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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I know that too well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: They have got it for the last ten years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: Is that sustainable at the reduced rate?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it would cost the Exchequer if the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 was backdated to when his interim measure was announced in December 2017; if so, the cost; if there are legal barriers to backdating the legislation; if there are administrative barriers to backdating the legislation; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when this person can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the Health Service Executive. [46681/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [46961/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement was involved in the renewal of the metropolitan area networks contracts in 2017; if so, the role the office played; the OGP guidelines in relation to renewing concessionary agreements across the public service; if it is standard practice under OGP guidelines not to engage in a tender process upon...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement or its predecessor was involved in the tendering process for the metropolitan area networks concessionary agreements in 2004 and 2009; if so, the role the office played; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46300/18]

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill. Fianna Fáil supports and welcomes the Bill which has been designed to better enable public bodies to share personal data with each other with the consent of the individual citizen. It will also regulate the process by which public bodies can share data. In the modern technology driven world the issue of individual rights and privacy...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 462. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for a critical skills employment permit. [44723/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 469. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for a critical skills employment permit. [44948/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 474. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for a critical skills employment permit. [45097/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 566. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [44949/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 567. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [44950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [45166/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 640. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with a surgeon at University Hospital Galway. [45313/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (6 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to address delays in adhering to statutory timelines in An Bord Pleanála decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44762/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (25 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome his statement to the effect that the ESB will proceed with the planning applications to which I referred in the coming weeks. We look forward to that because it guarantees the remaining workforce in the peat harvesting area meeting expected demands. The blueprint for such permissions was set and a precedent was created with the Edenderry...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (25 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: There has only been one IDA Ireland site visit to the midlands this year.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (25 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: I spoke on this matter during Leader's Questions. The Tánaiste responded in fairly general terms. His response was commendable in the sense that he reiterated the commitment of Government to making various State supports available to staff of Bord na Móna in the short-term. Perhaps the Minister can deal more extensively with the two questions I asked this morning. Can he confirm...