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Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that no Secretary General and three Assistant Secretaries General, from my Department, have retired over the last five years. The lump sums for the three officers totalled €464,777. The three officers in question retired under different schemes. As a result, the percentage of final salary that their lump sums represent is different in each case. i.e. in the case of the...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is an injustice to every Member of this House that on the occasion of deciding when the summer recess will happen, that we create a presumption in the public mind that Members of this House will not be working when in fact, each Member of this House will be working during July, part of August and September. They will be participating in their normal duties as Members of this House and all...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister indicated legislation on the reference pricing of drugs will be published later this year. Approval was given by the Government to prepare draft heads of the Bill on sunbeds. I will try to find out the updated position and when we expect publication.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Briefly, I understand that last week, the Taoiseach articulated that the Attorney General and a number of Ministers and Departments are working through the issue of the referendum on children, arising from the work that was carried out by the committee. As the Government wishes to avoid unintended circumstances, this work is ongoing. Clearly, however, the Government intends to have a...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister of State will have a meeting at approximately 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. this evening and I will ask him to inform personally the Deputy of matters arising from that discussion himself.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Yes.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I will ask the Minister of State to advise the Deputies in their constituencies.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: To be helpful to the long-term Member from Goleen, I will ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform to advise him as to when he anticipates a further response.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is a wild man.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: This month.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The legal costs Bill is coming up next year. As for the issue regarding access to the child benefit section, I will speak to the Minister and ask him whether something can be done to resolve the matter.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is proposed to take No. a11, motion re membership of committees; No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the ratification by Ireland of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, back from committee; No. 11a, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the borrowing agreement between Ireland and the...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I recommend Lough Derg to Deputy Durkan. It is a great place where he could reflect on matters and calm down.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The number of placements that have been created nationally and separately in South Tipperary by the Work Placement Programme since its introduction are detailed in the following document. WPP1 Graduates WPP2 Total Posts Being Advertised Nationally 406 604 1010 Starts to Date Nationally 691 630 1321 Placements Created Nationally 1097 1234 2331 WPP1 Graduates WPP2 Total Posts Being...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has received an application for major capital funding for the provision of a new building for the school referred to by the Deputy. The application has been assessed and has been assigned a band 2.2 rating under the prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Government's carbon offsetting scheme my Department makes a single payment in respect of all official travel undertaken by the Department, covering both Ministerial travel and travel by Departmental officials. It is therefore not possible to disaggregate the total amounts to determine the amounts paid in respect of Ministerial travel. Payments are made annually for calendar years...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in the requested format and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department incurs expenditure on public advertisements in connection with a wide range of educational programmes and schemes including, staff appointments in the education sector; invitations to attend local hearings; invitations to forward submissions on education-related schemes/projects; invitations to tender for school building projects. Such advertising is placed in the print media....

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The number of mainstream class teachers appropriate to a school for the 2010/11 school year is determined by reference to the school's valid enrolment on 30 September, 2009 in accordance with the staffing schedule (Primary Circular 0021/2010) which is available on my Department's website. The schedule is a transparent and clear way of ensuring that schools are treated consistently and fairly...