Results 8,101-8,120 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: 111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the amount of money spent and units upgraded under the mobility aids grant scheme in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [48482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: 112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the amount of money spent and units upgraded under the housing aid for older persons scheme in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [48483/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (13 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: 113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the amount of money spent and units upgraded under the improvement works in lieu of local authority housing scheme in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [48484/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (13 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the local government fund allocations in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated distribution for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (13 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: 115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the retention of 80% of locally raised property tax revenue in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48521/13]

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: Build a bridge.

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: In September 2002, the then Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, launched the final report of the Forum on Fluoridation. He had established the forum in May 2000 to independently review the fluoridation of public-piped water supplies, the programme of research being undertaken on behalf of health boards in the area and to make recommendations to the Minister. The forum set out...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Water Shortage (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I understand why Labour Party Members and others would seek to deflect from the job at hand by speaking about how they won the last general election. They will want to win the next election with the same arguments they made in 2011. For the record, €6 billion was spent on upgrading water networks over the 14 years prior to 2011. As Deputy Brian Stanley noted, the Minister of State...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Water Shortage (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: The water shortages in the capital city over the past ten days are a damning indictment of the Government's water policy. A reliable consistent supply of water to both domestic and industrial users across the country's biggest city is a vital part of a fully functioning economy. Businesses and residents across Dublin have suffered severely from the dramatic impact of 12-hour long water...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Water Shortage (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: It is 24 years now. We were good, not that good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Dublin Chamber of Commerce (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank the representatives from Dublin Chamber of Commerce for both their presentation and submission. I accept the sentiment Ms Quin has expressed. I am glad to hear that water rationing measures are to cease this evening. It has been a difficult ten or 12 days for the members of Dublin Chamber of Commerce and residents across the city. That is, however, an issue for another day,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Chambers Ireland (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank Mr. Talbot and his organisation for their submission. As we stated to our previous guests, it is important that the committee obtain a cross-section of opinion on the Local Government Bill in order that members might - when they have analysed and scrutinised the legislation - amend it, where possible, on Committee Stage. My party is opposed to the Bill in principle because it does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ibec (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: They will not have the same teeth as town councils had.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ibec (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank both witnesses for their input and consideration in making a submission such as they have. It is part of what we had sought to bring to the table prior to Committee Stage of the legislation to allow us as broad a range of amendments as possible through input from various sectors. I wish to make a few comments on the content. I am surprised that the witnesses welcomed the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Pillar (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank the delegates for their presentations and acknowledge the work they do on the various bodies for which they have been given the authority to be members and the impact they have. I have listened attentively to what they stated on the opportunities which may exist in the local government reform process for their role to be enhanced by virtue of their involvement in community enterprise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: Is that an all-Ireland approach or is it is a matter for individual local authorities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank CCMA for its presentation. I acknowledge the effort and commitment of CCMA and its members throughout the country in the savings they have made, especially in the non-pay area where it was challenging, to say the least. This word "challenging" is overused lately. It is a new word for another description which I will not repeat here. Regarding the transition in the county and city...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Reform of Local Government: Discussion
Association of County and City Councils (7 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank the members of the general council for making their views known to the committee. The Bill is on Committee Stage and my party is in the process of preparing amendments with a view to getting answers to many of the questions Councillor O'Brien has raised, such as the role of local development companies. We recognise the aspiration behind that move but we question the manner in which...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: The explicit exclusion of all semi-State bodies from the scope of an upcoming freedom of information Bill is very worrying. When will the Bill come before the House to allow Deputies to thoroughly investigate the reasons bodies such as Irish Water are being excluded from the proposed legislation?

Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: We asked for-----