Results 9,001-9,020 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: They are wrestling with their conscience.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: There were not too many of the Taoiseach's colleagues here either.
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces’ mission in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54776/12]
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: I thank Deputy O'Dea for affording me time to speak on the Social Welfare Bill 2012. When a Member opposite told me last week that by virtue of my surname I was not entitled to speak, I expected that would be the end of the matter. However, the sort of nasty and insulting behaviour that was directed against not only me but also my predecessors of the same name, both living and deceased, has...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: I hope we will have a fair budget.
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Minister is waffling now.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Barry Cowen: As I stated, I do not doubt the amount of work on the Minister's desk and the commitment he gave to address these issues, no matter how we might disagree politically on how the Minister went about it, which was his prerogative and I accept it. A concerted effort has been made by the Government to reduce these figures but one can argue whether the overall figure of €6.5 million...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Barry Cowen: The Minister mentioned the situation in Wicklow. Will he inform the committee on a future date of the progress on this issue? Is it being handled by the Minister or the Minister of State? It is with regard to various allegations being made.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Barry Cowen: I have one or two questions on what the Minister brought before us today. First, he might clarify that his initial Estimate was €8 million for what was to be paid out under the scheme over the year. No more than what the Minister stated about the Leader programme, is it the case that the drawdowns of previous years came into effect in the past year and, as a result, there was an...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Barry Cowen: I concur and agree with the route the Minister is taking and I have no difficulty in that regard. Like others, I concur with what has been said and agree with the concept of this process of the PEACE programme. It has gone according to the expectations envisaged in 2007. There is one area on which I would ask the Minister to be mindful and use whatever influence he can, especially in the...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Barry Cowen: May I defer for a moment?
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the reasons behind the capital underspend in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55528/12]
- Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: Like other speakers, I welcome this debate. I also welcome the opportunity for Members to analyse and respond to the expert group's report. As Deputy McHugh has said, it is important that we, in conjunction with others outside this House, consider this report in its entirety, including its recommendations and options, and offer our response to them. As much as people want this issue to be...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Minister was not elected in Newry.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: You should tell Deputy Rabbitte to do so, given the reference he made earlier.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: What tradition is that?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: There are no rabbits to be pulled from the hat here.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: How many spots are on the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte's back, with all the parties he criss-crossed?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: Deputy Stagg should better start looking around him. He might be heading off into the sunset.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Barry Cowen: Yet the Government now pays the teachers half the salary.