Results 121-140 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: Is legislation promised to support the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a commission on taxation and welfare to adjudicate on the issue of welfare rates? If so, how does that sit with the Taoiseach saying outside the House that there would be no increase or decrease in rates?
- Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: Like Deputy Moynihan, I welcome the Bill. I pay tribute to and commend those in my party and others on the manner in which they sought to separate this Bill from the Dog Breeding Establishments Act sponsored by the former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley. As a result of their actions, the former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and...
- Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: He was not. Nobody interfered with the regulator.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: By whom?
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: Go outside the House and say it.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: Step outside the House and say it if you have something to say.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: I did not interfere with any regulator.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: I was not here, mate.
- Ambulance Service (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: No.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: The Minister said earlier that of the 60 or 70 who had got visas for placements-----
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: We are dealing with Question No. 10.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: May I continue?
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: I am entitled to ask a supplementary question.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: The Minister said the first demand would be in the busier hospitals and that he is allocating them to the most pressing need. The Minister therefore has a list of those that are most pressing with regard to the 221 that have been filled and the 60 that are coming. Can the Minister tell us what is at the bottom of the list? What hospitals will not get their quota if they are not there...
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish estimated costs for the implementation of free general practitioner care and universal health insurance. [17890/11]
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (30 Jun 2011)
Barry Cowen: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects that the examination of funding for the nursing homes support scheme to be completed; when he will publish this examination; and when he will commission a full review of the nursing homes support scheme. [17889/11]
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (5 Jul 2011)
Barry Cowen: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if the explicit permission of the European Commission, the ECB and IMF has been received to allow the State to use any remaining balance of the â¬35 billion, originally earmarked for the banking system, to fund the Exchequer once the bank recapitalisation scheme has been completed. [18575/11]
- Written Answers — Moneylender Regulation: Moneylender Regulation (5 Jul 2011)
Barry Cowen: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to regulate moneylenders. [18290/11]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)
Barry Cowen: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary school students who have availed of the school transport scheme in County Offaly from 2008 to date in 2011 inclusive; and if he will outline the total cost of the school transport scheme in County Offaly in each of these years. [18860/11]
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (5 Jul 2011)
Barry Cowen: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a commission on taxation and social welfare. [18284/11]