/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the â¬645 million in control savings in 2011 is attributable to error; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10317/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount of money wasted in clerical error in her Department over the past five years. [10319/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an overall estimate of the percentage of fraud as a part of overall social welfare expenditure and a table breaking it down by social welfare scheme. [10310/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for regular surveys of fraud across various welfare schemes; the details of such plans; if she has been in communication with the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding regular surveys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10311/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the procedures used by her Department to distinguish between fraud and error; the welfare areas this applies to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10315/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to develop a mechanism or process to measure the total amount of fraud and error across the whole social welfare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10318/12]
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: It would be better if the Tánaiste implemented it.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: That is wrong. He did not say that.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: It was commissioned by this side.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Is this Fine Gael or the Labour Party? Is NewEra the new Labour Party?