Results 12,381-12,400 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (11 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (11 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
- Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (11 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland is in constant contact with the Ireland management team of the company, and together they are focusing on preparations for meaningful engagement with Kraft management on the future of the company in Ireland. My officials are keeping me updated regularly as regards progress and when the necessary preparatory work has been done I will be engaging fully with the relevant...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (11 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A total of â¬175m was committed under the seed and venture capital fund 2007 to 2012. Out of this overall allocation, Enterprise Ireland has to date committed investment to 10 funds. Of these, 8 funds with a total size of â¬525 million have commenced operations. Two further funds with a total size of â¬150 million remain under negotiation.
- Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (11 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is not clear at present when my Department will be in a position to provide the information.
- Referral to Select Committee: Motion (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Ãireann approves the following Order in draft: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2010, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Ãireann on 11th February, 2010, be referred to the Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service, in accordance with paragraph (1) of the Orders of Reference of...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take all the questions together. Following the announcement that SRT was to close its aircraft maintenance operation at Dublin Airport, I established a group under the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, with the engagement of an aviation expert, to act as a contact point for any company interested in taking over part of the SRT business, or starting a similar business at the airport....
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: My approach to all job creation opportunities is that a point of first contact is made with the relevant agencies, whether Enterprise Ireland, the IDA or Ãdarás na Gaeltachta. This point of contact is most appropriate in dealing with commercially sensitive issues which arise with regard to any company that wishes to come to this country. I take exactly the same approach to working with...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The image the Deputy portrays is based on people not having the full facts. The full facts were not available to readers of latest edition of the Sunday Independent and I was not afforded an opportunity to set the record straight, which is what I am doing now. On Monday morning, my Department received a letter indicating that Mr. O'Leary was making a decision on investment in Prestwick....
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I thank the Deputy for his constructive proposal. My colleagues on the benches behind me are ad idem with him on this issue. Our first objective in the context of aviation policy in this State is that we continue to have a viable Ryanair, a viable Aer Lingus and a viable Aer Arann. We are all agreed on that. Second, we want to ensure that those who lost their jobs in SR Technics are given...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The DAA, as I am aware from my discussions with it, is in a position to reconfigure the hangars at Dublin Airport to make them available, but it requires a specification of the needs of the company concerned in order to do so. That can be done in the context of a business plan. I hope that my discussions this evening with Ryanair representatives will involve a discussion of the framework of...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As a Deputy from Dublin North I assume he wants to continue to have a vibrant Aer Lingus in his constituency.
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am very cognisant of that as well. I am also very cognisant of what was read by the Taoiseach in the context of the lease and the legalities of the situation. When Aer Rianta set up Team Aer Lingus with Aer Lingus, there was a covenant which meant that Aer Lingus would have a determination which it must discuss with Aer Lingus in any changes taking place in the leases. Three changes took...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----FLS, and SR Technics. SR Technics sold its facilities to Dublin Airport Authority but there was a caveat that Aer Lingus had to sign off and give permission for that to happen. That lease agreement, that caveat, that covenant, is legal.
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Many people in this country are very fond of court. I have asked to see the lease. I have seen the lease and it will stand up. On the basis of Aer Lingus signing off on that caveat, the DAA was in a position to give a licence to Aer Lingus for 20 years. What the Deputy is asking me to do is to tell someone who now has a legal lease licence to give that to someone else on the basis that...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----in its overall plan which it is developing. As I indicated that is a hangar for wide-bodied aircraft. If Aer Lingus was to be moved out of hangar 6, another hangar with the capacity to support and service wide-bodied aircraft would have to be built on the DAA premises. The Deputy is correct in saying there is provision within the lease that if it is the view of DAA for aviation...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the context of that new build which would have to be for Aer Lingus, what I said here is that the DAA is prepared to build a hangar or a site can be provided so that Ryanair can build its own hangar, similar to what is being provided in Prestwick. We are trying to be fair and reasonable to ensure we can work through the specifications, the needs and requirements of this company, through a...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I do not disagree that Shannon continues to be very important strategically in the context of aviation. There are a number of maintenance and support companies in Shannon for Lufthansa and Aer Lingus. While I support the Links project, as does the Minister for Transport, all the Deputies in the mid west region and the DAA, it is not fully mature yet in order to move on to final decision...
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the context of these jobs, I did not forget about Shannon.
- Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Although Dublin Airport is the preferred option, I could find as good a solution for Ryanair - in the context of a base for its maintenance operation - at Shannon Airport if it so desired.