Results 18,501-18,520 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy should listen.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I answered a question asked by the Deputy about our negotiating position. I said I would not tell him if I had one. It is not very clever to suggest what it would be in public. That is what I said. We should get away from word games and treat the substance of the issue.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It is not. What is very hard to get from the Deputy is his position on anything without revising it. It is the same as he has revised his political career every five or ten years.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy asked a question on Leaders' Questions.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I told him I would not divulge a negotiating position to anybody if we were in negotiations. We have not opened any negotiations, as I have told the Deputy. If the Deputy was prepared to read the statement from the European group, which he is not-----
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: He will not refer to it because it is supportive of the Government position and everything the Government has been seeking to do in order to achieve stability, in stark contrast to anything the Deputy has had to say in this House regarding the achievement of stability. He only tries to see if he can get a few votes from it. That is his game.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I answered that question yesterday. I said it would be-----
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: The record will show-----
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am making the point. The Deputy seems to want to outline what I said as well as what the questions were.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am answering the Deputy's question. He suggested that I said yesterday that the plan would come at the beginning of next week.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: No, I did not say that. The Deputy can check the record of the House as he asked the questions himself. I know from memory what I said. I indicated that when it was finalised and approved by the Government, it would be published. It is a matter of priority for the Government. The Deputy should check to see if that is what I said rather than what he suggested I said.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It is the oldest game in the book to misquote people day and night.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I know I should not be giving lessons in constitutional law to the Deputy as he would probably claim to have a superior knowledge of it. Under our Constitution, the mandate of the Government is determined by majority support in this House. The mandate which this Government has is the very same as any other Government in this House. We will bring forward the budget and put it to the House,...
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I understand the debate will take place tomorrow week. I am sure this is a matter for the Bills Office but if the amendments are being published a little later than expected, I assume Opposition Deputies will be accommodated with a couple of days to put in amendments if required. I ask that the matter be dealt with by the Bills Office in an appropriate way consistent with the timeframe we...
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I understand the mortgage arrears group report is coming to hand and will be published imminently. It may be published today, tomorrow or later this week but it is a matter for the group to publish the report. I thank the group for the work done on the matter and I believe further recommendations made in the report will be helpful. It is important that the work be commended and...
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am aware the legislation will be coming before Cabinet imminently, this week or next. Upon its approval, it will be published and I understand it will be taken by the Seanad in the first instance.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: So much for substance. It was Tanzania last night.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Central Bank (No. 2) Bill will be next year.
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: That legislation will, hopefully, be next year. I indicated to the House yesterday that the relevant legislation to provide legal certainty in respect of the matter raised by the Ombudsman had in fact been enacted prior to this inquiry having taken place. Any Deputy is entitled to come to the House and give their views in regard to matters, particularly in regard to any points of view that...
- Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: There is no date for that legislation.