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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment in St James's Hospital, Dublin 8. [8729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions he has taken arising from the independent review of inquiries into planning irregularities in six local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the investigation into certain planning matters in County Donegal; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7948/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: The substantive issue that led us to this motion was and is the Government's poor handling of Mr. Justice O'Neill's report and the recommendations contained therein. Sinn Féin's reaction was quite predictable, in so far as it sought to manufacture a means to politicise the issue and do as much political damage as possible, not just to the Government, but to Fianna Fáil, when it saw...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: As we all know, Deputy Ferris, that does not serve the McCabes or the whistleblowers well. That does not set the terms of reference. That does not get to the truth. That does not pave the way for the criminal implications that may arise out of a public tribunal of inquiry. However, it gets Sinn Féin what it wants. It gets Sinn Féin to bring down a Government, as it is doing in...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Has it affected our confidence in the Government? It has definitely waned our confidence in the Government. Sinn Féin asks whether there was a conspiracy at the heart of the Government. No. Was there a cover-up at the heart of the Government? No.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Was there incompetence? Yes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Was there incoherence? Yes. Was there naivete?

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Yes, there was at the heart of the Government and within the whole of the Government, including the Minister, Deputy Ross.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Eventually, though, we find ourselves at the right conclusion, with a public tribunal of inquiry. We do not find ourselves in the mouth of an election. We do not find ourselves in the mouth of six months of paralysis, which Sinn Féin might welcome. We find ourselves at the door of a process that offers a solution, offers the truth and offers a resolution into the future for how these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I will be brief. I have specific questions. If the witness could be likewise, we will get through all we need to get through here today. To lead on from the previous question, does Mr. Ciobanu-Dordea accept that we had a derogation from domestic water charges under Article 9 of the EU framework directive in 2000? That is the first question. Second, what is his and the Commission's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: It is the energy regulator, which has been charged with the responsibility to act on behalf of the public in the implementation of the framework directive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: The Commission did not challenge it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: It has not, so it has accepted it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Mr. Ciobanu-Dordea does accept that we were not challenged in our interpretation of the derogation based on the directive in 2000. Mr. Ciobanu-Dordea has answered it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: The Commission did not challenge it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: That is fine. That is all I wanted to know. I do not mean to be confrontational. I just mean to establish facts about the Commission's opinions and our opinions and how they are implemented, and ultimately the courts will decide if they are asked to arbitrate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: What is the Commission's definition of established practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Will Mr. Ciobanu-Dordea go straight to it, if he does not mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Established practice.