Results 1-8 of 8 for tenet speaker:Brian Cowen

European Council Meetings. (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Cowen: One of the fundamental tenets of compliance with international law is respect for the territorial integrity of every country. Regardless of the view taken by the Russian Federation or anybody else of the application for NATO membership by Georgia, it does not entitle any country to invade that territory. By the same token, the decision by the Georgian President to send Georgian troops into...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Oct 2007)

Brian Cowen: ...no VAT is applied to admission fees. In this regard, the current exemption is already very generous covering a broad range of actives accessible to the wider public. In addition, one of the basic tenets of EU VAT law relates to the proper functioning of the internal market. This means that it is not possible to use VAT law to favour artists not resident in this state over artists who...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Feb 2007)

Brian Cowen: ...no VAT is applied to admission fees. In this regard, the current exemption is already very generous covering a broad range of actives accessible to the wider public. In addition, one of the basic tenets of EU VAT law relates to the proper functioning of the internal market. This means that it is not possible to use VAT law to favour artists not resident in this state over artists that are...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Feb 2007)

Brian Cowen: ...no VAT is applied to admission fees. In this regard, the current exemption is already very generous covering a broad range of actives accessible to the wider public. In addition, one of the basic tenets of EU VAT law relates to the proper functioning of the internal market. This means that it is not possible to use VAT law to favour artists not resident in this state over artists that are...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (31 Jan 2007)

Brian Cowen: ...no VAT is applied to admission fees. In this regard, the current exemption is already very generous covering a broad range of actives accessible to the wider public. In addition, one of the basic tenets of EU VAT law relates to the proper functioning of the internal market. This means that it is not possible to use VAT law to favour artists not resident in this state over artists that are...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Jul 2006)

Brian Cowen: ...concerning the tax including: the difficulties relating to practical implementation of the tax; its doubtful effect on short-term speculative capital movements; its conflict with the basic tenet of free capital movement in the EU; its disproportionate effect on small business and consumers; the probability that the tax would simply drive participants into other (non-taxable) alternatives;...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2005)

Brian Cowen: ...concerning the tax, including the difficulties relating to practical implementation of the tax; its doubtful effect on short-term speculative capital movements; its conflict with the basic tenet of free capital movement in the EU; its disproportionate effect on small business and consumers; the probability that the tax would simply drive participants into other, non-taxable, alternatives;...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Feb 2004)

Brian Cowen: ...the people of the DPRK, and would facilitate a constructive approach to human rights co-operation with the international community. The elimination of human rights abuses has long been a central tenet of Ireland's foreign policy, and I assure the Deputy that my Department will continue to work, together with our EU partners and through the UN, to press for further information and openness...