Results 5,681-5,700 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: No White Paper is promised-----
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Minister for Finance will, as always, take the opportunity to brief the Opposition spokespersons on this matter and I am sure clarity can be given to them concerning the legislation that will come before the House.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Finance Bill will be introduced on 7 May. The banking commission legislation will come after Easter. The Attorney General is working to finalise that matter. The timetable for the NAMA legislation will be ongoing. The Attorney General and the Department of Finance and the relevant advisory people are putting this together at present. As I indicated in my previous response, we hope to...
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Instead of speculating it is appropriate that time is given to the Attorney General, the NTMA, the advisers to the Government, the Department of Finance and the Government to make a final determination on this matter.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The contents of that decision will be discussed in due course.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The multi-unit legislation will be introduced next session. The second piece of legislation will be next year.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The statutory instrument has been signed and that would be a matter for the Irish Medicines Board and the Garda.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: There is no legislation.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The legislation has been signed. The enforcement of it will be done under the auspices of the Irish Medicines Board. The disposal of the "happy" pills will be done in the context of the regulations set down by the IMB.
- Written Answers — Employment Levels: Employment Levels (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: My Department does not retain such a list as requested by the Deputy. Any information that is available to the Enterprise Development Agencies is maintained on a confidential basis.
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency. I have been informed by the Agency that, over the past 12 months, there has been one site visit by potential investors to...
- Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is very cranky.
- Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy's party want to cut the budget.
- Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: At the outset, decisions which result in families having less disposable income each week are not taken lightly by Government. They are the product of the scale, depth and impact of current economic challenges. Indeed, it is a measure of the current unprecedented economic environment that the political consensus in this House over recent weeks has been that each of us who could would now...
- Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: One cannot do a simplistic transaction whereby X amount of jobs equals Y amount of money. That is farcical-----
- Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: -----but it is true to say that IDA Ireland, with my support, will continue to encourage and entice people to come to this country-----
- Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: -----to invest and to create jobs.
- Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: Creating new jobs is the absolute necessity of the work that we will continue to do. Irrespective of whether Deputy Sheahan wants to take a simplistic view on that, we must have key messages to give and those are the key messages we will continue to give - the flexibility of our workforce,-----
- Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: -----our investment in research and development, our investment in intellectual property and the methods by which we will attract FDI and sustain new opportunities for indigenous companies, which are the only way,-----
- Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)
Mary Coughlan: -----in my view, we will continue to create further trade opportunities and export value.