Results 17,321-17,340 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I presume the Deputy has replaced Deputy Broughan and taken on his portfolio. The plans will be published. The board must sign off on or approve them. It will be published this week, if not today.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: We will certainly have it-----
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: We will publish those plans also. If the Deputy is away, we will find her forwarding address.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: This is an issue we must watch in terms of cross-Border impacts, as the Deputy implied. I do not have the up-to-date position. I will have to ask the relevant Minister to inform the Deputy about it.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The long finger.
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: My Department did not receive any funding from the National Lottery during the years 2007 to 2009.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The amount paid by my Department in Legal Fees from 2000 to the 31st May 2010 is detailed in the following table. Year Department Spend 2000 2001 ⬠3,893 2002 2003 ⬠32,887 2004 ⬠8,616 2005 ⬠13,609* 2006 ⬠56,006 2007 ⬠12,197* 2008 ⬠159,677* 2009 ⬠51,843 To end May in 2010 ⬠29,846 * ⬠175,179 of this spend relates to spend for the Commission of...
- Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: With regard to the Dublin/Monaghan Bombings the Deputy will be aware that the Clerk of the Dáil received a reply from the Clerk of the House of Commons arising from the Oireachtas resolution of 10 July, 2008. As I have said previously in the House, any future follow up to this should be considered in consultation with the Parties and can be raised with the Whips.
- Written Answers — Departmental Taxation Compliance: Departmental Taxation Compliance (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: There have been no unprompted voluntary disclosures made by my Department during the years 2005 to end of June 2010.
- Written Answers — Departmental Taxation Compliance: Departmental Taxation Compliance (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: My Department has made no such settlements with the Revenue Commissioners under Section 985B, Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, in the years 2005 to end of June 2010.
- Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: There have been no tax audits carried out by Revenue Commissioners in my Department in the years 2005 to end of June 2010.
- Written Answers — Departmental Procurement: Departmental Procurement (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: My Department has not sent any printing jobs abroad in the last 12 months.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: There is no such decision.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: There is no such decision.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I want to make it very clear. It is not acceptable to me or the Government that respite services will be cut and as far as I am concerned, that will not happen.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Minister, Deputy Mary Harney, and the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, are meeting the Brothers of Charity today. I have indicated that there are other savings to be found in terms of management, layers of management, HR systems and purchasing and procurement. There is no such decision and this is not a time to scare people who are vulnerable. There are 25,000 people in receipt...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Government has increased spending in this area by 400% and I am proud of what we have done in this area. I was a sponsor of that work myself when I was Minister of Health and Minister for Finance. I remind Deputy Kenny that he was a member of a Government that would not even provide â¬1 million for emergency services for people. That is his record.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I assure Deputy Kenny that the discussions that are taking place will ensure that those people will not be affected, and I will not take any nonsense from the Deputy on that.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Kenny does not anyway.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am not smiling.