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Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I would like to reply. I am not going to be allowed to reply.

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am not laying down the law

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I gave notice on Committee Stage that I would bring forward this amendment on Report Stage. The amendment was brought forward late in the day because of the decision to work with the Department of Health and Children. The provision of the new scheme of capital allowances specifies pre-approval of any proposed development in this area by the HSE with the consent of the Minister for Health and...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The specialist inpatient units——

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: Please, Deputy. I am entitled to make a few remarks in reply to the many Deputies who have made a contribution.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: When the Report Stage debate on the Finance Bill adjourned, we were on amendment No. 14. There is no reason that we will not reach and debate amendment No. 24. The issue is that there is a requirement to work in accordance with existing policy. Pre-approval would be required from the HSE. However, I will go into that in detail when Report Stage resumes. This matter has been portrayed in...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am not aware of any promised legislation in that area. Perhaps the Deputy could table a parliamentary question to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am not aware of any such promised legislation. I cannot comment on the case with which the courts dealt yesterday. It is important that we should tackle these matters in the cold light of day and not in the context of the specific tragic cases being dealt with by the courts. We should not say anything here which might impinge upon the independence of the courts' adjudication on these...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I will make the general and obvious observation that the ordering of business is usually dealt with through the Whips.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I welcome the support of some parties — particularly Labour and Fine Gael — in respect of the general thrust of the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill. The work done by those parties' spokespersons with the relevant Ministers on the legislation is appreciated by the Government. On the urgent need for the debate to commence, I agree with Deputy Quinn that this is an...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The Fines Bill is before the Seanad at present. There is also the enforcement of fines Bill, for which there is, as yet, no publication date. The intoxicating liquor Bill and the sale of alcohol Bill are expected to be taken during the course of this year. I understand that no legislation is promised in respect of the other matter.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I cannot clarify rumours.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The health information Bill has receded into the distance.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The Minister will note the request made in the House regarding that matter. The Bill is at an early stage of preparation. I did not say it was up to the Whips to organise business; it is up to the Government to do so but we seek the co-operation of the Whips in bringing forward business in line with the Government programme.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: I note what the Deputy has to say about the issue generally.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The confiscation of orders and money laundering Bills are due this year. There is no date for the others.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, tells me that it is, in fact, correct. When one brings forward a referendum Bill, one is required to translate exactly the English words into Irish and in an Irish version to translate the Irish into English.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: The Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, tells me that while it is an unusual format, it is in order.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: Tá sé in ord.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Brian Cowen: Níl aon botún ann. Tá sé ceart agus tá sé in ord.