Results 9,801-9,820 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: I do not know Deputy Tom Hayes's brother. I am sure he is a nice man.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Minister promised to top up the funding for 2011.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy will have to hurry up.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: There are difficult issues facing this State and there were many difficult issues facing it when this Government assumed office 12 months ago. It received a massive majority and was afforded great trust in seeking to resolve our difficulties. The Government gave the distinct impression that not only would there be an easier way than the austerity of the previous Administration, on which it...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: -----and that they will follow his lead and own up to poor judgment and poor management.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: This motion has allowed us to gauge the Minister's response to the headlines that dominate today's health service. How, for example, has he responded to the botched handling of the early retirement scheme?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: How has the Minister responded to having signed off on HSE service plans that will see hundreds of beds closed in acute hospitals and more beds closed in community nursing homes?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: How has he responded to the day-care waiting lists which are surging?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: We remember what the Minister had to say about Sligo too. He cannot hang up the phone here. How does he respond to the massive hikes in health insurance premiums? How, most of all, has he responded to the medical card renewals and the medical card processing applications fiasco?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Some of the recent responses by the Government, the Taoiseach and Minister for Health are ridiculous in the extreme-----
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: -----and as baffling as the Taoiseach's yarn here last week about the fog in the airport. On the HSE plans, the medical cards and the botched retirement plans, we have heard the Taoiseach say that there are "contingency plans in place". We then heard the Minister, Deputy Reilly, say that there are "dynamic contingency plans in place". Then the Taoiseach went one better and said, we have...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Can the Taoiseach tell us where the dynamic contingency plan to deal with the medical cards fiasco is? Can the Minister for Health tell us where it is? Can either of them tell us where the transition teams to deal with the medical card fiasco are?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Let this motion be the catalyst for this Government to start walking the walk, having talked the talk for 14 years.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Let it prioritise those in need, stop pandering to the opinion leaders and spin doctors, and allow us, as a credible alternative and Opposition-----
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: -----to support the right decisions and choices. Most of all, let us be in a position to support-----
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: -----what we recognise and what the Government will eventually see are the correct priorities. After only one year, I commend this motion by Deputy Kelleher, in its entirety, to the House.
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the review into severance and remuneration packages at the covered institutions which has been ongoing since April 2011; the work that has been done in the past ten months; if he will set a date for its competition; his plans to seek pay reductions for senior executives at the institutions. [9897/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the definition of fraud as used for working purposes by her Department. [10309/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the â¬645m in control savings achieved in 2011 by scheme, clerical error, fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10312/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (22 Feb 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the control savings achieved over the past five years by scheme, clerical error, fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10313/12]