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Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The differences between Fine Gael and the Labour Party are striking. The one thing we have is a plan, that plan is NAMA, we are working on its development and working out that system to ensure we have access to credit and that we deal with the viability of the banking system. We are working towards examining the potential of a loan guarantee scheme.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is easy to sit over there.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Let us hear all about the Fine Gael magic bank, that monument to Deputy Enda Kenny-----

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: -----where we will bring all of the organisations together, create one huge monolithic God knows what, to ensure-----

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I have.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Exactly. At least to be fair to him, he realised it is not workable and will not create any more jobs.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is the very one who came to this House to discuss quangos. He wants to create the biggest quango that was ever created in the history of this State through the development of what he wanted to do on the creation of jobs.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The organisational review programme – or ORP - report was based on examination of my Department's capacity to deliver for our stakeholders and was published in November 2008. As part of the ORP process, and in response to the ORP team's findings, my Department drew up an action plan aimed at addressing the specific findings of the report and that action plan was published in conjunction...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I do not know why I should answer the question. The Deputy is going around in circles. The question is-----

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: That is the question. The Deputy raised the issue of the competitiveness agenda, which is key to the work that has been ongoing in the Cabinet sub-committee dealing with economic recovery, where my Department, as the lead Department, has ensured we have reduced our electricity and gas costs, which are a major issue, and reduced the regulatory burden on businesses. All of that work has been...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: We have seen a reduction in energy costs and labour cost inputs.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The issue of competitiveness is being dealt with. We will continue to drive the competitiveness agenda, particularly in the more sheltered sectors, arising from the Competition Authority proposals dealing with the non-traded sectors in particular, although I appreciate the Deputy is not always enamoured with Competition Authority proposals. These are the challenges associated with the issue...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The reorganisation of the Department is clearly focused in establishing much better, well-supported, clearly focused, policy driven initiatives in particular with regard to the issue of competitiveness.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy knows nothing about the running of any Department-----

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The question is about the ORP, the organisational review programme, which is dealing with the structures, the frameworks and the policy initiatives involved in running the Department. I and the team in my Department are fully addressing the competitiveness issue. We are working with a number of colleagues to ensure that from an over-arching perspective the competitiveness and the innovation...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: -----been achieved. If the Deputy had bothered to read the work of IDA Ireland, he would clearly see that there is a new narrative in encouraging FDI, foreign direct investment into the country, based on greater competitiveness, a reduction in our energy costs and a reduction in the labour unit costs. That is the reality and we are much more competitive-----

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: -----but it will continue to be an issue we will continue to support.

Job Creation. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My most recent contacts with Ryanair were a meeting I had with its chief executive officer, Mr. Michael O'Leary, on Tuesday 16 February, followed by a letter I wrote to Mr. O'Leary on 18 February and letters I received from him on 19 February and 25 February. Mr. O'Leary also responded on 19 February to a letter of 18 February from Shannon Development, one of the agencies under the aegis of...

Job Creation. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I refute that remark. The work of the committee last week indicated that Aer Lingus required hangar 6 and that Mr. O'Leary was only interested in hangar 6 in the provision of these jobs. It is also important to say that Ryanair received legal advice well before SRT decided to move from here, indicating that hangar 6 would be hugely complicated. When Aer Rianta established TEAM Aer Lingus,...

Job Creation. (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It was almost two years ago that SRT management came to me indicating grave concerns about the viability of the company. Through Enterprise Ireland and the IDA, I supported the organisation but unfortunately the new CEO and the board decided not to continue in Dublin. We then worked with all interested people to ensure replacement jobs were created. I personally worked closely with Dublin...