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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Election of Vice Chairman (27 Mar 2013)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Election of Vice Chairman (27 Mar 2013)

Derek Nolan: I thank the Chairman. At the outset I would like to thank Deputy McCarthy for proposing me and for his work when the committee was being set up and trying to find its feet, so to speak. I know he put a good deal of effort and dedication into that. Deputy Mac Lochlainn and I are both relatively new to the positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively. I look forward to working with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Courses (16 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it a good use of money to provide funding to further education institutions, such as FÁS, who employ private contractors to carry out training courses in view of the fact that the private contractors make huge profits; if he will consider re-investing the funds into further education institutions which reinvest the money...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Procurement Service Framework Agreements (16 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered the effect that companies being part of a larger purchasing group when tendering for NPS contracts is having on individual small and medium enterprises; the way he intends to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17245/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (16 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the problem that small and medium enterprises are having in being unable to tender for contract because of protocol stating that they must have a turnover of at least €3 million even in situations where they are supplying the product at a cheaper price; his views on whether this process is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (17 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons a club (details supplied) in County Galway suffered a 10% cut in funding from her Department; if her attention has been drawn to the potential impacts of this funding cut on young people and youth projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17750/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of the upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Colombia in the Human Rights Council, if he intends to press the Colombian Government on the security and protection of human rights defenders and trade union workers operating in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19096/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council Resolutions (23 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider supporting the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Colombia, in the context of Ireland's National Action Plan and its membership of the UN Human Rights Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19097/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting women who do not receive a salary top-up from their employer when on maternity leave from the tax on maternity benefit; if he acknowledges the fact that not all employers pay a top-up payment and many women could have a significantly reduced income when on maternity leave;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18919/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on current proposals to realign local development companies; his views that their role will be overtaken by county socio-economic committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (23 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 482. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Oireachtas Committee's report on Ireland's prostitution laws to be published; the reason for the delay in publishing the report in view of the fact that it was due to be published in 2012; if he expects to introduce legislation to deal with the issues in this area on foot of this report; and if he will make a statement on...

Topical Issue Debate: Credit Availability (24 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: A taxi driver in my constituency is a friend of my family. He contacted me a number of weeks ago. He had an issue with his car and needed finance to get his car repaired so he could continue going to work and earn a living. Given the industry he works in, his income has declined dramatically over the past number of years, as is the case for an enormous number of people. His mortgage is in...

Topical Issue Debate: Credit Availability (24 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for the succinctness of his reply. I spent a number of years working in finance. The circular suggests it is the credit union's obligation to assess the creditworthiness of someone before lending money. A person in mortgage arrears for more than 12 months is de facto not a creditworthy person. The Central Bank expects a credit union to be fully satisfied as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if it can be confirmed that the National Asset Management Agency pay management fees for properties within their possession in unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20284/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Statistics (30 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of income tax payers, total income and the total tax paid for each of the following income tax bands (details supplied) based on the most recent data available [19815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (30 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the outcome of the recently completed surveys of primary school patronage, in which parents in 20 of the locations surveyed expressed a preference for the establishment of a primary school under the patronage of Educate Together, he intends to carry out a similar survey for post primary schools, in order that the growing demand...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons in reciept of social welfare payments in a town (details supplied) in County Galway, between 2007 and 2012 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20271/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Asylum Support Services (30 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislative basis for payments to asylum seekers in direct provision accommodation; the effect on these payments, if any, of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2) Act 2009 which precludes asylum seekers from being granted habitual residency status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20353/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (1 May 2013)

Derek Nolan: We are in public session. The joint committee met in private session to consider the petitions and I propose to read the recommendations that the committee has agreed to and to open it to members to comment thereon. The committee has deliberated on petition No. P00044/12 from Mr. Daniel Donovan on revising postal ballot rules. The petition is related to petition No. P00069/12 which we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (1 May 2013)

Derek Nolan: Thank you, Senator. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition for consideration is petition No. P00069/12 from Mr. Daire Queenan on allowing Irish people overseas to vote. The petitioner proposes that provision should be made in law for Irish citizens who are overseas temporarily to vote by post from their overseas address. The recommendation is the same as for the last petition in...