Results 7,701-7,720 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The fisheries amendment Bill will be published this year. It has not been decided when the fisheries consolidation Bill will be brought forward.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It will be published later this year.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Hasta la vista.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: On the justice side, we are awaiting a Law Reform Commission report and then we will follow on with the legislation. It has been stated on a number of occasions in this House that there are difficulties with the fair deal legislation. It will be published in July. It will not be taken by the House in July but it will be published at that time. I am not familiar with the other issue.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Later this year.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: There is no need for primary legislation. This will be dealt with by the Cabinet. That is a slight on the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy Seán Haughey, who is also Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: He has plenty of work to do. I am sure Deputy Hayes will hear all about it.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The draft is close to finalisation. It is the intention of the Minister to bring it forward by the end of the year.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The issue was raised with the Taoiseach. The line Minister has been asked to contact the Deputy directly with a view to familiarising her with the issue.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister is abroad at present but I will ask him on his return to speak to the Deputy on the matter.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Beidh sé ag deireadh na bliana seo.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The greyhound industry (amendment) Bill will be brought forward later this year. The Minister has not made a final decision on the Irish Sports Council (amendment) Bill but hopes to do so soon.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister is holding a press conference on that issue at present. I am not being facetious but I am surprised to see the Deputy here.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister has indicated that he proposes to introduce legislation on this matter but I am not sure when that will be. He only made the announcement today, so it would be hard for him to tell us. It will go through the normal procedure of being brought to Government and through the parliamentary process. It will be important legislation and we will all be anxious to bring it before the...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The matter is in the programme for Government.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is in the programme for Government.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is here long enough now to know——

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I did not mislead the House.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I will send it over to the Deputy.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I congratulate Deputy P. J. Sheehan on the golden jubilee.