Results 8,521-8,540 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The number of civil servants currently working in my Department is 1131 which equates to 1059.42 full time equivalents. Each staff member of my Department is provided with office space and/or a workstation and there are no members of staff remaining away from work as a result of having no office space or workstation.
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The survey shows that in 2007 the total number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland supported companies was 9,216 while the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy was provided by my predecessor at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin, T. D., by letter dated 30 November 2007, a copy of which is set out as follows. November 2007 Mr. Damien English TD Dáil Ãireann Dublin 2. Re: PQ Nos 26594/07 and 26559/07 Dear Damien, In relation to above PQs which were for written answer on...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy is as follows: State Agency Total ,000 ⬠Health and Safety Authority 24.440 Science Foundation of Ireland 11.330 FÃS 152.254 Enterprise Ireland 110.829 IDA Ireland 45.230 Forfás 37.835 Shannon Development 19.840* Competition Authority 6.776 Labour Relations Commission 6.600 National Standards Authority of Ireland 22.783* Personal Injury...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: There are no staff in my Department working for the national minimum wage.
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a work permit has now issued in this case.
- Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The allocation of individual budgets to the thirty-five County and City Enterprise Boards is carried out by the CEB Central Coordination Unit (CCU) which has been set up within Enterprise Ireland to carry out a number of functions in respect of the CEBs which had been previously undertaken by my Department. Such functions include the allocation of budgets to individual CEBs for the year and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Officials in my Department are currently compiling the information sought by the Deputy. However, due to the large amount of work involved it will not be possible to supply the material within the timescale requested. A full response will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Government's decentralisation programme, FÃS is due to transfer its head office including some 383 posts to Birr, County Offaly. FÃS has completed the purchase of 5.59 acres (approximately) in Birr, Co Offaly for about â¬1.6 million. A Planning Application for the FÃS portion of the site access road and site entrance is currently being progressed. In the meantime, FÃS has...
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Outsourcing and relocation are inevitable in a free market and open economy. Many of the jobs in this economy, especially in the multinational sectors, could be looked upon as having been outsourced to here and we still continue to capture a significant share of such employment. Inter-firm outsourcing is also an important part of enterprise activity. Our economic performance has benefited...
- Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: There are currently no plans for any representatives or officials from my Department to visit Beijing in an official capacity to coincide with the 2008 Olympic Games. Accordingly, there is no projected cost involved.
- Written Answers — Departmental Publications: Departmental Publications (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it has not been possible to compile the information requested by the Deputy in relation to my Department and the Offices of my Department. This information is being compiled at present and I will communicate the details to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 237 together. IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas, for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs, including the arrangement of site visits, is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency. While I may give general policy...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The possibility of developing the former Ispat site at Haulbowline from an enterprise, tourism and leisure perspective was first suggested by a former executive of Enterprise Ireland. The issue has been under consideration in my Department which has consulted with other interests including the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, OPW and the County Manager with a view to...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The range and make-up of supports and services provided by FÃS at local level is a day-to-day operational matter for them, and is not an area in which I have any role to play. I understand that in early 2008 FÃS raised concerns about the capacity of the Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club to meet the agreed targets. Representatives were advised by FÃS that if there was no progress towards achieving...
- Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that I have raised my concerns about the price of grocery goods on a number of occasions recently with the National Consumer Agency and the Retail Association of Ireland. It continues to be my view that retailers have a duty to their customers and to the economies in which they operate to explain why there are such price differentials between their stores in the two...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Industrial Development Acts, the management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is a day to day operational matter for the Agency and not one in which I have a function. I understand from IDA Ireland that it owns a total of total of 69.09 hectares of land in Wickow, a 20 hectare Business Park in Bray, a 24.9 hectare Business Park in Greystones and a 24.19 hectare...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are clients of the industrial development agencies. Information is aggregated on an annualised basis at county level. The number of jobs with support from the Enterprise Development Agencies on a county basis in each of the years from 1998 to the end of 2007 are set out in the attached tabular statement....
- Order of Business (10 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It is proposed to take No. 10, motion on the proposed approval by Dáil Ãireann of the terms of the International Convention against Doping â back from committee; No. 10a, motion re the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and No. b10, motion re the national development plan and the economy (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 10 and 10a shall be...
- Order of Business (10 Jul 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Taoiseach dealt with this yesterday. The publication will be posted on the Department's website. That is the method by which it will be made available.