Results 3,261-3,280 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: I did not suggest that there was an implied criticism by the Deputy in respect of any of the efforts being made. I just made the point that perhaps the agreement, subject to ratification, could form the basis upon which a greater degree of redeployment will be possible. I refer to the flexibility that will be needed, quite apart from the obvious flexibility in emergency situations to which...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: I do not know what the Deputy means by his final comment. The basic point is that the Ombudsman presented a special report on the Lost at Sea scheme to the Houses of the Oireachtas, at which time she invited them to "consider my report and ... take whatever action they deem appropriate". That has happened.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: Both Houses have discussed the report. I have no difficulty with the relevant committee dealing with any of these matters. I am not involved in any phoney confrontation with anyone. As I have done in the past, however, I am entitled to make the point that there is no obligation on the Government to accept the recommendations in a special report. It is clear from the record of the debates...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: Here we go again. That is the position and that is how the matter can be dealt with by-----
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: I have just explained that I have no difficulty with the relevant committee dealing with this issue. If the Ombudsman wants to come before that committee in order to discuss the matter, that is fine. I am not involved in a confrontation with the Ombudsman and nor have I any interest in becoming so involved. I am concerned with regard to the way people have sought to use the report in the...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: I have just outlined the position. Deputy Reilly's problem is that he does not listen. He has a major problem in that regard. He has a great deal to say but he does not listen.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am not involved in a confrontation with anybody. I am merely setting out the legal position, the nature of the report, the basis on which it was brought before the House and the fact that it was discussed and dealt with by both Houses. The suggestion that it was not dealt with is incorrect. If Members want the report to be discussed further by the relevant committee, I will not get in...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am not getting involved with the Ombudsman and I am not seeking any confrontation with her. I am merely making the point that the committee can discuss the matter further.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Gilmore also inquired about the renaming, etc., of various Departments. A transfer of function order will have to be drawn up in respect of the various changes that were announced. That will be done in due course and in the normal way. The programme for research in third level institutions, PRTLI, will be transferred to the new Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. The...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Gilmore has experience of the House. He has known formation of Governments in the past, even ones of which he was half part. The transfer of functions orders will be drawn up in due course, confirmed at Cabinet and put before the Houses of the Oireachtas or laid in the Library or wherever they are brought. In the meantime I want to see the practical arrangements put in place. We...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: The committee can meet and decide in what way it wants to take forward the report. I want to make the point again that the report was brought to the House and it was for the Houses of the Oireachtas to decide how to deal with it, consider it and take whatever action they deemed appropriate. It is a matter for the House to decide, whatever views people outside the House may have on it. We...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: Yes, because their position was that we had dealt with this matter in plenary session. However, on the basis that someone is trying to suggest that an issue arises, I do not have an issue with anybody. I am stating that the House decides how it will deal with the report and not otherwise.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy is playing a game now.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: You are playing a game.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: You know what the story is.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: An announcement has been made. Transfer of function orders will be drawn up. If you are ever in a Government yourself it will be the same story for you and when you get it, you get on your bike and away you go.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: No, it is just the way you say it.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: There is no legislation promised on those matters and no decision has been made on the by-elections.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: No decisions have been made.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Brian Cowen: No.