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Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Revenue Commissioners normally issue guidance notes where matters such as this arise. Those are then dealt with by the professional associations, which normally have a good relationship with the Revenue Commissioners, who can sit down with them and go through whatever issues are causing problems to see if matters can be dealt with without amending legislation. Revenue decisions can be...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: This is not in order strictly speaking but to be helpful, the Revenue Commissioners are entitled to interpret the law as they see it. If people want to challenge it, they can do so. They do not require the consent and agreement of every taxpayer. I do not know the detail so perhaps the Deputy should table a question or talk to senior personnel in the Revenue Commissioners who will give...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: These points can be made during the Committee Stage debate on the Finance Bill.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am of a mind to move it today or tomorrow, by agreement. Whatever people want, I will do. I am prepared to move the motion.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I can do it today or I can do it tomorrow.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: We will deal with the matter in the House. On the basis of what people were saying-----

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: What I said earlier was very simple. I stated that we will deal with the motion of confidence if people so desire.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I will inform the Deputies with regard to whether it will be taken today or tomorrow.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I said I will inform the Deputies as to whether it will be taken today or tomorrow.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The information in my possession indicates-----

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Good man.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no date for the legislation.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I move: That Dáil Éireann has complete confidence in the Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea. These are challenging times, possibly the most challenging facing any Government for decades, and the progress of many projects and plans will be subject to constraints on resources. Following on from the difficult decisions we took in the budget and the Estimates, and the review of the...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It will be circulated. My understanding is that where there is no intention to mislead and the matter is corrected as soon as possible, there is no question of perjury. The position is that for perjury to occur a person must know the statement to be false or not believe it to be true. Perjury in Ireland is governed by common law as the British Act of 1911 governing it never applied to...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: On the issue of timing, Deputy Kenny informed the House yesterday that he found it "truly astonishing that two months after an issue in respect of a Cabinet Minister became public knowledge the Taoiseach did nothing about it. This is a matter of the most serious import." Who is the Deputy trying to fool?

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: If he was of the view that this matter was of the most serious import why did he not raise it with me when the Dáil resumed last month? Why did he not demand a statement from either me or the Minister for Defence before now? Why are we debating the matter this week? Is it as a result of the traumas Deputy Kenny and his party endured last week?

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Is the Leader of Fine Gael trying to divert attention from his crisis by foisting a drama on to somebody else?

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Is he tabling motions of no confidence because he is afraid that if he does no another party will and that he will once again be seen as being behind the curve?

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Fine Gael's posturing about a motion of no confidence is completely spurious and is merely a diversion.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: That party's intent to seek the resignation of the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, is indicative of a growing tendency within the Opposition that focuses on personality rather than on politics. It is sad that once again their approach amounts to playing the man rather than the ball. Rather than be out-done in the sham indignation stakes by Deputy Gilmore, Deputy Kenny has chosen to join...