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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Derek Nolan: He corresponded with the two bodies and did not feel it appropriate to inform the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery (6 Nov 2014)

Derek Nolan: However, it is the case that if a consultant really does not feel comfortable with a surgery, it is their clinical decision as to whether something is done as a day case or an inpatient case.

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 do not want Mr. Donoghue to feel left out. He mentioned the 32 local State solicitors who work for his office outside of the Dublin region. How are those appointed and what is the process for getting value for money there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Mar 2015)

Derek Nolan: ...on the current position with regard to the protected disclosures, the policies that State organisations have to put in place with regard to whistleblowers and given that change, whether they still feel that there is an area that needs to be further addressed. Is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: The issue here is that an applicant has written to us who, if one takes the details out of it, feels trampled upon, oppressed and ignored by the planning system. The planning system simply has been totally non-facilitating of the applicant and has supported a larger project, money and whatever one wants to call it. Basically, the system does not provide for proper notification and does not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...at Garda stations about an individual sample? Were they asked their views on the operation of the fixed charge notice and its weaknesses? Was such a broad scoping exercise done to judge the feeling of members of the force, talk to them about their experiences and so on, or did the exercise involve going through each case individually?

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

Derek Nolan: ...countries have strived and are incapable of getting on a firm footing. Take the idea that the Garda will investigate a Minister or a Deputy and that Deputies are afraid, and rightly so, and do not feel comfortable or competent to interfere in a Garda investigation. Under no circumstances would I feel it in any way possible to telephone a judge to try to interfere in a case. These are...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: ...I am often required to speak and debate on matters on which I might not hold a professional qualification or even have personal experience. No one is capable of being an expert on every topic. I feel comfortable informing myself to the best of my ability and forming a judgment, yet there are some topics, regardless of how much I read or how much research I do, that I feel I can never...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: ...I am often required to speak and debate on matters on which I might not hold a professional qualification or even have personal experience. No one is capable of being an expert on every topic. I feel comfortable informing myself to the best of my ability and forming a judgment, yet there are some topics, regardless of how much I read or how much research I do, that I feel I can never...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Mar 2015)

Derek Nolan: ...advised to take no further action, which he did. He then realised he could no longer continue to study at the institute and decided to move to UCD where he experienced even harsher treatment. He feels the system currently in place in these institutes when dealing with complaints of bullying or discrimination are not sufficient. He also disagrees with the manner in which the equality...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)

Derek Nolan: .... The real issue is that we should be getting people jobs. That should be our priority. Then, when we manage to increase employment, we should acknowledge it rather than decry it and almost feel politically defeated. If things get better, those in Sinn Féin might not get as many votes, because they will not be able to preach their misery in the way they have been doing in recent years.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Derek Nolan: ...working in the system for a very long time and they are hardened, but others are broken by the system and what they see when they go into emergency departments because of the empathy and sympathy they feel for people who are on trolleys, some of whom are terminally ill or otherwise extremely ill and have worried families around them. The former CEO of the Saolta University Health Care...

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

Derek Nolan: ...managed to get out into the public domain. GSOC therefore still has some questions to answer about its ability to control and maintain secrecy and privacy over information which is extremely sensitive. If we want people to feel free to speak up and to go to GSOC and to give information about alleged malpractice in the Garda Síochána and so forth, the knowledge that there may be...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (12 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...been dashed. Three years ago was my first time to run in a general election. The people I met were generally considerably older than me. I felt a great sense of responsibility at that time. I feel we have been vindicated somewhat by what we have managed to do in the past three years. That sense of pure despair and hopelessness has gone. That sense that the country has nowhere to go...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Derek Nolan: ...20,000 students. As the population of Galway is only approximately 70,000, the student numbers represent an influx during the academic year. The students completely change the city's dynamic, feel and intellectual atmosphere, including the rigour of debates. The importance, standard and reputation of our education system are extremely important. I have had much interaction with students...

Rural Areas: Motion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2011)

Derek Nolan: ...Party was not in Government, both the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil parties would have cut basic social welfare rates. These are measures the coalition negotiated and changed but it is something I feel proud of when I go to my constituency to justify my presence in Government. Whatever difficulties I face as a Deputy, the people I represent face even greater hardships. Unemployment is...

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...try to set up lives in temporary accommodation. While there is perhaps an element of exaggeration in it, someone once told me that staying in rented accommodation for such a long time made them feel almost like being homeless. It was to stay in someone else's home and not to have a home of one's own. It is something we see in the private-rented market among people who cannot buy and in...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: ...turnout achieved in an election is approximately 70%. This means approximately 30% of the population does not vote and we are falling down in this regard. We are not engaging with those people because they feel the electoral system does not matter to them, is not relevant to them or fails to deliver for them. I recently had the opportunity to speak to a colleague who lives in...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: ...and is being implemented poorly by the PRTB, and the laws are simply not capable of being enforced properly by that kind of body. With many of the issues I get as a local representative, I feel I can help, do something and advocate, but this the one issue that occurs repeatedly and where I feel utterly powerless to help. People come in to me who have neighbours who cause them misery....

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Derek Nolan: ...about ten years apart, show just how far we have come and the courage, passion, struggle and strife of those who had made that possible. It is something that can inspire. One does not get that feeling often in politics. It is not something one feels where one gets a tingle on one's skin and it would be positive if we could use that energy for the many things that we need to continue on...