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Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: No new tax breaks.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy must be joking.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Who brought in more property tax breaks than I got rid of? Deputy Ruairí Quinn.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: He brought in more property tax breaks.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy should look at the record.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The Deputy's party brought in tax reliefs for towns that were not even located on the seaside.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Where lower?

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: Did the Deputy say-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: So we should not borrow. Deputy Burton's whole premise was that we should borrow much more and now she states we should not borrow.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The amount paid by my Department in legal charges in the years 2008, 2009 and to end October 2010 is detailed in the following table: Year Legal Fee Spend 2008 € 159,676.59* 2009 € 29,190.07 1st January to the 31st of October 2010 € 29,846.35 * €159,376.59 relates to legal charges for the Commissions of Investigation into the Dublin, Monaghan and Dundalk Bombings and the case of...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: The terms and conditions that apply to the drawing down of funds include structural changes such as the reduction in the minimum wage. The timeline, etc., set out in the documentation will be dealt with accordingly. Those were the conditions on which this facility can be drawn down.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: That is a figment of the Deputy's imagination.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no date for that Bill.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: I do not wish to cross the Ceann Comhairle at any time. An affordable energy strategy is being drawn up. In this winter season, more than €240 million will be made available by the Government under various household packages such as the national fuel allowance and free electricity and gas allowance. The household benefits package in 2009 extended the period by two weeks from 30 to 32...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: An affordable energy strategy is being prepared. In the meantime, this Government has made real improvements which are well above the cost of living increases at a time of severe economic and financial crisis. We have been able not only to maintain but to increase them and to extend the period in 2009 at a time when the economy was contracting by 10%.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: This stands in stark contrast to the Labour Party's record when it had responsibility for this area.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: That Bill is due to be published this session. For the purposes of reply and to put it in my own words, having listened to the Deputy's point, the ratification of conventions can only occur when the necessary legislation is in place to implement the convention. Other countries ratify conventions and have no domestic framework for them. It is preferable that we bring forward the legislation...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: There is no date for that legislation.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: We will deal with that one next year.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Brian Cowen: It is intended to take that legislation before Christmas, probably the week after the budget. It is important that we get it through.