Results 13,981-14,000 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Government has decided the House will rise on 8 July. This matter will be brought to the House in due course. The Government has not decided as to when the House will be recalled. It is not usual for the Government to determine the date of the budget as this early time. It will be determined in due course. With regard to all the other issues raised ad infinitum in the House, no...
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: That is the way it goes.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Deputy Barrett could go for it himself.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: No decision has been made. When it is, we will tell everybody. No decision has been made. There is no point in raising this issue anymore because we are not in a position to give a date.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is being drafted and it is intended to bring it to the House in the next session.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Yes, but there are only two more weeks left to this session.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The heads of the Bill were approved last November. The legislation will be brought to the House at the end of this year.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It will not be coming to the House in this session. There are ongoing consultations about the legislation and there is no date as to when the legislation will be before the House.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There is no date for that legislation.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The national monuments Bill will be taken next year.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: This is a review of the Department of Finance, not the Department of the Taoiseach. The Minister has indicated there will be an independent review to evaluate the systems, structures and processes used by the Department of Finance in its role in advising the Minister and the Government. It will be carried out expeditiously and I do not anticipate that the terms of reference, etc., will be a...
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy's remarks have nothing to do with legislation.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I have not been briefed for some time on that directive. I am aware I reverted to the Deputy some time ago.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: It is a substantial tranche of legislation. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Calleary, to revert directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: At the meeting on 15th April last, the Taoiseach advised the religious congregations of the Government's view that it would be a fair and reasonable outcome in all the circumstances for the State and those responsible for the residential institutions, to meet the final costs of responding to residential institutional abuse, which are estimated to reach some â¬1.36bn, on a 50:50 basis. As the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Officials from my Department have held discussions with a number of representatives from the Church of Ireland, and wider Protestant community, concerning issues relating to their fee-charging schools. These discussions are continuing. My officials are willing to meet with representatives of the college to which the Deputy refers, if requested. I wish to assure the Deputy that I am...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The staffing schedule is structured to ensure that, on average, one mainstream classroom teacher is allocated to schools for every 28 pupils. Improvements to the staffing schedule arising from the additional posts in the renewed Programme for Government mean that one mainstream classroom teacher is allocated, on average, for every 27 pupils in medium to larger schools as these schools are...
- Written Answers — Water Conservation: Water Conservation (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Rainwater harvesting systems were first introduced for major school building projects in 2008. Since then all major school building projects, where site conditions and circumstances allow and where economically viable to do so, can incorporate a rainwater harvesting system into their brief. While fitting the systems in new schools during construction is relatively straightforward,...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 1 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is an independent agency with responsibility for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream and special schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's policy in allocating this support. I understand from the NCSE that a...