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Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (24 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints that are pending review by the Financial Services Ombudsman; the average waiting time for these cases; and his views on whether the Ombudsman has sufficient resources. [12472/11]

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (24 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for a legal aid appointment in both criminal and civil cases. [12473/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide details on the access to treatments for diabetes patients in the Laois-Offaly constituency from which 120 people have to travel to Dublin hospitals to receive their treatment. [12453/11]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (24 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available under the sports capital programme in 2011; if there will be a new round of the programme this year; when it will begin and when applications will be accepted. [12850/11]

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Yes, we can.

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (18 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle overcrowding in prisons. [11726/11]

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: I acknowledge the Minister's statement describing the jobs initiative as modest. I appreciate his efforts to stimulate activity by reducing PRSI and VAT rates, but he could have gone further with the VAT rates. One person can have dinner in a restaurant and go to the theatre, while another stays at home dying from the cold. Could the VAT rates on heating oil have been reduced? My question...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: That is the straitjacket.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: I wish to make a comment on the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte's finale to his deliberations. He asked that we in opposition should stay quiet for 40 years. He is rolling back the years when he says that, considering the various parties of which he has been a member, Democratic Left, or the Workers' Party and all the way back to Communism almost in that he wants no opposition whatsoever. Despite...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: -----in its short life - if I might continue - it has attempted to honour one commitment made before the election but that must also be qualified and quantified. It can be compared to the promises made before the election. On 23 February 2011, two days before polling, Fine Gael promised to publish a jobs budget within 100 days of coming into government and they promised it would result in...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: I do not want to be seen to engage in defeatist or negative rhetoric. I welcome the fact that an additional €50 million is being provided. Before the election, Fine Gael's advisers and minders were good at the spin. They came up with the five-point plan and with www.finegael.com. It now appears that those who led Fine Gael down that path are fallible after all. They have been found...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy had his chance to speak.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: I would like to speak about the elephant in the Chamber. Who is paying for it? The savers are paying for it. The Government decided to steal from young and old workers and savers. The people in question are not being allowed to choose whether to opt in or opt out. There is no scaling of the theft. A person with a €10,000 pension pot will pay the same levy rate as a person with a €1...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Donations) Bill 2011: Second Stage (resumed) (11 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Fianna Fáil acknowledged the need for this legislation during the general election campaign and we committed to introducing this Bill. I am pleased that I and my colleagues can endorse and support the Bill. I urge all other parties, including those in government, to join forces considering the universal willingness to dismantle and cease the corporate donations system. The Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (10 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her target for fraud savings 2011; the measures needed to achieve same; and the cost of these measures. [10431/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to put the social welfare payments contract out to tender; and her views on comments by the Irish Postmasters' Union that this will lead to major job losses in An Post. [10432/11]

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (10 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she will introduce to help highly educated unemployed persons re-enter the workforce. [10528/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for the awarding of a supervisory position under the Tús scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10489/11]

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: The Minister referred to Tús and the local development companies. My local development company in County Offaly has informed me that in respect of the recruitment of supervisors, for example, those who advanced themselves or who sought to better themselves by participating in departmental training in the year previous to their application are not allowed to apply. How can the Minister...

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Barry Cowen: That will only last for so long. For as long as the Minister is playing that game, it is like stretching elastic.