Results 461-480 of 1,776 for speaker:Derek Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health if due to an increase in the number of medical school graduates this year there will be a shortage of intern places for both EU and non EU graduates of Irish medical schools; the plans in place to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8181/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (19 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in advancing potential primary care centres (details supplied) in County Galway having regard to agreements between the Health Service Executive and general practitioners for operation of same and further to particularise locations of each centre having regard to suitability and availability of sites; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: I have a question on that correspondence. The commissioner was asked to provide updated key performance indicators for 2012 but he only had 2011. He has provided them but they are not very good. It is 77% for completed investigations or 46% in travel trade licensing. Can we ask him to explain why his key performance indicators do not hit 100% in each case?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: No, the information is complete.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: The wider performance is not 100%.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Services Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame within which schools in County Galway will be connected to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a clause in the Galway County Development Plan that only allows local persons, particularly in Barna, County Galway, to apply for planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10354/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Census (26 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of flocks of sheep in County Galway that were recorded in 2012 and of these flocks, the number of female sheep that were recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9547/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (27 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the public services procedure, terms and conditions for offering employees access to the redeployment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10507/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: The petitioner wrote that he just wants to make school a lot more fun, which we can all accept.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: As members are aware, another committee is dealing with this issue. It is considering legislation and so on and I suggest we bring Mr. Thieme's view to that committee and that this will be sufficient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: This certainly is a very important issue for the petitioner, Ms Halpin, who as far as I can see from the petition, has put a lot of work into it. From what I can discern, she was seeking to have withdrawn a foreshore licence or to challenge the manner in which it was granted. I understand from the secretariat, which has worked on this petition, that the licence in question has been...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the visit made by the Industrial Development Agency to a town (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11491/13]

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: Previous contributions, including the passionate contribution from Deputy Penrose, highlight that HSE is a damaged brand lacking credibility in which people have little faith. I do not say the organisation's staff are branded with that because anybody I talk to who has dealt with the health services speak highly of the staff they deal with. However, the organisation's bureaucratic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (12 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost incurred by Bord Iascaigh Mhara of producing and distributing a flyer entitled Deep Sea Fish Farm, Galway - Telling Our Story as circulated in a local Galway newspaper on 28 February 2013; his views on the appropriattness of such in view of the fact that the period of public consultation on this proposal is now over; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the number of licences issued by the NTA for tourist day tours from Dublin to the West is excessive, in view of complaints by local businesses in the West that such trips do not result in a financial benefit to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12647/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the way to prioritise school building projects that are not on his Department's five year capital programme in the event of additional funding being made available or if scheduled projects are delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13451/13]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: In common with Deputy Buttimer, I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this topic. It is one that is debated regularly in the House and rightly so, because it certainly is extremely important and has an impact on many people's lives. I revert a little to a point made by the Minister of State, which is that when Members talk about people with disabilities, they do so as though...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (20 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a pension levy for AIB management; if there will be any reduction in their pensions or increases in contributions to their pension fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13822/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (21 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on discussions surrounding the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives in Brussels; if he will clarify his position on the issue; his views on whether this Directive will be brought to a conclusion during the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14548/13]