Results 10,041-10,060 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: The entitlement for certain new claimants to a concurrent half-rate of jobseeker's benefit or illness benefit will be discontinued. The Bill is not only anti-family and anti-women but also anti-rural. The means test for farm assist will be changed, school transport charges will be increased and REPS and disadvantaged area payments will be reduced by 10%. The community employment schemes...
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: -----and SMEs employ 750,000 people but I do not know how much longer they will do so because of the VAT hike and the broken promises on upward only rent reviews. There were more soapbox promises on reforming rates to make them less regressive. The sick pay issue has been parked or, in the new buzz word, paused.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Fair play to all the small and medium enterprises that have managed to hang on over the past few years. They will work with their accountants to hang on until the new year. Perhaps they will launch new campaigns, target certain niches or announce special offers to hang on to their employees. If their efforts do not work where will they be? They will decide to let their staff go now if the...
- Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: We will see him among the crowd.
- Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: It was supposed to be â¬50 million.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach announced this morning changes to promised legislation with regard to disability allowances for young disabled persons. When will we be furnished with details of these amendments? Will he extend the review he mentioned to cover the cuts in educational allowances for the disabled which will be cut by 20% also.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Will the Taoiseach extend the review he mentioned?
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: What about the second issue of the 20% cut to educational allowances for the disabled?
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: It is not to be extended. The cut remains.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Drop that.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: This is Deputy Durkan's Government's budget.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Will the Government reverse the cut?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Is it the troika's decision or the Government's?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Will the Government reverse it?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Reverse it.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: It was not a red line anyway.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Barry Cowen: That is right.