Results 11,741-11,760 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: All politics is local. On the issue of the Dell funding, we have got clearance from the European Union following ongoing discussions between my Department and the European Commission. The money, as I indicated, will be for the benefit of the individual and not for anyone else's benefit. To reiterate and clarify the position, the money will not go to the individual but it will be for the...
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: We have to give women a break here the odd time.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Bill is usually taken in or around the last week of the session.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Department of Social and Family Affairs will disburse the emergency funding and other funding mechanisms will be managed through the relevant line Departments in due course. It will be done through the Department of Social and Family Affairs locally.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: To be fair, people are doing their utmost.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: That is a management issue for the Department.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: That is a budgetary matter and, as the Deputy will appreciate, I cannot discuss it prior to 9 December.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I can speak for all Members on this matter. I condemn the killing in Arklow yesterday. I convey my sympathies to the family of the deceased and the people of Arklow. It is a traumatic time for the people who live there. We introduced new legislation to the House which increased the penalty for the use of knives. There are heavy penalties for offences involving weapons under the Firearms...
- Written Answers — Trade Union Sector: Trade Union Sector (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: My attention has been drawn to newspaper reports in relation to two trade unions where questions have arisen with regard to their financial affairs. In respect of one of these unions the Registrar of Friendly Societies was contacted directly about the situation. The legislative position regarding corporate governance for trade unions can be split broadly into financial and non-financial...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (26 Nov 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. As at 24th November 2009, 282 Private Sector bodies and 40 Public Sector bodies have applied for and been approved under the Work Placement Programme.
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: My Department does not make specific funds available to promote artists. An annual grant is provided by Enterprise Ireland to the Crafts Council of Ireland to enable it to carry out its functions in promoting the crafts. The Crafts Council is a company limited by guarantee. It is not regulated or controlled by my Department by virtue of any statutory provision and I have no function in its...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: My Department does not retain, in a readily accessible format, the information requested by the Deputy. The Department has, for instance, a significant number of staff who have irregular work patterns. In addition, over the past 11 years, a large number of staff availed of various forms of special leave, e.g. term time, career breaks and carer's leave. These variables would make the...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The weekly training allowance paid to an apprentice who is attending off-the-job training in a FÃS Training Centre, Institute of Technology or College of Further Education is established by reference to the industry sector net pay norm. To establish the net pay norm for a particular sector, FÃS use the following methodology: The gross wage norm notified by the sector in question is reduced...
- Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has not entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 or 2010. My Department has only one small 1.5 cc diesel van which is used for the collection and delivery of documents etc for the Department in Dublin. The van was purchased in June 2008 and is not due for replacement for some years. All options, including the purchase of an electric vehicle,...
- Written Answers — Craft Industry: Craft Industry (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: This is a day-to-day matter for the Crafts Council of Ireland which is a company limited by guarantee. The Council is not regulated or controlled by my Department by virtue of any statutory provision and I have no function in its operational activities.
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: My Department, through Enterprise Ireland, is active both in assisting Irish indigenous companies to find new markets for their products and services and to increase their existing level of market share. Encouraging companies to re-orientate towards the Eurozone in the first instance and, for those which are most capable, into areas such as the Gulf, Brazil, India and China, where economies...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: An application for co-funded assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) towards the costs of a personalized package of occupational guidance, training, employment, entrepreneurship and educational measures for workers made redundant at the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry, Waterford and at ancillary enterprises, was submitted by my Department to the European...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The cost of heating the buildings occupied by my Department and 7 of the Offices of my Department was approximately â¬126,525 in 2008. Another Office of my Department occupies a building where the cost of heating that building is borne by the landlord and I have no information about the 2008 heating costs of that building. I am not in a position to provide the information sought by the...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it has not been possible to collate the data requested. I will contact the Deputy at a later date with the relevant information.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2009)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it has not been possible to provide the data requested. I will revert to the Deputy with the relevant information at a later date.