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Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: Those are always matters for the Whips to consider.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I answered detailed questions on the children's rights referendum in the House last week. Deputy Flanagan asked a relevant supplementary question and I gave the full details on the up to date position; there has been no change since then. Work is ongoing and when it has been considered, it will be appropriate then to come back for discussion in the House and at the relevant committee on...

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I have explained that.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: Another respected person is now in the chair and we can proceed.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: For the purpose of clarification, the funding mechanism for the hospital is the one that was in place at the beginning of the project. Any suggestion it has been changed is wrong. The same arrangements are in place and the same issues must be addressed. In May, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform wrote to the Garda Commissioner to look at the law on white collar crime based on the...

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to prepare a paper on corporate enforcement.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy wanted some information. The Minister for Finance and the Attorney General will meet to see how matters could be progressed where that is deemed necessary.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is a sub-committee.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: We do not set up every committee formally. Maybe Deputy Gilmore's rigid Stalinist training says it must be done that way.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: Deputy Gilmore would want to move on from the old WP days, the Labour Party boys are a bit more informal than that.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy did a fair bit half an hour ago. I did not go for the bait, that is what has disappointed him.

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 16, inclusive, together. During the remainder of 2010 I intend to travel to meetings of the European Council in Brussels on 28 and 29 October, and 16 and 17 December; and to the British-Irish Council Summit in the Isle of Man on 13 December. I hope to visit China early in 2011, subject to the timing being settled by the Department of Foreign Affairs, in...

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Finnish Prime Minister was accompanied by the education Minister from Finland, who had separate meetings with the Tánaiste. Perhaps a question to her directly would elicit the information the Deputy requires. It was not discussed specifically.

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: As the European Commission has made clear, the drawing up of the four-year plan is a matter for the Government. It is our own decision. As members of the euro area, in terms of the normal arrangements that are in place, the European Commission is kept fully informed of developments and overall thinking in Ireland. There is interaction with the European Commission as an institution and...

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is important to point out that it is the Irish authorities who are formulating these proposals. The International Monetary Fund people, the EU Commission and all the various international bodies such as the OECD and others have their own views of how world growth projections are likely to go, what the issues are and the various economic models they construct in order to proceed. The...

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: That information is available by questioning the Department of Finance. It is not appropriate to have others substituting in the role Department of Finance officials play.

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: They are the people devising our national policies. At a political level, perhaps, one might see if it were possible for the Commissioner concerned, for example, to come over and discuss issues in due course with the Opposition leaders. It might be of some help at that level but in terms of the ongoing technical exercise it is the Department of Finance, the Government in general and the...

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: In answer to the Deputy's first question, I was making a point in reply to Deputy Kenny that, perhaps, it might be appropriate if senior officials, or a Commissioner even, might come to Dublin to discuss matters with Opposition leaders at a political level. That might be helpful. Contact with the Commission by national authorities relates to forecasting regarding the ongoing technical and...

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I have not got the outcomes of the meetings in September before me. Now that the Deputy mentions it, I will have to check whether the proposal to prepare the four-year plan had been agreed at that stage. I was just making the point that the issue did not arise at the Council. The only statement given by me in this regard was that Ireland was committed to its obligations under the Stability...

Official Engagements (19 Oct 2010)

Brian Cowen: I am sorry; what was the first part of the Deputy's question?