Results 2,141-2,160 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Electricity (Transmission on Assets) Bill will come to the House next year. There are plenty of opportunities for agricultural matters to be discussed in committee.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: We expect the Bill to come to the House either at the end of this year or early next year.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I explained to the Deputy that an interim report has been produced by the group which was not predicated on the need to introduce legislation. Codes of conduct are involved, as is the Financial Regulator, who is acting on the recommendations that have been issued. It is a work in progress. Further recommendations will be made in the autumn which we will consider as well.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I have asked the Whips to consider the matter to see whether the Bill could be accommodated at some stage on Thursday. It is easy for me to say that but I am aware the Whips are under pressure.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: What Deputy Rabbitte wants is for Second Stage to conclude this session.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The whole idea is to be transparent and to ensure everyone is up to date on the full facts of the situation.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: No. I did not realise we had such senior Members in the House at this time. Rising once again-----
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Kenny had a problem as well; he is also very senior. The position is that the-----
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: What are we talking about?
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy is such a distraction in the House. It is great to see the Deputy back on the front bench taking over Deputy Broughan's role.
- 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.
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Kenny misrepresents the position. There are no sweetheart deals with regard to the National Asset Management Agency. The dealings are on a loan by loan basis and they have been aggressively valued. We were the first country to do that and there is every prospect that will be recognised. There is no question of imposing a national asset management style approach to residential...
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy's line is a nice line to throw out, but if he thinks about it he will see it has the very opposite effect of what he claims he is trying to do. The Deputy should not put out his little by-lines and then expect they will not be referred to in the response. There is no question of doing that. What we are trying to do and what the interim report on mortgage arrears and personal...
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: I will try to deal with that stream of consciousness as best I can.
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: First, the Leader of the Opposition decides to attack the integrity of the board of NAMA which has a statutory authority from this House to operate independently of anyone else based on the provisions laid out in the relevant Act. He is suggesting that the integrity of those individuals should now be impugned.
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)
Brian Cowen: That is ridiculous. If that is the level of debate we are going to have, it is just a joke.