Results 9,821-9,840 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: As I said yesterday, the Government, on the basis of the mid-year Exchequer returns, decided to bring forward a package totalling â¬440 million for the remainder of this year, which would have a full year impact of more than â¬1 billion, not â¬1.25 billion..
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: No, that is not the position. Let us be clear. There is no need for any confusion.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: The â¬440 million package is the outcome of decisions made yesterday for the remainder of this year, which will have a full year, 2009, impact estimated by the Department of Finance of over â¬1 billion.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: No, it is not.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: We are talking about this financial year and next. The â¬440 million relates to this financial year. Next year it will have a full year effect of over â¬1 billion. That is the situation.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: Allow me to finish.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: If that is going to be the level of debate here, we can forget about it. In the context of our mid-year Exchequer returns, we have made these decisions. This is our initial reaction to the situation. We are saying that in the context of the Estimates for 2009 further decisions may be required to make sure that we have a sustainable public finance position going forward. That would be...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: It is clear that in regard to the remainder of this year we are involved in efficiency savings of â¬240 million, securing other savings in PR and consultancy expenditure of approximately â¬20 million and payroll savings of â¬10 million beginning this year. The remaining savings of â¬360 million will come from efficiency savings and deferred capital programmes. That accounts for the...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: Yes, of course, capital will play a part. If the suggestion is that I should take the savings all from current spending, the Deputies are effectively suggesting that day to day savings should be even deeper.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: These will be brought forwardââ
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: It is not a question of schools being affected.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: Allow me to speak and I will explain the position.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: In regard to the OPW, we are talking about a figure of â¬75 million.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: Various projects.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: A debate on this issue will take place in the House over two days during which everything will be laid out.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: If the Deputies want to have that debate in two minutes rather than during the nine hours they demanded, that is a bit unreasonable.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: We will outline to the House in full all the issues making up the figure of â¬440 million. We have no problem doing that. That is the purpose of the debate from the Government's point of view. Any suggestion to the contrary by the Opposition is ridiculous. We will set out our position during the course of this debate. I have explained to the Deputies that the figure of â¬440 million...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: No, that is the â¬440 million, they are not different figures.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Gilmore has been trying to suggest that they are different figures, it is the same figure, â¬440 million, divided as I have outlined, and the Ministers will set this out in detail during the course of the debate.
- Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)
Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. The process, inaugurated by my predecessor, has continued with inaugural meetings between Government and the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. The meeting with the Presbyterian Church took place on 6 February. The then Taoiseach was accompanied by the Minister for Education and Science, the Minister of State with responsibility...