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Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: If there is a person on a board who is not happy with Government policy he or she has the option to resign from the board and a replacement can be found. The purpose, as is usual in this instance, is to implement the policy of the Government and if, for any reason, good, bad or indifferent, a person has a different point of view he or she has that option. The option is not such that where...

Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: In regard to agencies and boards appointed there is a relationship with the line Department which usually sets the overall policy framework. The operational responsibilities of providing the service, if that is what the agency does, or of the making of commercial decisions in a commercial semi-State body, for example, are made by the actual company. If there are major strategic issues they...

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, together. The code of conduct for office holders was drawn up by the Government pursuant to section 10(2) of the Standards in Public Office Act, 2001, following consultation with the Standards in Public Office Commission, and was published in July 2003. A review of the code and its operation will be carried out, in consultation with the...

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: That matter has been dealt with under freedom of information arrangements, and obviously it was in compliance with requirements. I understand the Minister was heading on to other official engagements the following morning.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I do not accept the veracity of what the Deputy has alleged. He has a very detailed response from me given in a previous question time regarding the circumstances in which the Government jet was used, with reference to the locations to which he referred. Full verification was provided to him and yet he continues to suggest he got some confused meteorological-----

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: Let us not be ridiculous. We should take matters seriously and not carry on with facetious nonsense like that. Otherwise, we are wasting our time.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I make the point again to Deputy Ó Caoláin that the Minister for Transport had to make that attendance and be in London the next morning. I have not the detail before me, but that was the basis of the matter. It was not a question of simply going to Glenties. Rather, it was a question of doing Glenties and being in London the following morning. He was therefore seeking to attend two...

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: As regards the first part of the Deputy's question, he is misrepresenting the context in which Deputy Dempsey took the flight to Glenties. He suggested in his first question that he simply took a flight to Glenties, when he could have just taken a car. The Minister had another appointment in London the following morning, to which he flew, from Derry. That was the context. The Deputy then...

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is a matter for the Whips to consider at any time. There is no reason to review the code of conduct at present as I am not aware of any aspects that have been criticised or with which there is a problem. When that Bill is enacted, we can review the code of conduct to ensure it takes cognisance of the new legislation.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: The review of the code and its operation will be carried out after the enactment of the Ethics in Public Office (Amendment) Bill. That is what the reply states. When that is done, we can undertake the review. If there are other issues that need to be dealt with, presumably that is when it will be done.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: As soon as the legislation is enacted, so whenever that happens.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: Whenever the Whips can arrange it. I do not have a date for it.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I do not have a date for it.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I thought the Deputy would have got over his conspiracy theories at this stage of his life.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Lost Revolution - is that what it is called? Has he read it?

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy need not worry about that. I have no worries about it.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is part of the old-----

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is the oldest Sticky trick in the book.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is the oldest Sticky trick in the book.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I understand Deputy Quinn met them too when he was a Minister, but the Deputy does not have a problem with that, does he?