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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if following commitments made in the Finance Act 2010 he will sign the OECD's Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance on Tax Matters and related protocols which allow for the automatic multilateral exchange of information on tax; his views on non OECD members becoming signatories to the Convention in the interests of international...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (3 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding recent international developments in support of introducing an international accounting standard requiring multinational companies to provide tax reports on their activities on a country basis; if he supports such moves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9211/11]

Written Answers — Internet Crime: Internet Crime (3 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the powers available to the Garda to police the Internet and if these include the power to censor; the number of officers tasked with policing the Internet; the parameters based on which policing takes place; the cost of such policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9210/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new housing regulations which came into force this year preclude those with stamp 4 immigration status from joining housing lists and that this in turn means they cannot claim rent allowance in view of the fact that to do so persons must be registered on...

Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (18 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the review of the elimination of payments to fourth year student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12007/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (24 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new housing assessment regulations which amalgamate some local authorities for the purposes of housing applications are proving to be administratively impractical due to local authorities having no common information systems; if this amalgamation will be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an issue arising regarding persons with stamp 4 for five years or less being deemed ineligible for claiming rent allowance as they have become precluded from joining local authority social housing lists; if she has been in contact with the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to long waiting lists and a minimum nine month wait to receive an MRI scan in Galway; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that this waiting time can be in addition to a nine month wait to see a consultant before an MRI scan is ordered; the way waiting times for MRI scans in Galway...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to proposals by Diabetes Action to reorganise diabetes paediatric services in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon to enable children and adolescents to access intensive services locally; his views on the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13878/11]

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (8 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make the fire service more efficient while protecting front-line services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when compared to other jurisdictions, the fire service appears to be top-heavy, with, for example, 272 senior staff for 2459 fire fighters; if his further attention has...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health if he will as a matter of urgency restore the mammography services to Sligo General Hospital in order to alleviate the stress on patients travelling to University Hospital Galway and to alleviate the stress on services at UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14900/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding stamp duty charges for first-time buyers; if consideration has been given to the elimination of stamp duty for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15839/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health the possibility and feasibility of keeping a nursing unit (details supplied) in Newcastle, Galway, open as a public nursing home [16984/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation with regard to the major capital works project of a school (details supplied) in County Galway, when a decision will issue on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be given an appointment for an operation [17704/11]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Jun 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing delay in deciding the route of a proposed road in the vicinity of Spiddal, County Galway (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the delay has resulted in landowners of close to 15,000 acres of land around the proposed routes not being able...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made by the special delivery unit in reducing waiting times for MRI scans in Galway; if the overall number of patients waiting has been reduced from 273 at the end of May 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19636/11]

Written Answers — Teaching Staff: Teaching Staff (20 Jul 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason substitute work completed prior to September 2008 is no longer considered when assessing teachers' eligibility to join permanent teacher panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21691/11]

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (20 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the large discrepancy in the number of PPS numbers in existence as compared to the number of persons in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24531/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the vast amount of waste that goes unsegregated by private waste operators; if there is a requirement for private waste operators to segregate their waste; his plans to introduce mandatory waste segregation; his views on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...