Results 11,061-11,080 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The public must be kept apprised of the difficult choices that must be made.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: As the Taoiseach indicated, the legislation relating to NAMA will be published this month.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I have already answered the two questions I was asked.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The animal health and welfare Bill relates to the health of animals, not that of farmers.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The animal health and welfare Bill is not yet ready for publication. As the Deputy is aware, the legislation in question will impose significant requirements on members of the farming community. That is why careful consideration is being given to it before we finalise a date for publication. Record numbers of people, some 62,000 - 17,000 of them since May - are on REPS. It is expected that...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated previously, the provisions of the Pharmacy Act 2007 have not yet been implemented in full. It has not, therefore, been decided whether it would be appropriate to introduce a second item of legislation. The legislation relating to soft information is currently being drafted by the relevant Minister.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I would hate to lose Deputy P. J. Sheehan in the forest. The heads of the legislation were approved in March. I will ask the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Killeen, to revert to the Deputy in respect of a timeframe for the Bill's publication.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I had almost drafted the legislation before I left the relevant Department.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that following the death of Shane Geoghegan, everyone in this House was revulsed by what happened and all Members were asked to do whatever was necessary to deal with such issues. Members were ad idem on this matter in the House. While I acknowledge this legislation is extremely tough, very tough items of legislation have been introduced to the House over the years. It is...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Early next year.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is more than able to articulate this point and discuss the matter with the Minister for Finance. However, as yet there has been no decision to change the process.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am unsure and will revert to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government is proposing to introduce a Temporary Employment Subsidy Scheme. The purpose of this scheme will be to help the economy to retain its productive capacity and help employers to retain the labour, knowledge and skills of the workforce, thereby supporting a faster return to sustainable growth; help employees to retain their jobs, and ensure that economic and fiscal stability is...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 85 together. As the Deputy is aware, during the course of the budget speech last October, my colleague the Minister for Finance announced the merger of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority as part of the rationalisation of State Agencies. It is my intention to bring forward legislation during the course of 2009 to implement this...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not have staff employed in County Louth.

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: At the commencement of its work, the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes, which is chaired by Mr. Colm McCarthy, invited my Department to submit an evaluation paper to the group, setting out the main areas of spending in my Department. This paper was submitted to the special group in January 2009 and included a number of options for potential savings within my...

Written Answers — Employment Levels: Employment Levels (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Data in respect of employment in agency assisted companies are collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly data for 2009 will not be available until 2010. The following tabular statements provide data for the period 1998 -2008 at regional and county level in respect of Permanent Full-Time employment and Temporary Part-Time Employment in enterprise agency assisted firms. In...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: There have been 32 applications for the incentivised career break scheme within my Department. There have been 21 applications so far for the incentivised scheme for early retirement (ISER) within my Department; however, the closing date for applications for this scheme is 1 September 2009. No staff of the Department have been made redundant in the past 12 months. The following information...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has not undertaken any reviews of the application of EU Regulation 2064/97.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 and 105 together. At our meeting last week Commissioner Spidla reiterated that the Commission would give applications submitted from Ireland for support from the European Globalisation Fund every consideration. In line with the revised eligibility conditions that now govern funding provided from the European Globalisation Fund, the possibilities of making...