Results 4,681-4,700 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Is Deputy McHugh live on Highland Radio? I would say he is. Is it a live feed?
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I look forward to hearing about this.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Exactly. We have been waiting on it for an hour.
- Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
- Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to describe the context of this Bill. FÃS, as the national training and employment authority, has the remit to provide a range of proactive job-related services, supports and programmes to assist individuals to remain in and return to the labour market. The agency also promotes workforce...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency, as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas, and not one in which I have a function. In order to cater for the specialised high utility intensive needs of the Biotechnology and ICT sectors, IDA Ireland is in the process of developing a number of...
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (14 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: On 5 January, 2009, CIGNA announced that it would reduce its global workforce of 28,000 by four percent, including all 180 positions in Loughrea on a phased basis from March, 2009. The closing of the Loughrea operation arose mainly due to developments in the US market, as the Irish company supported U.S. based customers. IDA is continuing in contact with CIGNA to discuss alternative future...
- Election of Ceann Comhairle (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Cuirim le ainm an Teachta Séamus à Coirc a ainmniú mar Ceann Comhairle.
- Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: All FÃS services are open to people with disabilities. FÃS provides vocational training for the unemployed and new entrants to the labour market through specific skills training and traineeships. FÃS also provides training for those in employment through apprenticeships and in-company training. A person with a disability may call into a FÃS Employment Service Office for information,...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: An application for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for workers made redundant at the DELL plant in Raheen, Co. Limerick, and in ancillary enterprises, was made by my Department on 19 June 2009. In September 2009 the European Commission approved the application. However, it remains to be agreed also by the European Council and the European Parliament. A...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 67 together. The amounts spent by my Department on overtime and on other non-core pay items in 2008 and to the end of September 2009 are set out on the table below. The figures on the table include costs for my Department and its Offices. They also include expenditure related to the National Consumer Agency, the Irish Auditing and Accounting...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Enterprise Development agencies do not distinguish between individual postal districts of the city when promoting investment and jobs in Dublin. With the availability of public transport, travel to work should not be a barrier for job seeking within the greater Dublin area. Despite the difficult global economic situation, I have made a number of significant announcements for Dublin this...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I have noted the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on Advertising and Promotion in FÃS which covers this matter. I understand from FÃS that it did not take delivery of the cars on display at the event referred to.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) applies to vulnerable but viable companies in the manufacturing or internationally traded service sectors. It will involve the payment of a subsidy to firms to retain an agreed level of jobs. After the deadline of the 4th September, Enterprise Ireland who are managing the scheme, received 561 eligible applications seeking employment subsidies for...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table. FAS STAFFING LEVELS BY GRADE GRADE Dec-97 Dec-98 Dec-99 Dec-00 Dec-01 Dec-02 Dec-03 Dec-04 Dec-05 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-08 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 4 15 15 15 16 16 28 28 26 28 27 29 29 5 6 6 6 6 5 2 8 7 5 5 4 3 6 86 91 90 95 103 91 110.5 101.6 100.6 101.79 97.78 102.78 7 57...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I recently published the Labour Services (Amendment) Bill, 2009, which sets out the criteria for the selection of members to the Board of FÃS. It is proposed, following enactment of the Bill, that appointments to the Board of FÃS will be based on a person's individual talents and experience as described in the Bill.
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 81 together. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) entered into force on 1st January 2007. Strict eligibility criteria, both under the original 2006 EU Regulation and its amendment this year, apply before an application can be made by a Member State. Given that the objective of the EGF is to react quickly and effectively to large-scale...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland has made financial payments of â¬164.705m directly to its client companies between 1st October 2008 and 30th September 2009. This direct support to businesses does not include payments made by Enterprise Ireland to businesses under supports such as Venture Capital Funding; Infrastructural Payments, for example, Community Enterprise Centres; Funding to Third Level...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The State Development agencies, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, and the Louth County Enterprise Board are responsible for job creation in County Louth. Since 2005 and up to 31st August 2009, Enterprise Ireland has paid almost â¬9 million in grants to its client companies in County Louth. In the period from 2004 to 2008, IDA Ireland paid a total of â¬2,921,960 in grants to its client...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 Oct 2009)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69, 70 and 73 together. Officials from my Department sought and received written consent from the Department of Finance for the following severance arrangements for the former Director General of FÃS under Section 6 (3) of the Labour Services Act 1987: superannuation benefits (Pension and Lump Sum) based on 40 years service, including added notional service;...