Results 901-920 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: I am sorry but did the Minister not just say the Taoiseach contacted him-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: -----to say he was attending an event-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: -----and Katherine Zappone would be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: Okay, but he was going to meet with her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: That is no problem. He did say he was going to meet with her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: He wanted to know from the Minister whether there was anything-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: -----the Minister knew that he could relay to her. Why would that be the case? Was he going to meet her in a personal or professional capacity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: Did the Minister find it necessary-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: What relevance had that? Was the Minister going to offer it to her? Had he offered it to her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: I am not. I am trying to ascertain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: Others in the Cabinet were not aware of this at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: The Minister just said he told the Tánaiste in the days previously that he was considering her for a position.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: Had the Minister relayed that to Katherine Zappone or did the Tánaiste relay it to her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: The Minister said to the Taoiseach he was considering her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: Does the Minister know if he relayed that to her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: The Minister had not offered it to her at that stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)
Barry Cowen: I am glad the appointment did not go ahead. I made that point earlier. Lessons have to be learned. New processes and procedures have to be put in place. Simply saying that envoys were employed previously without such a furore is not good enough considering that the appointment in question was of a former Minister and close colleague in the last Government. I am aware that there are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)
Barry Cowen: 2357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24. [37495/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jul 2021)
Barry Cowen: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of Project Woodland. [38547/21]