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Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Good man.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no date for the legislation.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I have just explained to the Deputy three viable ways in which we are prepared to do it. The other party is saying it wants possession of a hangar in the leasehold interest of a rival company. I have explained how we can do this and how we should proceed but the suggestion by the Opposition is that we should forget about the law and it does not matter about agreements-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Tear up the agreement. "You can do it" is the answer on the other side of the House.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: This is the sort of debate that people who care about jobs are supposed to take seriously.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: If I may proceed, a Cheann Comhairle-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I would like to continue. The Deputy has had three chances to make sense and he has not made sense yet.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: He has had three chances to make sense and he has not made sense yet.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Whether he does it in a loud voice or a low one, the absence of content is obvious.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I have outlined to the House the means by which this problem can be solved. From what I am hearing in the supplementary questions, there is an acknowledgement that the Government is not in a position to break the law.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is not in a position to have bodies under its aegis induce a breach of contract.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is the situation.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: If people want to give an impression, as Deputy Kenny has tried to do, that it is only a matter of walking out to the airport-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----taking out Aer Lingus, putting in Ryanair and away we go, I am sorry, but the world is not like that.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It might have been like that in Deputy Kenny's day, but when it comes to doing the serious business that must be done here, it is not like that.

Departmental Bodies. (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. A Cabinet committee on economic renewal was established in September 2008. Its role is to bring a new focus to the key policies and programmes necessary to ensure an appropriate and cohesive response to the scale of the challenges facing our economy. This includes overseeing the development and implementation of the Government's...

Departmental Bodies. (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: As I said, we never discuss what goes on at Cabinet committee meetings other than by indicating the fact that they have taken place and what they broadly cover. To be helpful to the Deputy, I will mention that €6.4 billion is being spent under the capital investment programme this year - a significant amount, which represents an estimated 80,000 jobs in a range of areas including...

Departmental Bodies. (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The target we have set of achieving 15% of our overall energy mix from sustainable sources will be reached this year. As the Deputy knows, we have a longer term plan to reach a target of 40% sustainable energy to meet our overall energy requirements. There is a lot of work ongoing in regard to that. The Minister, I think everyone will agree, is very committed to that area and is pursuing...

Departmental Bodies. (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I thank the Deputy for referring to the Minister at my side. According to the correspondence I received from Deputy Ó Caoláin this morning, the Minister would not be at my side for too long.

Departmental Bodies. (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: We will make sure that is defeated and that the Deputy's concerns-----