Results 9,781-9,800 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (3 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Sales transactions in Ireland are essentially governed by the Sale of Goods Act 1893, the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980 and other secondary legislation deriving from EU Directives. This statutory framework, which covers both business to business and business to consumer sales transactions, provides particular protections for consumers when purchasing goods and services,...
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I can be very distinct.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy's insinuations are as preposterous as always.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The authorities will deal with that, not Deputy Burton.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: That is not true.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: There is mortgage interest relief amounting to a couple of hundred euro a month, the cost of utilities will go down and we will ensure, through the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, a reduction in her ESB bill. We are the backbone of everything.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Thank God Deputy Burton's party is not in power anyway. It has no ideas at all.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy should watch it.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Ceann Comhairle has advised meââ
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle should remind us of Standing Orders pertaining to the Order of Business, none of which anybody seems to know.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: A bit of sincerity would be helpful.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: What of the extra resources and services we provided? What about them?
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: We needed them.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Is that the Deputy's contribution â a call for a general election?
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Innuendo and accusations.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Yes, I provided money for redundant apprentices.
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I will not rise to some of the derisory comments which are personal in nature. In due course and at the next election we will deal with them. The reality of the current global economic downturn has again been brought home to us with confirmation that the number of people now on the live register stands at just below 328,000. The rate at which this figure has increased over such a short...
- Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Irish oil industry is fully privatised, liberalised and deregulated and there is no price control on petroleum products in Ireland. Prices at the pump reflect global market price (traded in dollars), Euro/Dollar fluctuations, refining costs, transportation costs, other operating costs, prevailing excise duty and VAT. Recent increases in pump prices may be attributable to a number of...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Industrial Development Acts, both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are independent in the exercise of their functions and, while I may give general policy directives to the agencies, I am precluded from giving directives regarding individual undertakings or from giving preference to one area over others. While both agencies are very active in Kilkenny, as outlined below, I am...
- Written Answers — IDA Properties: IDA Properties (4 Feb 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including the purchase of land and the creation of business parks, are day-to-day operational matters for the agency and not matters in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that it owns a total of 73.82 hectares of land in County Mayo, of which 48.17 hectares are in use and 25.65 hectares are available and...