Results 1,121-1,140 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: There is a political understanding with the Government. They entered into agreements. I said I would honour those agreements to the greatest extent I can, consistent with the overall budgetary strategy the Government must roll out in the interest of the country. With regard to what people say or do in terms of local matters, Deputy Gilmore has not been supporting the Government but there is...
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: He has had many more opportunities than he cares to admit. Even if he claims it only happened on a few occasions, he was not behind the door himself in arriving to make sure people understand that Eamon was supportive of a project. One does not have to be a supporter of the Government to have that accusation levelled against one.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It is very simple. Deputy Gilmore can try to confuse it all he likes. I go back to my primary reply. The Deputies support the Government. They have understandings and agreements with the Government.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: Let me explain to the Deputy. The agreements are confidential between the Deputies and the Government - that is the agreement the Deputies have made - but they are based on the programme for Government. As the Deputy will know, the are certain issues of particular concern to the Deputies that we will try to accommodate but they will have to be done in the context of the overall programmes...
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I am simply outlining to the Deputy the arrangements that exist, which he well knows as a practising politician. I explained to him that the arrangements between the Government and the Deputies concerned are confidential. We are proceeding along an understanding we have with those Deputies. The Deputies have clearly been supporting the Government on that basis. They are in a different...
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: As I stated, the question of updating legislation in this area been considered independently by the Department of Justice and Law Reform as a matter of course. It is 50 years since the legal framework was established. The important task is to ensure everything is done within the law and properly. The Minister for Justice and Law Reform and his Department will consider the report - it is now...
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: As I outlined in my reply, the arrangements in place are confidential between the Deputies concerned and the Government. The issue is that it is based on the programme for Government. The economic basis on which we are trying to implement the programme for Government applies to other arrangements also. This implies we must reach a 3% deficit target by the end of 2014 and bring forward a...
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: As I stated, the agreements are based on the programme for Government. The concerns being articulated by Deputies from time to time within their constituencies are well known.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It does.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: No.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: No.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It is confidential.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It means one is confidential, between the two parties. It is open to the parties concerned to make it public if desired; it is not secret under any Act. It does not fall under the Official Secrets Act.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: It is subject to the programme for Government; the same economic basis applies. The Deputy may ask 45 questions about it but the response is the same, namely, that we have a budgetary strategy in the context of which all decisions must be taken. It is a matter for Ministers to determine how to expend the moneys allocated to them. That is the position and it is no big deal.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: The Government is supportive of a development in Kenmare hospital.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: One reason Deputy Healy-Rae continues to support the Government is that he is in agreement with the development also. Certain members of the Deputy's party are in favour of it. What is his problem, therefore?
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: Members of the Labour Party are in favour of it.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: As the Deputy is well aware, Deputy Lowry is a very able politician. Deputy Lowry offered his unconditional support for my leadership of the Government. He made an independent decision in that regard. There is no-----
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: In fairness, Deputy Lowry does not operate on that basis. There was no prior discussion with me on these matters.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Brian Cowen: I accept that. However, the fact is that-----