Results 581-600 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: As far as the witnesses are aware, there is no real regular framework mechanism of reviewing those kinds of things?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: That is a very obvious one. Are there any others that could be put into that category of a legacy issue that is not efficacious?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Let us stick with the environmental point of view.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Yes, and they are ignored every year. We still give a free pass to aviation and shipping fuel. I know this is a global issue, but Ireland is a huge player in the field of aviation. A lot of aircraft leasing happens here. People listen when Ireland talks about aviation. Is there more we could be doing? What would the witnesses expect to see on this issue? This is an ongoing issue which...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Yet again, it will come at us rather than us leading.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Yes, I know.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: The EU ETS is the other matter I wanted to talk about. We might come to that.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: It is an ongoing issue.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: That kind of moves us on to the ETS. I thank the witnesses for raising it. I know they have many opinions about it. The 2022 agreement signalled a new era. It is welcome that it will tackle some of the issues relating to the aviation industry, but it also signals that buildings, construction and road transport will be included in a way that has not been done previously. Will the changes...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: It will have a knock-on effect.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: We talked a little about either phasing out the credits or free allocation. At the time, the process was criticised somewhat for being too slow. Do the witnesses share the concerns in this regard?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Does the Climate Change Advisory Council agree?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: I agree. I am from a construction background. I was around at the time of the implementation of the first energy performance of buildings directive. I am thinking about all the knock-on effects it will have in the context of retrofitting and new builds. Those kinds of policies reverberate through the industry very quickly. On the issue of what has been called a carbon border, the idea...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Does Professor Fitzgerald accept my concern about whether we are creating a citadel of Europe, with a border around it that others shall not pass, and that it would be difficult for emerging economies to break into the market?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: If they do it in a green way-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: The devil is always in the detail in terms of implementation. Would anyone from the ESRI like to comment on that idea?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: I can imagine it might operate as a mechanism to force other economies outside Europe to change.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Absolutely. I do not see any other people indicating to ask a question so I will give them one last chance. As no one else is indicating, that is all the questions for tonight. It just remains for me to apologise again for the delay due to the vote in the Dáil. I thank our witnesses for attending.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Barry Cowen: Very briefly, Deputy.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Feb 2023)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I agree with him and cannot dispute much of what he said I acknowledge and appreciate much of Bord na Móna's work in respect of its decarbonisation programme, its commitment to renewable projects and the major investment it has made in partnerships in the context of onshore and offshore projects and solar programmes. I commend it on that....