Results 24,381-24,400 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: I understand that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will not be available next week, with the exception of being present for Question Time, as he will be abroad. That is the reason the Whips were not in a position to agree on a time for the debate. The International Criminal Court Bill will be debated next week. If we can find time the following week to discuss the matter raised by the Deputy...

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: It might be more appropriate for the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government to discuss it in the first instance.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: I understand that it is intended to enact the Bill before the summer recess.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: Obviously people will be selected on the basis of the skills they have for a job and on no other basis.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: It is obvious.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: As I stated yesterday and on Tuesday, there is one issue outstanding. The Bill is on the Cabinet agenda and will be published very quickly.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: The Bill is on schedule.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: Later this year.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: Many of the issues involved were dealt with in legislation passed in this House last year to facilitate the accession countries on 1 May. The heads of the Bill have been circulated to the Government and it will be published in the next couple of weeks.

Written Answers — Property Acquisitions: Property Acquisitions (4 May 2004)

Mary Harney: My Department has not had any discussions about the acquisition of the property in question.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (4 May 2004)

Mary Harney: I am informed that there is no record of a valid work permit application in this case. Applications which are incomplete or incorrect are returned to the employer for completion.

Written Answers — Irish Press Group: Irish Press Group (30 Mar 2004)

Mary Harney: In March 1995, the then Minister for Enterprise and Employment received the interim report of the Competition Authority which recommended inter alia that the shareholding in Irish Press held by Independent Newspapers represented an abuse of a dominant position under section 5 and an anti-competitive agreement under section 4 of the Competition Act 1991. During 1995, the Irish Press titles...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (30 Mar 2004)

Mary Harney: Nurses who are non-EU nationals and who are employed in Ireland are not employed on work permits but under working visas-work authorisations schemes, which are administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The matter of children being permitted to join parents who are non-EU citizens and who are employed here is a matter for the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform. In respect...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (30 Mar 2004)

Mary Harney: The work permits section of my Department examines applications from employers for permission to employ non-EU nationals on the basis that these employers have been unable to obtain Irish-EU nationals suitable for employment that they have available. No advice about the outcome of an application can be given in advance of the receipt of such an application. All matters relating to residence...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (30 Mar 2004)

Mary Harney: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including decisions regarding location and size of land owned by IDA, are day to day operational matters for the agency and not matters in which I have a function. IDA Ireland is in the process of evaluating a number of potential sites in County Galway. As part of this process Teagasc, who have a significant landholding in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2004)

Mary Harney: During the past seven years, my Department has entered into a very significant number of contracts and procurements in order to fulfil its administrative functions. Ensuring that any list of contracts and procurements entered into by the Department since 1997 is comprehensive and exhaustive. Establishing whether or not overruns occurred, and the nature of such overruns, will require a very...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (17 Feb 2004)

Mary Harney: Arising from recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General's office, my Department records details of all consultancy type projects since 2000 on an interdepartmental consultancy database. The attached schedule sets out details of all such consultancies in respect of the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 as transcribed from the database. It also includes similar details in respect of...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (17 Feb 2004)

Mary Harney: The area of late payment in commercial transactions comes within the area of responsibility of my Department. The European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002 (SI 388 of 2002) came into operation on 7 August 2002. Under the regulations, sections 4 to 11 of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 were repealed. It is the regulations, rather than the Prompt...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (17 Feb 2004)

Mary Harney: In August 2002, FLS Industries announced its intention to dispose of its aerospace business as part of a disposal of non-core businesses. It is understood that the sale of FLS Aerospace (including FLS, Dublin) has not yet been completed and is subject to the approval of various regulatory authorities. IDA Ireland is closely monitoring developments and has sought an early meeting with SR...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Feb 2004)

Mary Harney: I no longer have responsibility for insurance undertakings. From 1 May 2003, the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, IFSRA, is responsible for practically all of the financial services industry, including the registration and supervision of insurance undertakings and the services provided by them. I do not have the information that the Deputy is requesting in relation to the...