Results 4,001-4,020 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: Excuse me Deputy.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: I outlined to Deputy Kenny the issues that relate to this request.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: I have made that point. In this matter or any other matter I will act, and have always acted, properly, appropriately and in every way I can to bring forward a positive outcome.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: Deputy Kenny cannot suggest, as he is trying to do, that all of that can be set aside. It cannot be set aside, no more than it could be set aside if Mr. O'Leary was the incumbent and the roles were reversed.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: Let us be clear, in Prestwick, Scotland a 6,000 m2 hangar is being constructed to provide for 200 heavy maintenance jobs. Hangar three, which is of similar size at 5,000 m2 is available. Hangar four, which is 8,000 m2 is also available.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: If those two do not fit the bill, another hangar can be built to the appropriate specifications. We are prepared to do whatever is required.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: But we are not in a position, nor would Deputy Kenny be in a position were he in power, to sign off on agreements-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: -----and not be prepared to take the consequences, legal and financial, that would come with that.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: It can be done.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: I do not know what the question was but I will do the best I can to answer.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Government and its predecessors over the past 12 years have created more jobs in this country than any other.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: In the midst of a recession, we are doing everything necessary with or without the Opposition's support to make sure we get our public finances back in order, bring more competitiveness into the economy and see an export performance by this country that will get us back on the road to recovery.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: That is what we will do.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: With regard to the specific matter raised initially by Deputy Gilmore about SR Technics and hangar 6, a number of parties at the time SRT closed down - I said this yesterday - considered the proposal from the workers but it was not viable at the end of the day.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: It was not.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: There was a competition. Michael O'Leary and Ryanair for whatever reason, which is their own business, did not compete for the hangar, seek ownership of the hangar or seek a lease for it last September, even though they suggested they needed the hangar to go ahead with a heavy line maintenance operation. However, they never negotiated and they never contacted the DAA about that hangar....
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: That is the truth. If we are talking about getting the job done, we have hangars 3 and 4 to do the job. If Ryanair wants to build, as it has done at Prestwick Airport, we will do that as well and, therefore, it is not true to say we are indifferent to trying to protect or create jobs; quite the contrary. However, this or any Government cannot engage in breaking a licence agreement, for...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: These parties have made it clear that they require the property for this purpose. That is why they leased it.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: That is the situation. We must deal with the issue as it is rather than as others would like it to be. There are facilities available in Dublin Airport to do this job if there is a willingness on behalf of the promoter of the project to sit down and negotiate that through. That is what we can do. I agree with Deputy Gilmore jobs should be the issue. If that is the case, then alternative...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Orders: Ministerial Orders (16 Feb 2010)
Brian Cowen: No fees or charges are set down by me by way of Ministerial Order for the provision of goods or services to persons or businesses.