Results 1-6 of 6 for cowen speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)
Paddy Burke: ...outside the Civil Service was brought in to be an ambassador. There are quite a lot of people who have graced the Houses of the Oireachtas, Dáil and Seanad, such as Bertie Ahern, Enda Kenny and Brian Cowen. Is there any reason they would not make great ambassadors for this country? This is an area that should be looked at. This Bill should encompass those things. We should have a...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)
Paddy Burke: ...and the compensation awarded to people. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection now asks those claiming social welfare for various details. When he was Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen apologised to people such as those outlined by the Senator for how they were treated by the State. It is unbelievable that the Department would hound those people, given that the then...
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the amendment tabled by Deputy Cowen in the other House. How many people is it envisaged would be caught in this trap, and how much will it cost the Exchequer? Furthermore, is it the case that if this legislation, when it was brought forward first, were rushed through the House, no one would be caught in this trap? If so, could the date not be the date on which the Bill was...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)
Paddy Burke: Deputy Cowen is still Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2007)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, to the House.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
Paddy Burke: ..., if not more, in Mountjoy Prison as there were ten or 12 years ago. One must take the comments of the Minister, Deputy McDowell, with a pinch of salt. I am sure the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, said as much when he rebuffed the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform with regard to the â¬2 billion that is badly needed for the economy.