Results 7,141-7,160 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Irish Water's downtown office.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Send Mr. Purcell out.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Mr. Purcell will tell us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: I now call Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, who I thank for her patience in waiting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Yet again that is another example how the matter might be better teased out when assessing the submission by Irish Water specifically. This is something that we can note and discuss further when we have the submission by Irish Water.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Please continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: There are five Fine Gael representatives present and I call Deputy Mulherin because she was the first to indicate her wish to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: No problem. Please commence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Does Deputy Stanley agree to share his time with Deputy Coppinger?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: It is because many of the questions have already been asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: If I can move it along quickly, people will be happy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: A Fine Gael member is due to speak. Who will speak on behalf of the party initially?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: An agreed approach was taken.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: I have to take the questions in the order that was agreed by the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Many of the questions will overlap and it might be faster if a response is given to those ones.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Would Mr. McGowan like to hear more questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: We were informed that the Ministers for Health and the Environment, Community and Local Government would engage in consultation with a view to making a recommendation to the commission. Do the officials know whether that consultation has taken place? I assume a submission has not yet been made.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Have the officials been told why that submission has not yet been made, or why consultation has not taken place with a view to the making of a submission?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)
Barry Cowen: Did Irish Water examine assessed charging systems in any country other than the UK?