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Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Correct.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I will get the details of the person's qualifications. I do not have his qualifications before me. He does not work for me but for the Attorney General.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: He does not have to be a lawyer if he is a special assistant.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: He does not have to be but I will find out for Deputy Gilmore.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: He attends the special advisers' meetings where he is able to be au fait with the issues that are arising across Departments and the priorities which may be pushed by special advisers on behalf of various Ministers at these meetings. He also ensures that the Attorney General is au fait with that. He does not provide or issue legal advice to Departments. That function is provided by the...

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no question whatever of the integrity of the Attorney General being compromised in any way. He gives his advice without fear or favour and is a person of impeccable credentials.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am disabusing Deputy Gilmore of the idea that the Attorney General is compromised or undermined by reason of the fact he gives his advice without fear or favour. The purpose of the assistant to the Attorney General is, as I stated earlier, to assist him in all of the contacts between Departments. There is no way his legal independence is compromised or undermined in any way, and neither...

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: All appointments, pay, terms and conditions require the sanction of the Minister for Finance. All appointments from outside the Civil Service require the sanction of the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach. Having seven advisers from outside the Department and some who worked in the Civil Service and were seconded to these advisory positions is not a large number given the...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (4 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Air Corps provides an aerial photographic service for the Defence Forces. Photographs produced at the request of the military authorities were done so for security or Air Corps operational reasons. They were never produced or categorised with a view to making them available to the public. In the past, the Air Corps provided an aerial photographic service to Ordnance Survey Ireland. This...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Foreign deployments are decided by the Minister for Defence in consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs. Each year, the Naval Service commits approximately 85-90 of its annual patrol days to foreign deployments. Locations are considered on the basis of the optimum yield that can be derived for Ireland. This year Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile all celebrate their bicentenary...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: I totally reject what is becoming a very irresponsible position from the Deputy Kenny-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----with regard to banking policy. I have been reading some of his headlines in the newspapers today.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy certainly keeps his eye on them.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Exactly.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Had Anglo Irish Bank not been recapitalised last year, it would have lost its banking licence and there would have been a call on the State guarantee. We would have been required to immediately repay €65 billion in funding to the European Central Bank, national central banks and other providers of funds. The State does not have €65 billion in cash lying about, nor could it have raised...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: Let us be clear about this. Deputy Kenny's position-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----that we should not deal with the situation in Anglo Irish Bank and other banks would mean an immediate call on funds to that amount.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: If that is his policy, he is even more foolish than I thought he was.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is the irresponsibility the Deputy is displaying with regard to this issue. I am hoping it is due to ignorance of the facts rather than any considered position-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----because if he has considered it and that is his view, he has really gone beyond the beyond.