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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Barry Cowen: ...'s meeting is to resume our discussion on sovereign wealth funds and to discuss the publication, Future-proofing the Public Finances – the Next Steps. We are joined by Mr. Matthew McGann, Mr. Pat Leahy and Mr. Colm Roche. I offer sincere apologies for the delay in admitting them to the meeting and thank them for their patience. I hope we have not disrupted their evening too much....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: There is great disappointment, dismay, frustration and even anger at the Government's and Fine Gael's collective failure to deliver on the commitment made by the then Deputy and former Minister, Mr. Pat Rabbitte, to deliver broadband to every household in the country at a cost of €500 million. The Taoiseach's mutterings in recent days suggest that will not now be the case. What role...

Priority Questions: Rental Sector (27 Feb 2018)

Barry Cowen: Last year my colleague, Deputy Pat Casey, initiated a proposal for the housing committee to undertake a study and make recommendations on the regulation of short-term lettings. Airbnb has encouraged this type of letting which can impact further on the availability of conventional units in the rental market and contribute to the unfortunate and ridiculous rent increases we have seen, with the...

Social Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: ...of. When they were constructed and built many years previously, there was nothing in the contract to state they should be left idle for two years after ten or 15 years. The Government wants a pat on the back for refurbishing them. The reason they needed to be refurbished was because the Government failed to put in place a tenant purchase scheme which would fund local authorities and...

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: ...the recovery going, but I suggest we need to spread the recovery around the country to meet the needs of all the people. Fine Gael wants to please just 30% of the electorate. The Labour Party has been given a pat on the head and been told to paddle its own canoe, which would be grand if it could do so. The Government has failed to take the simplest measures sought by my party and by...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: ...billions of euro would be invested in rural areas. The Minister of State with responsibility for rural affairs informed us, however, that the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, CEDRA, which is chaired by Mr. Pat Spillane, will not invest another red cent over and above what has already been invested in rural areas. This type of spin and rubbish is coming home to...

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2014)

Barry Cowen: ...the intervention by his colleague, Senator John Kelly, last night when he disassociated himself with the comments of the Fine Gael candidate. If nothing else, they appear to have learned from the mistakes, as Deputy Pat Rabbitte said, about doing those things during the course of elections, and they have learned obviously from the Tesco ad fiasco and so forth. I want to acknowledge that...

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Barry Cowen: Will the Tánaiste clarify to the House the differing utterances that have emanated from the Taoiseach and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, in regard to the sale of Coillte and related harvesting rights? Will there be legislation from Government to give effect to the merger that is spoken about between Coillte and Bord na Móna?