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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: How many cases were dealt with in 2012?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: How many are outstanding in total?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Will Mr. Purcell supply to the clerk to the committee later the current rate of cases with which the High Court is dealing?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: That would be appreciated. I have a constituent who applied for citizenship nearly four and a half years ago but has still not received a decision. The six month target in some cases is certainly being well missed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Actually, my case involves a citizenship application.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Turning to Ms Creedon's accounts, subhead A6, the 2011 figure for office premises expenses on furniture and fittings was €72,000, yet the office spent €148,000. Why was there such an increase in expenses on office furniture?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Most Departments and Government-funded offices were in complete financial lockdown in 2011. Not many went and undertook a vast reorganisation of their office spaces when there were budget cuts of €6 billion the year before.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Was the refurbishment necessary or was it a discretionary decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Therefore, it was obligatory. Ms Creedon has stated maintaining and keeping high calibre staff is a challenge for her office. Is the office losing staff regularly?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: What is the starting salary?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: In effect, qualified solicitors are choosing to stay unemployed rather than to work for the office.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: The office's counsel bill is down by 46%, which must be acknowledged. Is that as a result of the office reducing the fees it is paying by a straight cut or is it through skill mixes such as hiring a junior counsel when once a senior counsel was hired? As a result of this reduction, do senior or junior counsel refuse to work for the office as the fees are too low?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I will leave the lease issue until later on, and will take the Vote issue first. I was not going to refer to the asylum and immigration process but I will react because it is something with which I am familiar and deal with a lot. When the history of this period is written, we will look back at the institutionalisation of people for five or six years, whereby they suffer from mental health...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: No, but the language used at the time was similar to the language we are using now. The language used to justify those cases is similar to the language we use today to justify keeping families of poor people in a small hotel room for six years, not knowing what is going on, with no money or resources and very little educational standards coming out of it. That is what I think.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: My question was whether direct provision was initially introduced with a maximum envisaged time limit of six months.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: If a time limit of six months was put on it, it was obviously done for a reason. I am straying into policy issues that we are not really supposed to go into, so I am happy to leave it there. I have one factual question that I would like to ask. The current system through which most people go is that they apply and are refused. When they appeal, they are normally refused and then they...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (21 Mar 2013)
Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on discussions surrounding the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives in Brussels; if he will clarify his position on the issue; his views on whether this Directive will be brought to a conclusion during the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14548/13]
- Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Nolan: In common with Deputy Buttimer, I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this topic. It is one that is debated regularly in the House and rightly so, because it certainly is extremely important and has an impact on many people's lives. I revert a little to a point made by the Minister of State, which is that when Members talk about people with disabilities, they do so as though...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a pension levy for AIB management; if there will be any reduction in their pensions or increases in contributions to their pension fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13822/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Mar 2013)
Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the way to prioritise school building projects that are not on his Department's five year capital programme in the event of additional funding being made available or if scheduled projects are delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13451/13]