Results 81-100 of 10,538 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Deputy. We will move on to Deputy Durkan.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Barry Cowen: How much would they have available?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Barry Cowen: One should avoid mentioning company names if at all possible during one's contributions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Barry Cowen: Strange as it might seem, it is just something for us to be careful and conscious of, especially given what I said initially before we began. Aside from that at all, and I have no problem with that, I thank the witnesses for their contribution and for the manner in which they sought to respond and give further information in their responses to the members. We are thankful and appreciative...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank the witnesses for making themselves available on foot of the representations we all have had in regard to the issues and the difficulties that have arisen as a result of the amendments the witnesses are seeking to make or believe they have made. The were a party, obviously, to the initial design, maintenance and ongoing implementation of SCEP. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: As I mentioned, there might be another solution to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: But it will come right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: With all due respect, not in the information that Mr. Coughlan collated, presented, and that stands up scientifically.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: It is against the backdrop of a commitment being made by the Department, through this scheme, and the farmer for a lifetime, with information emanating from it that would determine the terms and conditions of a future scheme. As I said, whether one likes it, one cannot draw up a contract and change it mid-stream.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: I agree with the information Mr. Coughlan mentioned, but that is for another day's work and another fund needs to be put in place, and huge investment must be made to subvent the changes that will cost farmers initially but will benefit both them and the State thereafter.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: We have received apologies from Deputy Matthews. We will now go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: I ask an Leas-Chathaoirleach to read the note into the minutes relating to his appointment during private session.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: From the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, I welcome the acting chairperson, Professor Michael McMahon, and council members Mr. Alessandro Giustiniani, Dr. Adele Bergin, Ms Dawn Holland and Dr. Eddie Casey, chief economist and head of secretariat. Before we begin, I will explain some of the limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards reference witnesses...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: Could it be the budget variation from-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: Does it relate to the same issues that have been mentioned here like Covid, Ukrainian costs and so forth?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: We never envisaged that the war was going to be permanent.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)
Barry Cowen: Would you expect to see some tapering away?