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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: This is my final question but it is only the personal cases that really provide one with the detail. Is it possible that Mr. Gaynor may continue to work with IBEC until he is 68 and that he might actually start to get some small pension payments at 65 or 66?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: Left it in the pot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: I thank Mr. Gaynor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: I could head off and the Chairman and Deputy Harrington could stay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: Absolutely.

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: We are coming to the end of a very difficult time for the policing authorities in this country, namely An Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. The last two years have been full of controversies relating to penalty points and the relationship between the gardaí and the commission, which got so strained at one point that it led to public...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: I may just simply say, because the main points I had were prepared, that sometimes we take for granted some of what functions so properly in this country - that we have a Parliament that meets, a Judiciary that is independent and a policing body that works and maintains the rule of law. These things are very fragile. We take them for granted because we are, in fact, one of the oldest...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if recent changes in the cap on the finance-benefit in kind transfers that parents can gift to their children tax free also refer to the transfer of land, either as a site for a house or as a farm; if land is an asset for inheritance or gift during lifetime purposes in transactions between parents and offspring; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the findings of the interdepartmental group on the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; the timeframe in place for this group's recommendations; if those persons who had their allowance cut in 2013 will now have the opportunity to reapply for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3817/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the amount invested by her Department into schools in County Galway, broken down by year between 2011 and 2014 and by primary and post-primary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3569/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount invested by her Department into schools in County Galway since 2011, broken down by school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies that are made available to landlords whereby in an apartment building one resident an owner occupier is causing a continuous noise disturbance and causing other residents to move out and causing financial loss to landlords as a result, noting that section 108 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (27 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to inform Volunteer Ireland and volunteer centres across the country regarding their funding for 2015; the reason there has been a delay to date; if he will organise the relevant budgetary allocations as soon as possible so that staff will be paid and services will be maintained; and if he will make a statement...

Housing Affordability: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: Housing affects everyone in the country because everyone has to stay somewhere at night and they will have grown up somewhere. Housing impacts on every family, every individual and every couple in the country. When talking about housing and affordability, one cannot just pick out one element and say that is the part that matters because the whole market is completely interlinked between...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (28 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if anti-bullying and suicide prevention numbers have been published on homework journals for second level students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3952/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress for new accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if she will provide an update on the application for an additional temporary classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3962/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (28 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools without a sports hall, the number that have applied for funding for construction of same; her plans for capital funding for sports halls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: Were these discrepancies discovered by SUSI or by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General when it was analysing the accounts?

European Debt: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2015)

Derek Nolan: I will never forget the election of 2011 or the horror and despair at the state of our economy I encountered while canvassing in Galway city. I recall calling to a house in Renmore and meeting a woman in her 50s who was in tears because all of her savings had been wiped out. Her livelihood and retirement prospects had been completely undermined and she could see no way forward. That was...