Results 9,901-9,920 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance. [2259/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on appeal for carer's allowance. [2260/12]
- Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: I presume the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill will provide for the rescinding of cuts to community employment scheme training and materials grants and what was brought forward in the budget in regard to the disability allowance?
- Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: A multitude of reviews are taking place on foot of the budget.
- Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Will the proposed legislation rescind all of those measures?
- Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: This relates to promised amendments to the Social Welfare Act.
- Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Will this be included in the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill and when will it be taken by the House in order to activate what the Labour Party backbenchers are forcing the Government to do?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: What about the CE schemes?
- Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Reform.
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (12 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she transferred information to the Office of the Revenue Commissioners relating to 560,000 pensioners that resulted in 115,000 pensioners being informed of additional tax liability. [1796/12]
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (12 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she was requested by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to provide the information that led to 115,000 pensioners being informed of additional tax liability. [1797/12]
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (12 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the additional information that has been requested by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in relation to pensioners tax liability. [1798/12]
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (12 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cross governmental agency information transfer procedures that have been put in place since March 2011 in relation to tax liability and welfare payment recipients. [1799/12]
- Dublin Airport Authority (12 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in finding a replacement for a person (details supplied) as chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1556/12]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Another U-turn. I thank Deputy John Lyons.
- Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (11 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health if it is envisaged whether any members of the new Health Service Executive directorate will have a greater level of remuneration than currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1170/12]
- Tax Collection (11 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: The budget announced by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, on 7 December provided for additional taxation receipts from the targeting of pensioners by the Revenue Commissioners, even though the initiative only emerged last week following demand letters being received by pensioners. Fine Gael and Labour promised the people they would be upfront and honest with them at all times....
- Tax Collection (11 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response, despite the fact that it does not deal with the substantive question put to him.
- Tax Collection (11 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: Yes. There has been an exchange of data between Departments for a number of years and the transfer of information was enhanced in the recent budget. That is what was said, but, unfortunately, it did not go much further and tell us what exactly had been enhanced and for what reason. The question to which I hoped the Minister of State would respond was related to the fact that 115,000...
- Tax Collection (11 Jan 2012)
Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach said yesterday that the approach to be taken by the Revenue Commissioners would have to be improved. What role did he and the Cabinet play? When was the issue discussed and agreed to by the Cabinet? Was it last November? When the budget was announced, the measure on the enhanced transfer of information was sneaked in.