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Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I hope the Mental Capacity Bill will be dealt with this year, if at all possible. The Sale of Alcohol Bill will be considered next year. I do not believe there is a date listed for the public health (miscellaneous provisions) Bill but I will check it for the Deputy.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: With regard to adoption legislation, the Minister issued a press statement on the matter and travelled to Vietnam, which has a sovereign Government. The work in this regard is still in progress and a new overall agreement has not been finalised. I am advised by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that a group is presently considering the data protection legislation and he is...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The question is completely out of order because it does not concern legislation.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I indicated there are ongoing discussions and I will ask the Minister to contact the Deputy directly.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: That is a fair point. When I was in the backbenches the system was such that it was very difficult to prepare for debate within the House. Unfortunately, legislation does not always proceed as the Deputy desires but we will be cognisant of the fact that Deputies need a clear indication of the Bills that are to arise so that they can prepare accordingly. When I first became a Member of this...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be welcome to Donegal any day.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government is proposing to introduce a Temporary Employment Subsidy Scheme. The purpose of this scheme will be to help the economy to retain its productive capacity and help employers to retain the labour, knowledge and skills of the workforce, thereby supporting a faster return to sustainable growth; help employees to retain their jobs, and ensure that economic and fiscal stability is...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 85 together. As the Deputy is aware, during the course of the budget speech last October, my colleague the Minister for Finance announced the merger of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority as part of the rationalisation of State Agencies. It is my intention to bring forward legislation during the course of 2009 to implement this...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not have staff employed in County Louth.

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: At the commencement of its work, the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes, which is chaired by Mr. Colm McCarthy, invited my Department to submit an evaluation paper to the group, setting out the main areas of spending in my Department. This paper was submitted to the special group in January 2009 and included a number of options for potential savings within my...

Written Answers — Employment Levels: Employment Levels (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Data in respect of employment in agency assisted companies are collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly data for 2009 will not be available until 2010. The following tabular statements provide data for the period 1998 -2008 at regional and county level in respect of Permanent Full-Time employment and Temporary Part-Time Employment in enterprise agency assisted firms. In...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: There have been 32 applications for the incentivised career break scheme within my Department. There have been 21 applications so far for the incentivised scheme for early retirement (ISER) within my Department; however, the closing date for applications for this scheme is 1 September 2009. No staff of the Department have been made redundant in the past 12 months. The following information...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has not undertaken any reviews of the application of EU Regulation 2064/97.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 and 105 together. At our meeting last week Commissioner Spidla reiterated that the Commission would give applications submitted from Ireland for support from the European Globalisation Fund every consideration. In line with the revised eligibility conditions that now govern funding provided from the European Globalisation Fund, the possibilities of making...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Mid-West Task Force is the first such task force in the last five years. For some years a range of co-ordinated structures have been in place at regional level, through arrangements such as those for the National Spatial Strategy, County Development Boards and enterprise agency co-ordination, and recent regional industrial development issues have more often been addressed through these...

Written Answers — IDA Properties: IDA Properties (9 Jul 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. I have been informed that the IDA building portfolio currently consists of 139 units, of which 65 are owned by IDA and 74 are leased from private landlords (known as Private Finance). Because of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: CORD (Commercialisation Of Research and Development) The aim of the Campus Enterprise Programme is to support the development of third level campus-based companies and support towards assessing the commercial viability of innovative technologies. The programme also provides specifically designed business development and mentor facilities under the Enterprise Platform Programme. Those...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Department's Advertising and Information Resources budget for 2009 is €351,000 which may be broken down into the following elements: Elements of Department's Advertising and Information Resources Budget Approximate Breakdown Advertising by the Department in newspapers for statutory and non- statutory purposes.Subscriptions to magazines, journals etc. for official purposes for...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: In 2008, my predecessor, Deputy Micheál Martin, initiated a review of the legislative provisions applying to media mergers. This was aimed at examining the criteria and arrangements for considering and assessing how a proposed merger might affect the diversity of views and the concentration of ownership within and across media businesses. The Media Merger Advisory Group was established to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 to 98, inclusive, together. The 2009 Revised Estimates for Public Services, which were published by the Department of Finance on 23 April 2009, include details of estimated pay costs and staff numbers for 2009 for my Department, its Offices and agencies. The published Estimates also show the provisional outturn figures for 2008. The allocation for my...