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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (3 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a salary scale for workers in the child care industry to ensure  qualifications are reflected in salary achieved for these workers in the interests of quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37748/15]

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: They have not forgotten what Sinn Féin did either.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: No, we did not. Be accurate.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: It must be miserable to be a Sinn Féin Deputy. It must be the most miserable, horrible job because they are sitting there watching the economy going better, more jobs being created and people starting to get a bit of hope but they are miserable because they cannot exploit people's fears as they could in the past. Their strategy for five years was transparent, namely, to exploit...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: I know nothing about a script. I was not reading a script. Sinn Féin Members came to the House with their press office scripts. I am not reading a script; I am giving it as I know it. This is a good budget. It is not a great budget, it is not the be-all and end-all. It will not create some kind of nirvana society. However, it will finally give a signal of hope to people that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of children whose legal guardians are deemed eligible for orphan payment of €161; if she could provide a tabular breakdown on the age and location of these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39459/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if pension schemes that were initially set up as defined benefit schemes but which subsequently became buy-out bonds will be accessible as an Approved Retirement Fund following new rationalisation provisions that are currently being examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster parents who are eligible for the rate of €325 under the foster parent allowance scheme, by age of child, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39460/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person in the process of getting a divorce who has no beneficial interest in the family home may be deemed in need of housing and placed on the housing waiting list if the husband and beneficial owner of said home remains in occupancy and the couple has been living separately for a period greater than one year; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to make micro-chipping of cats mandatory, so as to reduce the number of wild and feral cats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39638/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for taking my Topical Issue. My remarks are addressed not personally to the Minister of State, but to the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, the Minister, Deputy Kelly, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, as the people who brought forward the new housing package on stabilising rents and boosting supply this week. The package includes a number of good...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: I want the official in the Department of Finance who decided not to spend this money on Galway or Limerick to listen carefully. I emphasise that my remarks are not directed at the Minister of State, but at an official who is presumably in an office somewhere watching this debate. It is an absolute nonsense to say that this "initiative is logically targeted at the Dublin local authority...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: The Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills is ultimately responsible for funding the universities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Is a printed copy of Mr. Donoghue's opening statement available?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for attending. Well done on receiving clear audit opinions, although it makes it more boring for me when three Accounting Officers appear before me with clean bills of health from the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: I suppose. Ms Creedon concluded by stating that her office would not be able to stay within budget this year. By how much will it run over and how large of a Supplementary Estimate will it need to balance its books?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: How is that €2.5 million broken down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: The cases are more complex, they are going through the High Court more quickly and costs have increased because the office must go to the Court of Appeal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Was the 2014 budget less than the 2013 one?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Ms Creedon mentioned the complexity of the cases. Will she explain what she meant?