Results 6,421-6,440 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The year to year costs of incremental pay increases are normally offset by corresponding reductions in costs associated with retirements and other movements by staff on higher points on the incremental scales and their replacement by staff on lower points. Incremental increases are not therefore individually costed and there is no separate provision for incremental increases in my...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has been making good progress in the relocation of the required 250 posts to Carlow under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. Officials of my Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the OPW, as well as decentralising staff and Business Units, opened an advance office in Carlow on July 30th 2007. The number of staff in this decentralised advance...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: There are a total of 1,151 people employed in my Department. The table below sets out the number of staff in each staff category and in each income band. These figures do not take into account the various worksharing patterns. Grade Below â¬50,000 per annum Between â¬50,001 and â¬60,000 Between â¬60,001 and â¬70,000 Between â¬70,001 and â¬80,000 Between â¬80,001 and â¬90,000...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It has not been possible in the time available to compile the information as requested by the Deputy. My officials are working on preparing the material and I will communicate with the Deputy as soon as the information is available.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It has not been possible in the time available to compile the information as requested by the Deputy. My officials are working on preparing the material and I will communicate with the Deputy as soon as the information is available.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: In so far as the rationalisation of state bodies under the aegis of my Department is concerned, the recent budget statement included an announcement in relation to the merging of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority. Since the budget announcement my Department has being working in conjunction with both bodies to bring about a smooth transition to a unified single body to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: No monies were given to the Institute for International and European Affairs by my Department in connection with the Lisbon Treaty Referendum. My Department holds corporate membership of the Institute for which an annual fee of â¬6,000 is payable.
- Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland runs a range of training programmes, including, inter alia, the Enterprise Ireland Mentor Network, to help Irish businesses develop business leadership, increase skills and enhance management capabilities within companies both large and small. Under the Mentor Network Programme, new mentors are recruited on a client needs basis. The Network currently has over 170 active...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Ireland has qualified for Structural Funds since we joined the EU in 1973 and my Department, and its predecessor the Department of Labour, has been the National Authority for the European Social Fund (ESF) since that time. As National Authority for the ESF, my Department receives all ESF monies paid to Ireland by the European Commission. The ESF received by Ireland is used for the...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It has nothing to do with that.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I do not know what the Deputy is on about.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Better Regulation agenda is supported by the Company Law Reform and Business Regulation Section, which is a Unit within my Department's Commerce, Consumers and Competition Division. The Division is headed up by an Assistant Secretary. The role of the Section is to modernise and simplify the Irish company law code; support the work of the Company Law Review Group; drive the cross...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 153 together. The acquisition of land and buildings by an enterprise in an eligible region can be supported under the Regional Aid (Industry and Services) Scheme 2007-13 for Ireland and under the Industrial Development legislation. Under Industrial Development legislation Enterprise Ireland is authorised to provide support for the acquisition of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland offers a wide and varied range of supports to businesses setting up or expanding. This suite of supports, which continue to underpin and grow a strong, sustainable and word-class indigenous business sector, are far from being restrictive. Enterprise Ireland offers a range of financial and non-financial supports tailored to the needs of its individual client companies...
- Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Analyses: Regulatory Impact Analyses (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. The information requested by the Deputy insofar as my Department is concerned is set out in the following table: Title of SI, Bill, or EU Directive proposed since June 2008 Status regarding the conduct of either a screening or full RIA European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Iran) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. (S.I. No. 481 of...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Two Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, together with Meath County Enterprise Board (CEB) are responsible for enterprise development in the area in question. The primary role of IDA Ireland is the attraction of high quality Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ireland. An integral and fundamental element of this role is the...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The role of a carer, and how that role may diminish or cease over time, is recognised. FÃS provides support to clients to access bereavement and loss training/supports if this need is identified to assist the person return to work or training. People who have been in receipt of a carer's allowance can avail of all FÃS training and employment programmes when their eligibility for carer's...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Extensive research relating to the employment of people with disabilities has been conducted by my Department, and FÃS, with a view to gathering information as part of the Department's commitments under the Disability Act, 2005. A review of the operation of the Wage Subsidy Scheme and a study on acquired disability and employment have been carried out on behalf of my Department. A survey of...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The need for developing a joint bridging programme between HSE funded rehabilitative training services and FÃS funded vocational training services for people with disabilities is acknowledged in the Sectoral Plans of my Department and the Department of Health and Children. The development of such a joint bridging programme has been the subject of detailed discussions between FÃS and the...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Go away out of that.