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Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: No. The Deputy got his sums wrong again.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: IDA and Enterprise Ireland.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Minister for Justice and Law Reform will give all of that detail.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Deputy Kenny would never cut welfare.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: No tax increase, no welfare cuts. It does not give Deputy Noonan much room for manoeuvre.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Incredible.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Setting the targets is the easy bit.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is a bigger target.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Is Deputy Kenny exhausted saying the same thing every year?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Who is writing this stuff?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: How would you run yours?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Someone else's way - Eamon's way.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Here we go again.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Arrogance? Presuming on the people's decision?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: They will have a lot of confidence having heard the Deputy this morning - no tax increases or social welfare cuts. The Deputy will get a very warm reception.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: I did not say that.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: What will Deputy Gilmore fight it on?

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: In regard to the preface remarks made by Deputy Kenny, this Government has set itself the task for the past number of months to produce a four year plan and to bring forward a budget, which I am glad to say had the support of the majority in this House. I welcome that this has been the case, that people in this House have been sufficiently capable of looking at where the national interest...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: On the points made by Deputy Kenny, since this crisis began, this Government and others have indicated the need to give demonstrable effect to show the reductions that have to be made. The net take home pay of the Taoiseach is now 45% less than it was when I took office and that of a Minister's it is up to 40% less. That needs to be said and it needs to done. Everything we can do to reduce...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: I want to make a few points on that contribution. First, it seems now that the Leader of the Fine Gael Party is suggesting that the budgetary strategy of Fine Gael Party for this budget was that there would be no increase in income tax. The 2011 effect of our tax changes will yield €883 million, or €1.1 billion in a full year, in income tax revenue. Will Deputy Kenny during the course...