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Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: We are supporting tourism by reducing the air travel tax to €3, and the DAA will be incentivising carriers to bring in additional airline passengers. I have made the point about the capital investment programme. It is critical. While difficult decisions have been made in this budget, and further challenging measures will be put in place over the lifetime of the four year plan, we have...

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is a major allocation for the new national energy retrofit programme. This will combine existing domestic energy efficiency initiatives, supporting jobs for former construction workers and making sure that the tax credit is available as well as the direct grant-in-aid through the various schemes. The tax credit scheme will be of wider application and bring in more types of remedial...

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----according to the World Bank; Ireland's stock of direct inward investment is five times greater than the OECD average; our competitiveness has significantly improved; we have clusters of the world's leading multinational companies, and continue to attract high levels of investment. Almost 1,000 companies, including household names such as IBM, Google, eBay and Facebook, have chosen...

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: A fair and effective budget will boost confidence and jobs. We need to start believing in ourselves again, particularly in the public arena-----

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----and to communicate that with confidence to the outside world. I commend the budget to the House.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy should make his own speech.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: You did.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: No. The Deputy got his sums wrong again.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: IDA and Enterprise Ireland.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Minister for Justice and Law Reform will give all of that detail.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Deputy Kenny would never cut welfare.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: No tax increase, no welfare cuts. It does not give Deputy Noonan much room for manoeuvre.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Incredible.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Setting the targets is the easy bit.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is a bigger target.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Is Deputy Kenny exhausted saying the same thing every year?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Who is writing this stuff?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: How would you run yours?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Someone else's way - Eamon's way.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Here we go again.