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Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am sure the Minister will facilitate a meeting he has agreed to have as soon as possible.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am sure he will.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The commitment remains that we will hold that election during 2010.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: During 2010, as stated in the programme for Government.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am sure that is a matter for the Minister to confirm in his meeting with the Deputy.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am sure that will be facilitated. As I have said, I do not want to pre-empt the meeting the Deputy has arranged with the Minister. I am sure that can be facilitated.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is a matter for the Whips.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Minister is away this week.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Minister has stated the case in the public domain on a number of occasions.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Both the surveillance legislation and the criminal justice gangland-related legislative provisions are actively used by the Garda and a number of cases are before the DPP at the moment. I can assure the Deputy that these powers are being used extensively.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The legislation has been in operation for eight months. There was a proposal from the Opposition side to delay the implementation of the legislation, but we did not take that route.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Queries were raised by the Commission on the first matter and responses have been sent back to the Commission, therefore, it needs sign off by the Commission. As the Deputy knows a new Commission has been in place for only three or four weeks. I can assure him it is not a delay at our end of the line. Those queries have been responded to. I understand the Merchant Shipping Bill is awaiting...

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: As the Bill is on the C list it is too early to indicate at this point when the legislation might be taken. I note the Deputy's interest.

Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Beidh sé.

Written Answers — Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Introduction of 'Innovation Fund Ireland' is a commitment of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal and the Renewed Programme for Government. It aims to ensure greater availability of venture capital to help achieve our vision for transforming Ireland into theinnovation hub of Europe by supporting innovative SMEs and to help scale indigenous...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is the policy of my Department to facilitate staff who wish to donate blood during normal working hours. At regular intervals during the year all staff are invited to donate blood and staff who wish to make donations are credited with time off to enable them to do so.

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There are no cloud computing systems currently in use in my Department.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (23 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Details of the amount spent by my Department on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 is set out in the following table. This data includes consultancy expenditure recouped from the Change Management Fund in the Department of Finance. Year Consultancy Expenditure 2007 â'¬570,258 2008 â'¬889,514 2009 â'¬323,612 Every effort is made by my Department to minimise...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I totally reject the usual negative narrative that comes from the Leader of the Opposition.