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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (18 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the proposed diesel rebate scheme to other transportation sectors, such as the marine transportation sector, in order to help businesses create sustainable transportation options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56831/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Control (18 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national strategy in relation to tackling Lyme Disease here; the treatment available here for the disease; if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to sufferers of the disease; his plans to pursue any type of awareness campaign for the symptoms of Lyme Disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56861/12]

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (17 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: I agree and I withdraw that.

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (17 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: The two other perinatal psychiatrists, however, said that suicide in pregnancy exists and is real. For the majority of women the last thing they would do would be to suggest or prescribe a termination. It is a mental health issue and there are ways to treat it. One treats it as one would the risk of suicide in other areas. Nonetheless there are examples, known to the medical...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (17 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: I commend my colleague, Deputy Conaghan, on what was a very thoughtful speech on his personal experience and engagement with the issue over the past 30 years. I also commend the late Jim Kemmy and another former Member of the House who lost his seat for taking a courageous position on the issue, namely, the President, Michael D. Higgins. As a constituency representative of Galway West I...

Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: At least it was not corrupt.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: Sinn Féin takes credit for jobs but nothing else.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: And the Deputy's plans.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (6 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the environmental impact statement for the proposed salmon farm in Galway Bay was carried out by Bord Iascaigh Mhara the agency proposing the scheme and not by independent qualified consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55023/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (6 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct Bord Iascaigh Mhara to provide the additional background material to the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed salmon farm in Galway Bay, as requested by a club (details supplied); the reason this material was not provided when requested several times previously; and if he will make a statement on the...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Derek Nolan: I am delighted to speak on this extremely important topic and I commend the proposers of the motion on bringing it forward for discussion tonight. We often speak as politicians in what can be a glib way about the most vulnerable people in society, and every group can in some way lay claim to that title. Boiling it to the core, the people who are the most vulnerable in society are those with...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: Sinn Féin are the arch partitionists.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend the free home insulation scheme or make home heating grants more accessible to middle income earners who are often very financially stretched; his plans to allow home owners insulate their homes and pay off the bills over a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been a delay in the processing of an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52209/12]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: In the context of what Deputy Donohoe just stated, the new bond yields are approximately 4.5%. Before we were locked out of the markets, we were taking out long-term bonds at higher rates. Are we trying to refinance those bonds?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: Are we locked into interest rates on the bonds we issued just prior to entering the programme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: So there is a fixed interest rate on them-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: -----and this is higher than the rate to which we would be notionally entitled in the markets at present.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: Is there a strategy to begin to try to replace these bonds with others to which lower rates of interest attach? In other words, is it intended to repay and reissue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Derek Nolan: So we are not there yet.