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Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: We will try to facilitate that as quickly as possible. I will discuss the matter with the Whip.

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I like that. We will not have the Queensberry rules today. With regard to that legislation, a team has been set up in the House to consider amendments to the legislation, but I am not au fait with the contents of the legislation.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Protection of Debtors) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: No.

Corporate Governance (Codes of Practice) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: No.

Local Government (Planning and Development) (Amendment) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: No.

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re presentation and circulation of Revised Estimates 2009; No. 3, Social Welfare Bill 2009 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 20, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 12 shall be decided without debate; and the proceedings on the resumed Second...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I will stick to the order of the day. This is a proposal to send the Revised Estimates to the committees. The committees will examine the Estimates and if the House wishes or decides to have a debate following the committees' discussions, we would have no objection.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: This is a day to day matter for FÁS. I understand that the person in question can expect to be called for his phase 6 training programme in September 2009 (as advised in PQ 9996/09). FÁS will send out his scheduling letter eight weeks before the start date of the training period.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am very aware of the impact on Xilinx employees and their families following the company's decision to reduce its workforce in Ireland. The company have announced that there will be 130 redundancies. I understand that the redundancies will take place between June and December this year with 15-20 jobs to be lost by June. In many cases, such company announcements are as a result of global...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I interpret the Deputy's question as relating to credit card expense accounts, the costs of which are paid directly by the Department. My Department does not operate such accounts. However, in the interest of transparency, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department facilitates the issue of charge cards to staff who travel abroad on official business on a regular basis. This arrangement...

Written Answers — Services Sector: Services Sector (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. The 35 CEBs provide a source of support to small businesses with 10 employees or fewer. Subject to certain eligibility criteria new...

Written Answers — Irish Stock Exchange: Irish Stock Exchange (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is obliged to furnish an annual report to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the exercise of its functions under Part V of the Companies Act 1990 in relation to insider dealing and this report is required to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. All Reports since 1994 were duly laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and the...

Written Answers — Irish Stock Exchange: Irish Stock Exchange (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83, 84 and 87 together. I am not in a position to provide the information requested by the Deputy given the relatively short time available since the Question was tabled. However, officials in my Department are currently compiling the information sought and as soon as the information is collated. I will be in further contact with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Irish Stock Exchange: Irish Stock Exchange (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85, 86 and 88 together. The uncertainty mentioned in the note referred to by the Deputy related to questions that arose as to whether the relevant provisions at that time had fully implemented the exemption provided for in Directive 92/101/EEC in relation to the purchase by a subsidiary company of shares in its holding company where the subsidiary is a...

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together. My Department has exceeded the 3% target for the Employment of People with a disability for both 2007 and 2008. In 2007, the percentage of persons employed by my Department who disclosed that they have a disability, was 4.6% of the total staff number. In 2008 the percentage was 5.5% of total staff. It is impossible to say at this stage...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The primary responsibility for health and safety in private-sector workplaces does not rest with the State. It rests with those who control such workplaces and those who work in them. The basic law governing health and safety at work is to be found in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) and Regulations made under it, including the Safety, Health and Welfare at...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The cost of the 51,000 FÁS training places I announced on 5 February 2009, is €25.750 million, which has been reallocated from within the FÁS Training Services and Service to Business Divisions and is not the subject of a new allocation of funding from the Exchequer. As with all courses provided by the Training Services Division these courses will be shorter than 12 months in duration. ...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: FÁS, the National Training and Employment Authority, aims to offer a wide range of training courses and delivery methods to suit individual client needs in the development of their skill-sets. In 2009 the Authority estimates that they will be in a position to deliver 6,062 training courses under the Training Services, Community Services and Services to Business categories. Courses will...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I presume the Deputy is referring to the position of persons with contracts for services i.e. the self-employed, under employment rights legislation. The current body of employment rights legislation, which includes transposition of EU Directives into domestic law, applies to employees or persons with contracts of service and does not apply to persons with contracts for services i.e....

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The huge increase in the number of Redundancy Payment claims lodged with the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department in the latter part of 2008 and, to date in 2009 is unprecedented and is giving rise to delays in the processing of redundancy payments for individuals and companies within a reasonable timeframe. The scale of the challenge is evident from the statistics which indicate...