Results 9,041-9,060 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Other Questions: Pyrite Issues (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I accept the bona fides of the Minister with regard to his efforts to put in place a resolutions board. We have all given him the benefit of the doubt in that regard but this cannot be allowed to carry on indefinitely without arriving at a conclusion. I ask a specific question to that end. The stakeholders are pivotal to making the solution cost neutral for the State. Have the...

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: That is what I asked.

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State. Will local authorities be funded by the Minister's Department regarding any further proceedings they have to take to get the household charge from those who have not paid to date? Also, notwithstanding what I said earlier about the household charge fiasco in the past 14 or 15 months, the property tax that is mooted and appears to have been agreed is due to...

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: The Minister of State has given out enough information so far, so he may as well go the whole hog.

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I will ask the question again in the hope I might get an answer this time. First, has an exercise been carried out on the cost of proceedings in the event of having to pursue people for these charges? If that has been costed, who is to bear that cost? Will the Minister of State fund local authorities because they do not have the funding themselves? Second, will the household charge be...

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: Live horse and get grass.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: The Minister took the motorists out of the equation when he made the decision.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I take it from the response the Minister of State agrees with my allegation that when the Government decided to cut funding to local authorities in the manner in which it did in the middle of the year, it had no consideration whatsoever for the motorist who had paid his motor tax in good faith and the expectation he had for the maintenance of the roads in his county.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: No, I was not elected to the Dáil in 1977. I had no hand, act or part in it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I was elected to this Dáil in 2011 and perhaps the Minister of State would deal with the questions which relate to people's livelihood.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: That has nothing to do with the question. The Minister of State should address the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: We are not playing that game.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of motorists paying road tax broken down by band; the total amount paid per band to each local authority in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State and look forward to the information. I might ask a further question subsequent to receiving it. My question is on foot of reports to the effect that the Government is seeking to raise a further €100 million from this section in tomorrow's budget. It would come on top of last year's increase of 50% in the case of CO2 band cars. Has the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for what appears to be a concise answer. I accept his statement that there is no proposal to amalgamate but rather to align them. I am sure that will consist of a sharing of facilities and administrative staff. If that is the case, will it have a knock-on effect on existing administrative staff who are employed by these agencies? Can the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: Is there a timescale for whatever negotiations or discussions take place to satisfy these agencies? Such a timescale would allow the Minister of State to agree a means by which this can take place seamlessly. It would be to their satisfaction as well as the Government's and, ultimately, to the satisfaction of those whom they represent and whose funding the Government targets in various...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation that will be used to amalgamate LEADER and Integrated local development companies into local authorities under Putting People First; if their financing will be ring fenced; the discussions he has held with the bodies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54347/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money paid nationally in motor taxation in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54175/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Taxation (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money paid nationally in motor taxation in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54349/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (4 Dec 2012)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if guidelines exist regarding anti-social behaviour in local authority housing; the number of evictions each respective county and city council has carried out as a result of anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54438/12]