Results 701-720 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (18 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a just transition territorial plan will be submitted for approval to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24966/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: -----will be initiated to challenge and investigate these issues and to find out why is it that the authorities and those regulators and a body such as Eirgrid-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: -----charged with the responsibility to ensure competition, have not done so to date?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: I think the Minister of State and I appreciate her position here this evening in seeking to respond on behalf of the Minister. I appreciate that the Minister of State wishes to relay to the House just the information she has, which emanates from the Minister and his Department. I do not doubt the impact of international price pressures on our ability to provide electricity at the price it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: -----point towards manipulation by a provider or point towards state aid not being fair on competitors.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: Last Tuesday, the Irish Independent carried a story by Charlie Weston on a EUROSTAT report that shows that Irish electricity prices are 25% above the European average. Last year, I highlighted concerns about the State's inability to provide adequate competition in the energy market, resulting in excessive prices for consumers, both household and business. I highlighted the fact that despite...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the 2006 wind energy development guidelines. [24555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permission for wind turbine installations that have been granted in counties Offaly, Laois, Longford and Westmeath over the past five years; and the proportion this represents of the national total. [24556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way that Ireland’s defence spending as a share of national income compares with other neutral members of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits who have joined the Defence Forces to date in 2022; the number who have left; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23498/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: In the context of the sub-committee dealing with climate change, will the Taoiseach check to see when the territorial plan will be agreed and submitted to the Commission in order to draw down the matched funding to the NDP, which is €84 million, to provide the just transition funding and allow the body administering it, namely, the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly, to be set up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [23214/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: My question relates to the Cabinet subcommittee on economic recovery and investment. Notwithstanding that its recent meetings were sure to deal with issues pertaining to the cost of living, I specifically have a question about the costs associated with energy not only for households but also for business and its activities. In recent weeks another independent report and assessment appeared...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [23213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a protest was made to the Russian embassy in relation to the recent simulations of nuclear attacks on Ireland on Russian state television; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from counties Offaly and Laois, respectively that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22921/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (5 May 2022)

Barry Cowen: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the recruitment of an additional education welfare officer in County Offaly; and when he expects the vacant position to be filled. [22372/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Apr 2022)

Barry Cowen: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that he is strengthening scrutiny of major public investment proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20518/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State. I note that the value of the measures the Minister of State has relayed is over €2.1 billion. I would like to ask him about the VAT commitments that have been made for the period until October of this year. Given the situation in Ukraine, and the impact of the war on energy prices, does the Minister of State see the VAT rate being revisited and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Barry Cowen: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cumulative cost of the measures that he has taken since and including budget 2022 to help address cost of living issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20523/22]