Results 7,021-7,040 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: To which legislation does the Deputy refer?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: We will have the social welfare Bill. The other issue the Deputy raised related to multi-unit developments. We hope to put that legislation together as quickly as possible. Further work is being done by the relevant Departments to put together the new legislation necessary to deal with those important issues. The final issue is the one based on an amalgamation. If legislation is...

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: If the Deputy knows the answers, what is the point in asking?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Regarding No. 60——

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: ——work on the heads of the National Council on Ageing and Older People Bill is ongoing. The Bill will include the provision to remove age limits for travel insurance provided under the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2006 and it is intended to publish it in 2009.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: On EU legislation, I have been advised by the Whip that, subject to agreement, which I hope we will get, the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Scrutiny will be discussed once a month in the Dáil, which should address the Deputy's concerns. The other issue is one for a line Minister.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: No legislation is required.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I know everyone is anxious to get the fair deal legislation through the House. We hope to order that very quickly with a view to having it enacted as quickly as possible. We are not in a position to indicate when the health information Bill will be introduced. Public consultation has been completed and is being assessed.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: All matters pertaining to social welfare will be dealt with in the social welfare Bill, which will be available in the first week of November.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Not that I am aware of.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: First, the Department of Education and Science's budget, which in 2009 will be slightly more than €9.6 billion, represents an increase of €302 million.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Overall, that budget will comprise an increase of 3.2% over the 2008 figures.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The amount of spending on education has been trebled since 1997.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I will revert to the Ceann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: On the issue of primary school staffing, Members will have heard the Minister for Education and Science this morning asking, in the context of the economic climate in which we are working at present, for partnership in the process with the teacher unions and the teachers.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: That is the most appropriate framework in which we can deal with this temporary impasse in the context of overall expenditure on education. As a former primary school teacher, the Leader of the Opposition is aware——

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Yes, of note.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: As the daughter of a national school teacher with a family history of national school teaching, I would not take away from that. Equally, I would not take away from him being a Mayo man. The staffing schedule and applications will be based on the figures at the end of September. The figure of approximately 200 teachers each in the primary and secondary sectors is based on the overall...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy asked a question about availability.

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I am unsure whether the Department of Education and Science has completed its analysis.