Results 201-220 of 1,776 for speaker:Derek Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: 276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm the status of the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Russia on inter-country adoptions; if he envisages it being completed in the lifetime of this Dáil; the approximate timeframe for the completion of this agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (6 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: 533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any scheme, grant or contribution available at present to assist families with the cost of building a home for family members with severe disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (28 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons working in part-time retail positions that needed income support or social welfare benefits in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (28 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regulate to allow the book of evidence be available to victims for their perusal at criminal trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (28 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the legislation dealing with incitement to hatred at any stage in this term of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16459/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (28 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce hate speech legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16460/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (28 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame within which the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014 will be brought through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16462/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for an inspector from her Department to visit a school (details supplied) in County Galway in order to make a detailed assessment of its needs in view of the fact that it has never had a visit from her Department, and needs considerable improvements to be carried out on its building; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (21 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for changing the direct-provision policy, with regard to asylum seekers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (21 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been convicted of offences under section 5 and section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, specifically in relation to online threats or harassment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (21 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons the Salthill Handball and Racquetball Club was unsuccessful in its application for a grant from the sports capital programme in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15419/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: I welcome Mr. Griffin, Mr. Colgan and their officials. I thank the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee in Northern Ireland for hosting us in Stormont a number of weeks ago to discuss the project. It is shocking reading all of this material in that it sets almost the gold standard for management incompetence and project and oversight failure. From the beginning,...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: We have all read the reports.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: I understand civil proceedings are under way in the High Court in Northern Ireland to recoup money. Can I ask Mr. Griffin two questions? What is the current financial status of Bytel? Is it a company of assets from which money can be recovered? Second, has the Department discussed with DETI as to whether, particularly given the invoice for equipment which was not worth the value, this has...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: Two issues relate directly to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The first is that the letter of offer was based on Bytel and Aurora working together and while Aurora subsequently pulled out, it was a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann, which was a semi-State company that was responsible to the Department. First, the company that pulled out should have...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: To clarify, is there paperwork or documentation in the Secretary General's Department from that time noting that Aurora had pulled out of the project?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: Does it not attempt to rescue the project without realising the parameters within which the project is eligible for EU funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: Can Mr. Griffin talk about the 2006 whistleblower allegation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: So that is the third juncture at which something could have been done to deal with the failure along the road?