Results 761-780 of 1,776 for speaker:Derek Nolan

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: In what way was it not fit for purpose?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: For how long was the lease signed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: FÁS had to rent it for five years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: What was the total spent on the leases?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: For storage space.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: The people responsible have retired.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: Those were all of my questions. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the 9% VAT rate for the tourism industry into 2014 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33067/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (9 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a closed public building located in a town (details supplied) in County Galway; if there is a plan for it to have a public amenity value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33114/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Policy (9 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when and why the decision was taken for Ireland not to participate in the recast asylum procedures directive, which was successfully negotiated under his chairmanship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33321/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Policy (9 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been detained following a refusal of leave to land here in 2011, 2012 and the first six months of 2013; their length of detention, place of detention, their nationality and if they were subsequently removed from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33440/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Policy (9 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, and the nationality of those persons, who, in 2011, 2012 and the first six months of 2013, after attempting to enter here, have been transferred or returned to the UK by the Irish authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33441/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulation of Sunbed Use (9 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 475. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to introduce legislation for the regulation of sunbeds; the reason there has been a delay in introducing this legislation; if he will provide a time line for the introduction of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33603/13]

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: The programme for Government commits to a review of the immigration system. On upcoming legislation, the Ombudsman today warned of serious concerns about children in direct provision asylum centres. It is an issue I have raised in the House on many occasions in regard to the long delays that families and children experience. When I raise it in the House, I am told that this issue will be...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (16 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 134. To ask the Taoiseach if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust business case submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures that the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, upon their return, the staff have to submit a report on the work carried...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (16 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust business case submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures that the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, upon their return, the staff...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (16 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by local authority, of the amount of revenue he expects to raise annually from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue he expects to raise from the local property tax from July to December of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Functions (16 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that conditions do not exist for the re-emergence of a property bubble in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Functions (16 Jul 2013)

Derek Nolan: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis that has been done by his Department on the role played by the impact of high inflation, due to lack of control of interest rates, in creating the current economic crisis; the way his Department proposes to deal with a possible recurrence of such high inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/13]