Results 7,601-7,620 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Grants-in-Aid are defined in the Department of Finance's Public Financial Procedures as differing in a number of respects from other voted grants. For example, one of the characteristics of a Grant-in-Aid is that any unexpended sum issued from a Grant-in-Aid Subhead is not liable to be surrendered to the Exchequer at the end of the year. However, strict instructions are in place to avoid...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Shannon Development is responsible for promoting foreign direct investment in the Shannon Free Zone. In the period 2003 to 2007 there were 88 business itineraries made by potential foreign investors to the Shannon Free Zone. A year-by-year breakdown of this figure is shown in the following tabular statement. Table showing number of business itineraries made by potential foreign investors...
- Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Shannon Development is responsible for promoting foreign direct investment in the Shannon Free Zone. The number of jobs gained and lost in the Shannon Free Zone in the five year period 2003 to 2007 is shown in the following tabular statement. Table showing numbers of jobs created and numbers of jobs lost in each year 2003 to 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Jobs Created 499 573 450 549 354...
- Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Shannon Development is responsible for promoting foreign direct investment in the Shannon Free Zone. At the end of 2007, the latest date for which figures are available, employment at Shannon Free Zone was 7,047. In the three year period 2005 to 2007, a total of 9 companies signalled their intentions to establish at Shannon Free Zone with the potential to create more than 500 new jobs. For...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I wish to be helpful. I will ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or somebody in his Department to brief the Deputy on this prior to the committee meeting, which I assume will be next week. If Members are not satisfied with the outcome of the discussions in committee, this can be brought to the Whips' attention and we can deal with it in the full forum of this...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It would be appropriate that if needs be the Minister for Health and Children can give the Deputy a note on that issue when the matter has been finalised in discussions.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I am not aware of proposed legislation on the health issue. I think the Deputy is referring to the announcements on the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the fact that a number of hospitals are not participating in it, which is disappointing. I do not propose to introduce any new legislation on competitiveness re prices, as it is not a competitiveness issue. Nothing has occurred that has...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I am working tirelessly to pursue those issues on behalf of the consumer.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: As of yet, we are not in a position to say on what date the Electricity (Transfer of Transmission Assets) Bill will be before the House.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Bill will come to the House later this year.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: No.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: No.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Not that I am aware of.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: No.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I took questions in the House last week and the Deputy was not here.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I cannot say for definite on penalty points. I will ask the Minister's office to contact the Deputy. Based on discussions I have heard, it would be some time before we would come to that. There will be a full debate on the economy on the Adjournment of the House and all the issues that have been mentioned today can be encompassed in that debate.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I have been advised by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that the two reports have not been obtained yet. As soon as they are, the Deputy will be informed. We gave an undertaking that all the reports would be discussed here.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: There is no legislation promised that I am aware of.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The problem is that yesterday, for example, it took two hours to complete the Order of Business and questions to the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Mary Coughlan: We are losing out on valuable time for the Deputy's contributions.