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Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (2 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: In July 2009, the Government approved Ireland's participation in the Swedish-led Nordic Battlegroup 2011. The Nordic Battlegroup 2011 will be on standby for 6 months commencing on the 1st January 2011. To date Ireland has deployed four Officers to serve in staff posts at the Force Headquarters in Enkoping, Sweden and these officers took up their duties on the 28th August 2009. The Nordic...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I regret to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action, it is not possible to provide a response to his question at this time.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I regret to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action, it is not possible to provide a response to his question at this time.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I totally reject what is becoming a very irresponsible position from the Deputy Kenny-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----with regard to banking policy. I have been reading some of his headlines in the newspapers today.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy certainly keeps his eye on them.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Exactly.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Had Anglo Irish Bank not been recapitalised last year, it would have lost its banking licence and there would have been a call on the State guarantee. We would have been required to immediately repay €65 billion in funding to the European Central Bank, national central banks and other providers of funds. The State does not have €65 billion in cash lying about, nor could it have raised...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Let us be clear about this. Deputy Kenny's position-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----that we should not deal with the situation in Anglo Irish Bank and other banks would mean an immediate call on funds to that amount.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: If that is his policy, he is even more foolish than I thought he was.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is the irresponsibility the Deputy is displaying with regard to this issue. I am hoping it is due to ignorance of the facts rather than any considered position-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----because if he has considered it and that is his view, he has really gone beyond the beyond.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Anyone else for the last of the Choc Ices? The official statistics of the live register for February will be published at 11 a.m. by the CSO.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: However, I understand from the internal figures of the Department of Social and Family Affairs that the end of February figure will show almost no change compared to January. This compares with an increase in February last year of more than 26,000. The live register normally increases in February, so these figures suggest a modest decrease on a seasonally adjusted basis. While unemployment...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: The figures also include nearly 74,000 people who are working part-time and nearly 21,000 people who are signing on to claim credits.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I have considered Fine Gael's banking policy and have just explained the consequences. The Deputy came in here yesterday arguing that under no circumstances should money be given to Anglo Irish Bank. I have just explained to the Deputy what happens.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: The basis of Fine Gael's funding for a stimulus package arises from defaulting on bondholders and then raising bonds elsewhere to get the money for the work the party wants to do.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I would simply ask the question-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----of how the party expects to get money when it does not propose to honour the existing bondholders? Fine Gael has come up with the idea of a national recovery bank which would be funded by the ECB. No such bank exists and none would exist on the sole basis of funding from the ECB.