Results 8,281-8,300 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Did the Minister meet anyone? He did not meet anyone. That is his answer.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Perhaps the Government will keep one promise.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: That means they are going to get rid of it.
- Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (25 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: 9. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the implementation of the Quirke recommendations regarding the survivors of the Magdalen laundries; if he has had discussion with the religious congregations on the compensation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39588/13]
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Assessors were doing the work of engineers and architects.
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: No member of the previous Government was working on the sites in question.
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Dublin City Council could give us the report.
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: On a point of clarification, will the Minister make available Mr. Justice Finnegan's report submitted to Dublin City Council?
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his response on the issues raised and wish to pose a number of questions emanating from it. In the first instance, Mr. Justice Finnegan reported to the courts and subsequently to the Minister, through Dublin City Council. Is it possible for Mr. Justice Finnegan's report to be made public? I ask because I am sure the contents may refer to the culpability to which...
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: As stated, the unfolding tragedy of Priory Hall was brought home with real force to the entire country with the emotional interview of Stephanie Meehan on the “Late Late Show” and by the sad death of her partner, Fiachra Daly, in July. Over the past two years, the stresses and strains of the disaster of Priory Hall have been taking a considerable toll on all of the 250 people...
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: It is time to get down and dirty with the banks. The insolvency legislation refers to sustainable resolutions, but the Government does not appear to know what that means.
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: The Government has also had a good innings and it is time it played the game properly. We can play politics when the inquiry commences but the people who have been affected must be helped.
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: I have a responsibility to those who put me here to explain the difficulties they face because of the Government's lack of action.
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: It is not claptrap.
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: When the Dáil resumed this week, many journalists and commentators asked us what dominant theme we expect to engage with this term. We all said the mortgage arrears crisis stands out, along with the budget, the Seanad referendum, Dáil reform and the preparation for local and European elections on the part of our respective political parties. They are all intertwined with and...
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Deputy Dooley was simply stating a fact.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Put on the green jersey.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Labour's way or the banks' way.
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Corporal Punishment (19 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ban corporal punishment within the home and alternative care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38705/13]
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Barry Cowen: Is Deputy Bannon looking forward to a reshuffle?