Results 12,761-12,780 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I answered the question asked by the Deputy.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There is no promised legislation.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy is aware, that is not the question she asked. The heads of the Bill have been signed off by the Government.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The heads of the social welfare Bill have been signed off by the Government this week. Preparation for publication is taking place.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The situation in respect of this matter is quite nonsensical. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ãamon à CuÃv, can be approached by any Member of the House on any occasion.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I will advise the Minister of the issues that have been raised in the House.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Central Bank Bill will be taken in the summer.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy has been given an answer to his question.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There is no date for that legislation.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The heads of the Bill were passed by the Government on Tuesday and it is our intention to have the legislation in the House this session.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The heads of the legislation will be available very shortly.
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Due to industrial action on the part of some staff in the Department of Education and Science, I am not in a position to give full details of the project for the school referred to by the Deputy. The timetable for the Summer Works Scheme 2010 has been published as part of the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0057/2009) is available on the Department's website...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Due to industrial action on the part of some staff in the Department of Education and Science, I am not in a position to give full details of the project for the school referred to by the Deputy. The timetable for the Summer Works Scheme 2010 has been published as part of the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0057/2009) is available on the Department's website...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is very supportive of the SNA scheme. It has been a key factor in both ensuring the successful integration of children with special educational needs into mainstream education and providing support to pupils enrolled in special schools and special classes. The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is referring to the in the Report of the Special Education Review Committee, 1993, also known as the SERC Report. The Deputy will be aware that the staffing of special classes is determined by reference to the recommendations outlined in the report. In accordance with SERC the minimum staffing ratios for the classes in the disability categories in question are as follows:...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 235 together. The person in question retired with a public service pension from a post with a College of Education in 1995. She subsequently took up pensionable employment as a primary teacher and has since retired with a separate pension in respect of that service. In 2007, following a request for incremental progression in respect of her service...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Abatement of pension applies in the case of public servants who, following retirement with a pension, take up public service employment in the same public service sector from which they have retired. This is a standard feature of public service pension schemes generally. Abatement is the mechanism used to ensure that the combined earnings (pension plus pay) do not exceed the pay on which the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A range of factors are considered before making a final selection of projects to progress to tender and construction as part of the school building programme. Priority is established primarily on the basis of a project's band rating in accordance with the Criteria for Prioritising Large Scale Projects, details of which are published on my Department's website. However, there is a range of...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations and determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations. I can inform the Deputy that the Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (25 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is my Department's understanding that such practices do not generally occur on sites under Ministerial ownership. In any event, a central list is not maintained of such agreements. My Department is aware however of a long standing agreement whereby it approved by way of letter of 22 February 1991 the use of a classroom to be used by a Montessori School which operates in the original...