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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (30 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I note my disappointment that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is unavailable. I raised a similar issue some weeks ago and the Minister did not show up then either. I am in receipt of an independently commissioned report and analysis of recent details and figures pertaining to the wholesale electricity market in Ireland known as the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Defence Forces in each of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56484/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel. [56374/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: During the Minister's recent visit to Israel and Palestine, did he meet with anyone from the Israeli Government and, if not, did he seek to do so? Does he get any sense from this trip that, because of the change of Government in Israel earlier this year, there has been any step change in the Israeli approach? Do any of the Palestinian groups with whom he met have even the slightest hope of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the Minister's statement and his articulation of the issues raised. I acknowledge the delicacy with which he broaches these subjects as a member of the European Council. From the perspective of his being the Minister for Foreign Affairs of this country, I likewise acknowledge the commitment he has made in regard to the Palestinian people and the funds that have been made available...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: In the Minister's discussions with Israeli Government representatives, was there reference to the motion that was passed by the Dáil stating Israel's action in the West Bank is a de facto annexation? Are there any moves of a similar nature from other European countries conveying the same sentiment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister. I would welcome his opinions and impressions of the impact the Polish migration crisis is having on exacerbating the issues in regard to migration at the Belarusian borders. As we know, the Polish Government is talking tough in regard to its stance on migration. It not engaging with the tools available within the EU creates the type of stand-off that means a similar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I acknowledge the Minister's commitment and efforts to ensure that this is internationalised to such an extent that every help and assistance is given in the first instance to those impacted who, as rightly identified by the Minister, are the migrants. We must also ensure that behind that wall there are efforts to resolve this issue with a view to ensuring the Belarusian authorities do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Belarus. [56375/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: The political crisis in Belarus continues to pose significant challenges for the European Union. It is apparently engineering a migration crisis on its border with Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The Belarusian leader, Lukashenko, appears to want to force the EU to negotiate with him and his country to ease sanctions against them. That would apparently give credibility to his status despite...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (3 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State. I respect that he may not be privy to some of the information and queries I have relayed in my presentation. I acknowledge the CRU might well be accountable to an Oireachtas joint committee, but the same cannot be said for EirGrid. EirGrid is the responsibility of the line Minister. On the questions I asked, I am led to believe the amount paid by EirGrid...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (3 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I expect that the Minister of State will confirm that the role and responsibilities of the entities accountable for the energy sector, namely, EirGrid and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, can be summarised as "EirGrid's task is to deliver a safe, secure and reliable supply of electricity now, and in the future" and the "CRU's mission is to protect the public interest in Water,...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Barry Cowen: I wish to share time with Deputy Niamh Smyth.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Barry Cowen: We have an extra few minutes due to the absence of speakers before us in the debate. We came into government in difficult circumstances. It was about who could coalesce because of the nature of the result. It was about who could best put together an objective to address those issues that mattered most at the time of the election, which were housing, health, climate change and the associated...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. On that very issue, on the auctions that EirGrid talks about into the future, I was checking back on when this issue emerged and on the severity associated with it. Previous auctions, for example, were won by the ESB. On four separate occasions, when the four-year period had almost expired for the provision of these projects into the national grid, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (30 Sep 2021)

Barry Cowen: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Offaly and Laois that are currently outstanding; his plans to address the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47055/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Food Industry (29 Sep 2021)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for reaffirming what the Taoiseach said on the floor of the House yesterday on behalf of the Government that this will be acted upon. When I talk about other Departments and authorities responsibility, I am mindful of the professional commitment made as early as yesterday by the company. Its commitment to its community and excellence will be maintained. I am...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Food Industry (29 Sep 2021)

Barry Cowen: I am glad of this opportunity to offer my commiserations and sympathies, and those of my constituents, to Glenisk, the Cleary family, their staff and their suppliers, as a result of the devastating blow inflicted on them by a major fire at the plant on Monday. I thank the staff for ensuring that everybody got out safely and the emergency services for the quick response and the manner in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (23 Sep 2021)

Barry Cowen: Notwithstanding the debt of gratitude we owe front-line workers, healthcare workers especially, I wish to raise, as my colleague has done, the issue and the plight of the ambulance services. There are serious concerns, worries and fears in my community and constituency as a result of incidents relating to ambulance services. Reports from crews and patients around the country over the past...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (23 Sep 2021)

Barry Cowen: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. Looking over it and listening to what was contained in it, I would respectfully say that the dynamic deployment mechanism, as well thought out and well considered as it may have been, does not appear to be having the desired impact or results one would have expected initially. It is as a result of that and the frustrations and the morale within...