Results 6,321-6,340 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy does not need it at that rate of going.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I will facilitate that, but can I say——

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: ——it is quite laughable at the end of the day to hear the Opposition, especially Fine Gael, looking for a document which is a working document with the social partners when, in fact, they have no regard for the social partnership process in the first place.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: There is no legislation promised at this moment in time.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: That is being done now.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: It is being done now.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The laying of the document, the question Deputy Gilmore asked. The other issue——

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I love you too.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: On the issue of funding, the figure worked out is €1.5 million per 1,000. That is the way it is worked out. That is the formula by which it works out as €1.5 billion——

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: No, €1.5 million per 1,000. Therefore it is €1.5 billion per 100,000, that is the way it is worked out.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: What I will do——

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: A Cheann Comhairle, because this has been asked on several occasions, I will ask the officials in the Department of Social and Family Affairs, who are the experts on this matter, to make themselves available to the Deputy.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Instead of raising this matter in the House, which is out of order, the Deputy will be facilitated with the numbers. There is a calculation and that is how it is worked out.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: That is the way it worked out.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The judicial council matter is before the Judiciary and the heads of the Bill are going through the parliamentary process. On victims' rights, it is the intention——

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I can only give the answer. It is the Minister's clear intention to introduce victims' rights legislation this session.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Many people will be anxious for reform within the House. The process has taken a considerable period. All of the discussions will be brought to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, where a final decision that I cannot pre-empt will be made.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: It is our intention to bring that matter before the Government next week with a view to finalising it.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: It is a bit farcical for me to answer a question when the Deputy already knows the answer and has just stated it. We are not in a position to give a final date on the Bills' publication.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: It is not possible to say.