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Written Answers — Ministerial Orders: Ministerial Orders (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: No charges are levied by my Department or agencies under the aegis of my Department in respect of the provision of goods or services to persons or businesses.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only agency currently under the aegis of my Department. It is an umbrella body for i) the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), ii) the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF), and iii) the National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP). NESDO and its constituent bodies (the NESC, NESF and NCPP), have played...

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: However, the standard I want to explain is where a person admits an error and acts in good faith once the error is drawn to his or her attention and obtains the agreement of the party concerned that he or she acted innocently in the matter. Despite Deputy Rabbitte's guffawing, I will quote from the settlement. It is not suggested-----

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: No; the lies are in The Lost Revolution.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I read it over Christmas and the Deputy was fairly prominent in it.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I ask him to leave it. Let us not talk about lies or untruths.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is not suggested by Mr. Quinlivan-----

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----that Deputy O'Dea acted other than innocently in making such a denial, and he accepts - that is, the party concerned accepts - that there was no intention to mislead on the part of Deputy O'Dea.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Those are the standards I expect from a person when an error is made.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: He is admitting to it and is attempting to solve the problem and deal with it to the satisfaction of the aggrieved person.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is what I expect.

Order of Business (Resumed). (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: When the long hand is at 11 and the short hand is at 7.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There are no decisions on the second matter raised by the Deputy. The first matter is one for the Whips. If Members want to have statements on that issue, that is a matter for the Whips to organise. Third, I expect the Moriarty report will be published perhaps in mid-March.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: I presume the Minister was asked to give an idea or an opinion and she gave her opinion. Presumably she was talking about the second half rather than the first half of the year.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: No, the normal Julian calendar with which we deal. I do not know what former Communist international Deputy Gilmore was involved in that he had to know all these different dates.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no big deal for us, we will keep it simple.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is obviously an old habit of which the Deputy is finding it difficult to get rid. From our point of view it is the normal year. On the question of the children's rights report, I first congratulate the chairperson, Deputy O'Rourke, and the committee on its excellent work, which has been ongoing for some time. This is the third interim report. The committee has spent two years working...

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no date available for the Bill mentioned by Deputy Ó Caoláin. I heard an interview given by a clinician from Beaumont on this matter and he set out the situation reasonably fairly. Three organs were sent to the UK for transplant to enable patients elsewhere to use the organs because it was judged that Irish patients' safety could have been compromised as a result of highly...

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is a particular circumstance of the development of radiation oncology in Beaumont, which is much needed. It is adjacent to the transplant recipient unit and an interim unit has been provided because of the particular environment that has to be arranged for them. I have some knowledge in this area and the best thing we can do is continue to facilitate donations and ask more people to...

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Brian Cowen: Not at the moment.