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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: In accordance with the business needs of my Department, divisions and sections change from time to time. The following table provides a breakdown of whole-time equivalent staff numbers working in the various divisions in my Department at the end of October 2010. Divisional breakdown Staff Numbers - (whole-time equivalent) Government Secretariat and related 13.8 Government Information...

Written Answers — Departmental Procurement: Departmental Procurement (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: No printing contracts for my Department have been awarded or given to any company from outside the State in the past three years.

Written Answers — Interdepartmental Committees: Interdepartmental Committees (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Cabinet Committee Number of Meetings in 2009 Number of Meetings in 2010 Economic Renewal and Jobs 12 6 Science Technology and Innovation(subsumed into Economic Renewal and Jobs in June 2010) 1 - Health 8 4 Social Inclusion, Children & Integration 2 1 Irish and the Gaeltacht 3 - Transforming Public Services 7...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: In answering these questions I am interpreting "high level groups" as groups which are working on issues of specific interest, which are chaired by my Department and which include representatives from other parts of the civil/public service and elsewhere. Accordingly, the information sought by the Deputy is detailed in the following table. Name of High Level Group Purpose Year Set Up...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Department of the Taoiseach is represented on the Interdepartmental Group on Administrative Burden Reduction. e Central Statistics Office (CSO) is represented separately on the Group. The Department itself has no legislation that impacts on business. As the CSO has legislation that impacts on business, they are fully engaged in the burden reduction programme. It should be acknowledged...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: The business case for the metro proposals is, as I understand it, on the web. The issue raised by the Deputy is a good one.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: I understand it is for metro-----

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: Excluding-----

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: To the obvious exclusion of commercially sensitive information.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: It depends on where one is. As I was telling Deputy Costello, the business case on-line excludes commercially sensitive information, which is not surprising. If something is commercially sensitive, one does not show it to anyone. That is the whole idea-----

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is the whole idea of what defines commercially sensitive information. We could have a word game. I want to answer the question seriously, but if the Deputy wants to interrupt me, maybe I will leave it.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: Hello Bernard. How are you? I thought we were finished with you for the evening.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: I would not say that they will be words of wisdom to Deputy Costello's ear. I am sure that, if he wants discussions with the Minister for Transport in respect of these matters, the Minister could facilitate such a discussion to the best of his ability without giving the Deputy all of the commercially sensitive information, if that is okay.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is a matter on which I will revert to the Deputy in terms of where it is at currently.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: Is Deputy Bannon finished?

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: When the Deputy resumes his seat, I will certainly answer.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: I understand that it is the intention of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to move an amendment to the Veterinary Practice Act 2005 in due course to deal with some of these issues. Finally, in respect of the Deputy's critique of the situation regarding advance payments, they have been paid six weeks in advance of previous dates and 90% of farmers have been paid. It is one of...

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: Given recent events, one would have expected some measure of responsibility from the Leader of the Opposition, who aspires to the office of the Taoiseach-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: -----not to characterise the country's prospects as he just did. Data from the October tax returns will be available today at 4.30 p.m. which will confirm our tax take and budgetary plans are on track and expenditure is under control. The urgency to bring forward a four-year economic plan and a budget that will front-load the necessary adjustments of €15 billion is in the national...

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)

Brian Cowen: It would be fine if, in the present, we could perhaps have some leadership from the Opposition. In terms of our excess expenditure over income at the end of October, the reduction in the Exchequer requirement is €14.4 billion. It was €22.7 billion for the same period last year. Through its policies therefore the Government is in the process of closing the gap that needs to be closed...