Results 13,661-13,680 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Exactly,-----
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: -----the Government will provide the budget.
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is not my intention to extend the remit of the redress scheme.
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is not my intention to extend it.
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Within the next two weeks.
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am led to believe the Roscommon report will be published around the end of June. On the other matters, as I indicated to both Leaders, the information as requested by the Minister in March of this year will be forthcoming at the end of the week. Legislation will then be required to be introduced in the context of the further investigations. I have no other information to report.
- Order of Business. (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The licensing of health facilities Bill is to provide for a mandatory system of licensing for public and private health care facilities. I am not in a position to give an undertaking as to when it will be available to the House.
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 244 together. The Labour Market Activation Fund, 2010 is intended to support the provision of training and education programmes for the unemployed - prioritising the low skilled, and those formerly employed in declining sectors such as construction, retail and manufacturing sectors, with particular emphasis on the under 35's and the long-term...
- Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The annual cost of maintaining my Department's website is approximately â¬21,000. This figure includes a contribution, which was â¬6,929 in 2009, to the Local Government Computer Services Board (LGCSB) for hosting the website. To expedite claims and streamline the application process for the Energy Efficiency Scheme announced in May 2009 (this scheme is now closed) a new website...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The following is the situation in relation to major building projects to proceed to construction or currently on site in 2010 in Dublin 8,10,12 and 20: Major building projects for the following schools are currently on site: Scoil Mhuire Ogh (RN 16964F), Crumlin, Dublin 12 and Scoil Bride C (18324C), Palmerstown, Dublin 20. A major building project for Inchicore National School (20139T),...
- Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The policies and criteria for the inclusion in, or alignment with, the Framework of awards made by universities and other awarding bodies are the responsibility of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI). For an award to be recognised through the Framework at a particular level, the specific learning outcomes associated with that award must be demonstrated to be in line with...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that an application for redundancy has been received by my Department from the Special Needs Assistant referred to by the Deputy. Applications for redundancy are being received on an ongoing basis and are processed in date order of receipt. The application in question will be dealt with as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. Non EU nationals who are legally in the State and who have an entitlement to work are entitled to access the full range of FÃS programmes, subject to satisfying the other criteria for the respective schemes. The exception is that persons from outside the State/EEA and Switzerland who hold work permits and who have subsequently become...
- Written Answers — Recognition of Qualifications: Recognition of Qualifications (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There are two main modes of recognition for qualifications obtained overseas: the recognition of academic qualifications and the recognition of professional qualifications in regulated professions. In 2004 Ireland became a signatory to the 1997 Lisbon Convention on the recognition of qualifications in higher education in the European Region. The Convention requires that qualifications issued...
- Written Answers — Recognition of Qualifications: Recognition of Qualifications (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a process by which learning that has already taken place prior to enrolment on a programme of study is given a value. This learning process may have taken place formally through a further or higher education provider or informally or non-formally through work/life experiences. The broad aim of RPL is to enable and encourage people to enter or re-enter...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (27 May 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 — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. I have arranged for the details...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The school referred to by the Deputy was announced in 2005 as one of the 27 schools included in my Department's PPP school building programme. A site has been purchased by City of Galway VEC for the provision of a new school building. My Department is now in the process of identifying what school projects might be eligible for consideration for inclusion in a 4th bundle of PPP schools and...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. Forward Planning Section of my Department is analysing demographic trends and the impact for school infrastructure provision on an ongoing basis. Based on this analysis of current demographic trends it is anticipated that there will be a need for a further post-primary school in the Clonburris, Lucan area in the medium term. More detailed...
- Written Answers — Redundant Apprentices: Redundant Apprentices (27 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A total of 7,453 apprentices are currently registered by FÃS as redundant. The following measures have been initiated to support redundant apprentices: 1. FÃS has put in place an interim measure whereby redundant apprentices may progress to the next off-the-job training phase of their apprenticeship, in line with current scheduling criteria. In 2009, over 2,000 redundant apprentices...