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- Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Decisions to relocate companies or elements of their supply chain are a reality of the modern globalised economic environment. Companies adjust their plant location and utilisation strategies to address matters such as accessing new markets, moving production nearer to customers, meeting firm or market specific customer relationship issues and accessing technology in addition to business...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Community employment is an active labour market programme designed to give eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged people, including those with a disability, an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed-term basis. The qualifying criteria for participation are intended to facilitate the movement of participants through community employment,...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Under the decentralisation programme, my Department is due to decentralise 250 posts to Carlow. Since 30 July 2007, 100 posts have been decentralised to an advance office in the town. For the period between 3 July and 22 September 2008, I can confirm that no moneys have been expended, no properties have been purchased and no staff have been decentralised by my Department under the...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: When FÃS completed its annual review of the jobs club programme in early 2008, I understand that it raised concerns about the capacity of Carrick-on-Suir jobs club to meet the agreed targets. Representatives of the club were advised by FÃS that funding would be discontinued if no progress was made towards achieving the targets. FÃS has since indicated that there is insufficient evidence...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Industrial Development agencies continue to promote North Tipperary for investment and job creation. The strategy that has been adopted involves a transition to the knowledge economy aimed at winning new foreign direct investment in innovation driven, high value and high skill sectors. On the indigenous front, the focus is on the creation of new high potential start up companies. One...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Employment and unemployment are measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and published by the Central Statistics Office. As it is devised on a regional basis, it does not provide a breakdown for specific areas such as north Tipperary. The most recent Quarterly National Household Survey, for Quarter 2 of 2008, March to May, indicates that employment in the mid-west region, which...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Legislation has been promised and work is being done on the heads of the Bill. We expect to have the legislation before the House next year.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: On this legislation, it is 2009.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Legislation to address that issue has been promised. May I provide further clarity to a reply I gave to Deputy Costello on the issue of Educate Together?
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Educate Together is not part of the patronage legislation to which I referred. That concerns VECs. On the specific issue, I will ask the Minister concerned to revert to the Deputy. I am not familiar with all the idiosyncrasies of every item of legislation.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: There is no legislation that is specific to the question raised by Deputy Costello. I will ask the Minister to revert to the Deputy on his question.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It was about registration rather than legislation.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I can only answer the question on patronage under the VECs.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: These are multi-denominational, as a matter of interest.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: On the specific question that has been raised, there are methods by which a reply can be received but I will personally ask the Minister to revert to Deputy Costello with a precise answer on what he is prepared to do.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I said that legislation is planned.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Yes, that is the intention of the legislation.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: That is what the legislation will do but it has not been finalised.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: No legislation is required because we have signed up to the protocol.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Coughlan: We have targets to achieve. What has happened is disappointingââ