Results 15,961-15,980 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: My Department provides funding to organisations based upon their service or other contribution rather than their charitable status per se. Funding is provided to many organisations through the National Lottery fund for various projects and services in any given year, many of which would have charitable status, and some of which may provide services for those with neurological conditions....
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: The amounts paid by my Department to staff in respect of mileage for travel purposes for the years 2007 to 2011 are set out in the table. These payments do not include payments made to Ministers and Ministers of State. Year Amount (â¬) 2007 128,753 2008 114,310 2009 51,070 2010 47,310 2011 0
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and will be forwarded direct to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: Staff members availing of maternity leave at my Department are not replaced as a matter of routine during the period of their absence. Normal practice is to reallocate work among remaining staff for the duration of such absences. There have been 32.2 (WTE) instances of maternity leave since the implementation of the embargo on recruitment on the 27th March 2009. Similar arrangements apply in...
- Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (25 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: One of the objectives of the Employment Control Framework 2011-2014 is to reduce the numbers of management/administrative staff and non-frontline staff employed in the health sector, while simultaneously increasing the numbers employed in certain frontline grades including Medical Consultants, Physiotherapists, Social Workers and Speech and Language Therapists. The numbers employed in the...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant grant awarding authority i.e. the applicant's local authority or VEC. Where a grant application is refused, the reason for the refusal is given by the grant awarding authority. An applicant may appeal the decision to the relevant local authority or VEC. Where the grant awarding authority...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: The school to which the Deputy refers recently applied to my Department for funding for additional accommodation. Supplementary information in support of the application was requested from the school and this has now been provided. The application will be assessed and my Department will convey a decision to the school authority when this process has been completed.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: Estimated savings to the Exchequer from the withdrawal, with effect from 1 January 2009, of the ancillary grant to fee-charging schools with a Protestant ethos were estimated at â¬2.8 million. The grant was withdrawn due to concerns about the constitutionality of making it available to fee-charging schools of one ethos and not to those of another. However, I wish to assure the Deputy that I...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: The school to which the Deputy refers recently applied to my Department for funding for additional accommodation. The application will be assessed and my Department will convey a decision to the school authority when this process has been completed.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: Work is currently underway in my Department on the preparation of the following items of draft legislation: 1. Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill The Heads of Bill were approved by Government in January 2010 and work is at an advanced stage on the preparation of the draft legislation. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the amalgamation of a number of...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that an application for redundancy has been received by my Department from the person 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 — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant grant awarding authority i.e. the applicant's local authority or VEC. Where a grant application is refused, the reason for the refusal is given by the grant awarding authority. An applicant may appeal the decision to the relevant local authority or VEC. Where the grant awarding authority...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to advise the Deputy, that a project to provide a new school building for the school to which he refers, has been announced as one of the projects to commence the process of appointing a design team under my Department's 2011 Multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. My officials will be in further contact with the school authority in due course relating to the...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (26 Jan 2011)
Mary Coughlan: I understand that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for the works in question under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. Applications for funding under the scheme are being processed in my Department, as outlined in the Circular governing the operation of the Scheme, and the school authority in question will be notified of the decision on the application later in the...