Results 3,501-3,520 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Company Takeovers: Company Takeovers (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am assuming that the Deputy's question relates to Competition Law. Under the Competition Act 2002, any merger, involving the acquisition of shares in a company, by predatory purchase or otherwise, and which results in the acquisition of control of that company, must be notified to the Competition Authority if the merger satisfies certain financial thresholds. The 2002 Act also provides...
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
- Written Answers — Social Media: Social Media (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I have no plans to introduce the wider use of social media in my Department. The appropriateness of introducing the wider use of such media in my Department will be kept under review.
- Written Answers — Employment Levels: Employment Levels (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy is not maintained by my Department. From information provided by the CSO, the results of the Quarterly National Household Survey for Quarter 3 2009 indicated that there were an estimated 580,000 people aged 15 to 24 years in the State. Of these, an estimated 208,700 were in employment, 2,700 of whom were self-employed. This estimate represents 1.3% of all...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Government Decision S180/20/10/0964C which was communicated to my Department on 27th March 2009 directed that no public service post, however arising, may be filled by recruitment, promotion, nor payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher grade. Since that date, 55 members of staff have retired in my Department. 2 were compulsory retirements at age 65, 18 were normal...
- Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Legal, regulatory and certification requirements vary substantially among the many jurisdictions that could be described as Arabic countries and business regulation can vary substantially across different countries. I am, however, not aware of the difficulties raised by the Deputy being either a specific or a generic problem for those doing business in Arabic countries. To help investigate...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it has not been possible to gather all the information requested. The available information is outlined in the table. Agency Current Number of Staff 2010 Pay Budget Competition Authority 42.2 â¬3.614m National ConsumerAgency 44.4 â¬3.646m IAASA 12 â¬1.243m Science Foundation Ireland 53 â¬4.723 m Personal Injuries Assessment Board 74 â¬5,695m FÃS 2055.4...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In general, all car parking spaces for use by officials in my Department and the 8 Offices of my Department are provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) without any cost to the Department. The Department's expenditure during the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 was therefore nil. I am not in a position to provide information in relation to the Agencies that come under the remit...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applied to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades in my Department. 14 staff of my Department and its associated Offices were covered by the Scheme, 11 at Assistant Secretary level and 3 at Deputy Secretary level. Details of pay scales for the grades of Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary are available on the...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As both the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority were established under statute, it is necessary to give effect to the newly merged body by way of primary legislation. Work on the Heads of a Bill to provide for, inter alia, the merger of the two bodies is at an advanced stage. I expect that the Bill will be published during 2010.
- Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (2 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The 2010 financial allocation to Galway County and City Enterprise Board, and to each of the other 34 individual Enterprise Boards, is derived from the final allocation set out for my Department in the Revised Estimate as published on 18 February 2010. The 2010 budget allocation for the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) is over â¬28m of which â¬14.9m has been allocated for Capital...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: My Department submitted three applications in 2009 for co-financing assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) towards the cost of guidance, training, entrepreneurship and education programmes for redundant workers at the Dell computer manufacturing plant in Raheen, Co. Limerick, the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry, Co. Waterford and the S R Technics facility at...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 to 49, inclusive, together. There are over 1100 Community Employment (CE) Schemes and 23,300 approved CE places. If the current levels of places per scheme remained constant, the cost of funding 5,000 extra CE schemes would be in the region of â¬1.7 billion. It therefore follows that the cost of doubling this to 10,000 schemes would cost approximately...
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There is no date for that Bill.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The legal costs Bill will be this year.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: They are being drafted at present and it is expected that the legislation will go through in the normal process later this year.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Yes.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The drugs prescription legislation will come first, followed by the reference pricing Bill.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Student Support Bill is on Committee Stage at present.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Whenever it finishes. The Deputy is a Whip. He should be able to facilitate this.