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- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: Will the Taoiseach confirm that the Thornhill report has been with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government since June? Has the Minister read it yet? Has he passed it on to the Cabinet and when will it be made public?
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy has to dig himself out of the hole he is in.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: There are Ministers queueing up to go.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: Who wrote Food Harvest 2020?
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: We did not see it in the Labour Party plan.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I welcome the opportunity afforded by my colleague, Deputy Ó Cuív, to highlight the plight of the agricultural sector. That plight is numbered among some positive and some negative things that are happening in the industry. Contrary to what Deputy Hayes had to say last night, our job as public representatives is, in the first instance, to keep the Government informed on behalf of...
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: In addition, this Government has hit rural communities in other ways by virtue of last year's budget which affected rural schools and transport. Under the auspices of this motion, I call on the Minister to rubbish and banish the proposals mooted by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, to include farm buildings in assessments for educational grants. Leaving these failings...
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: We will see about that.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Minister will be held accountable.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44066/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44064/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44069/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expected total legal costs to be incurred in her Department in 2012; her proposals to reduce these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44072/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44062/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44065/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44063/12]