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Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I hope to have it by the end of the session.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I doubt the legislation will be facilitated this session. There have been deliberations and the Minister will make an announcement.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister will decide when the announcement is made.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It does not relate to legislation.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Matters going before the Cabinet are not matters for the Order of Business. The Government is committed to the delivery of the Limerick regeneration programme and the Minister of State in charge of it will make a public announcement. I do not have a date for that.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: That legislation was sanctioned by the Cabinet and we are ad idem that the legislation should be passed before the Houses rise for the summer recess. I am sure we will get the co-operation from everyone to ensure that legislation will get through.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The publication is imminent.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: We will revert to the Deputy.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: We will get back to the Deputy.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is the Government's intention to have the head shops legislation on the floor of the House and everyone is anxious for it to be enacted quickly. The Údarás na Gaeltachta legislation will be this session.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister for Finance has been more than forthcoming in respect of these issues and in briefing his colleagues. It is appropriate to state that the legislation relating to banking matters that has been passed by the House has been extensive in nature and was the subject of much discussion here. I do not accept the Deputy's view that legislation which was passed by the House in the past...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It was unfortunate that our deliberations on the Multi-Unit Developments Bill could not be completed last week. However, we will try to get it through because it is long awaited and much needed. The Government is anxious to pursue the constitutional amendment. However, a decision has not been taken with regard to either what will be the format of the referendum or when it will take place.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, repealing Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA, back from committee; No. 13, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Council of Europe Convention on...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Deputy Higgins raised an issue which I understand was the subject of robust debate in the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs. We provided additional time for that debate but if it is agreeable to the House, I propose that we set aside time after the Order of Business for further discussion on No. 15.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: In regard to No. 14, we refer matters to joint committees to allow a better discussion to take place on issues of importance. The Minister for Justice and Law Reform, on behalf of the Government, has rightly decided that we will opt into this directive, which is important, and we should not divide the House on the proposal.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. The purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (16 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: When assessing the means of students other than independent mature students, the student grant schemes specify that students' means and those of their parents/guardians must be below a prescribed limit. This provision requires that the parents' income be taken into account, irrespective of the individual circumstances in any case where the student is not an independent mature student. Only...

Written Answers — School Libraries: School Libraries (16 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. Library staff, like other public servants in the Education Sector, other than teachers and SNAs, are subject to the public sector recruitment moratorium. Exemptions from the moratorium are, in the context of the public finances, a matter for serious deliberation. However, I am pleased to say that it has been decided to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has advised my Department that it issued guidelines to schools in February 2010 setting out the timelines within which schools should submit applications for transport for children with special education needs enrolling in September 2010. Primary schools were advised to submit applications to the local Special Educational Needs Organiser...

Written Answers — Summer Works Scheme: Summer Works Scheme (16 Jun 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that my Department has received an appeal from the school to which the Deputy refers in relation to its application under the Summer Works Scheme 2010. The appeal is under consideration and a decision will issue to the school authority in due course.