Results 6,821-6,840 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: I am not saying we do not need it. Is the Tánaiste saying that she agrees with bonuses?
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The plot in relation to Irish Water thickens every day. It is like a cure searching for a remedy. Phil Hogan said that one normally has to crack a few eggs to make an omelette. In the case of the Irish Water entity that was put in place by this Government, omelettes are being made before any eggs are cracked. This day last week, the Tánaiste was asked specific questions about the...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Tánaiste for her response. Unfortunately, she did not answer the question I asked. I did not ask her to reassure the House, or to give any further detail about the cost associated with putting this bonus-driven, gold-plated super quango in place. Some €700 million has been spent to date without a pipe in the ground being fixed anywhere in the country. I asked the...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: That carry-on won one election, but it will not win another one.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The guys and the gals are getting bonuses.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: That is a lazy answer, as usual.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: You guys and you gals put this in place.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The taxpayers are paying for the bonuses.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Does the Tánaiste agree with bonuses, or does she not?
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: I want an answer, rather than an analogy.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: What is the Minister of State’s suggestion?
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Government rushed it.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy is wrong.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy should check those figures; he is wrong.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: It is not one cent more. There was €4.6 billion in ten years.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: Those are the figures. Those are the facts.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: A total of €4.6 billion in ten years.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Government would not let us. It closed it down.