Results 9,701-9,720 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Defence Forces Personnel (14 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of personnel currently serving abroad; the location at which they are serving; the total amount spent on foreign missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14167/12]
- Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the how he intends to ensure that our prison system becomes a drug-free system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time taken to process social welfare programme appeals, broken down by scheme in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [14227/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of appeals currently being processed by her Department, broken down by programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14239/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time taken to process social welfare programme applications, broken down by scheme in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14226/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of families contacted by her Department in November 2011 in relation to a review of the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14228/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of families that were informed that their domiciliary care allowance was cut in January 2012. [14229/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total savings in her Department from the cut in the domiciliary care allowance recipients in January 2012. [14230/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the groups or experts that were consulted regarding the domiciliary care allowance eligibility review of recipients; the advice they received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14232/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to further change the domiciliary care allowance eligibility application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14233/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total savings in her Department and the total number of families affected from the inclusion of the domiciliary care allowance in calculable family income supplement income from January 2012. [14231/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes she has made to her Department's staffing arrangements to tackle waiting lists and processing time delays for social welfare applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14234/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of staff dealing with application appeals in 2007 to 2011, inclusive, and to date in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14236/12]
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact the pathways to work project will have on social welfare application waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14237/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for social welfare currently outstanding in the system, broken down by programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14238/12]
- Energy Review (7 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when the independent assessment of the efficiency of the Irish electricity and gas sectors will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12864/12]
- Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: In a bog-mobile.
- Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: Even with one's eyes closed, one gets â¬500.
- Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: I wish to provide some background to the debate. I acknowledge and pay tribute to Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan for tabling the motion and the Minister for his response which goes some way without going the whole way. The real background to the debate concerns issues in regard to fuel poverty and rural incomes. Rural household incomes in the midlands are 9.4% below the national average. The...
- Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)
Barry Cowen: In some cases, the option of funding towards conversion was accepted. I accept the right of people to do that too. The category of cutter on commonage land, such as in Ballinough, has in my experience adhered to the directive but has never been compensated for so doing. They, too, need to be brought into the fold based on their history of cutting on unencumbered lands. They should be...