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Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: The treaty is extremely important for the country because it provides that a country which is spending too much money that it does not have must reduce its expenditure over time and that a country that has borrowed too much has to reduce its borrowings over time. That is the basis for it. There might be more to it.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: Will the Deputy please let me speak?

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: I did not interrupt the Deputy once during his nonsense. The treaty also provides that countries which get in trouble in the future will be able to borrow money. If they run out of money, a fund will be available for them. Sinn Féin wanted the people to veto that fund at a time when the State coffers were in severe crisis. As the date of the referendum approached and those in Sinn...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: I am not sure what the Deputy is talking about.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: I will debate the matter with the Deputy another time.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: The Deputy has said the Government has not changed any of the policies it inherited. I remind him that we have a different policy on the banks and a different policy on job creation. We are adjusting the taxation system to make it fairer. The Government has to acknowledge that there is an economy and that the domestic economy, the public sector and other stakeholders need to be looked...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (9 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway; the rationale behind the temporary closure of day care services there; if there are any plans to address the empty beds and staffing shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42841/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Ratings (2 Oct 2012)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date on setting up a Central Credit Register; when legislation on the matter will be published; when the register will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41566/12]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: If the balance changes we will have Dr. Brady back again.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: Would it not be the case that if someone took on this extra responsibility, he or she would give up another? For example, if he or she was dean, he or she stopped lecturing to some extent.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: Dr. Brady said that for seven years, UCD sought approval for the allowances every year from the HEA and the HEA never clarified the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: From what Dr. Brady has told us, there was definitely a question mark over the allowances. It was not the case that the HEA was not responding. It was saying that the matter needed to be clarified and looked at. It was not sanctioning them. The very fact that the university wrote asking for approval also implies that there was a question mark over their legitimacy at the time. It implies...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: When did the university seek legal advice as to the allowances' legality?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: No one is questioning the roles or has ever said the roles are inappropriate. What is being said is that paying them an allowance without undertaking the role was the issue. So the question of whether they have them in other universities around the world is irrelevant. The fact is that UCD had the roles but decided to remunerate them. It was the fact that they were remunerated that was in...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: Did the university lose any staff as a result of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: The university informed people that the allowances were being stopped and people said goodbye, they were off.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: Is that directly attributable to this decision?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: How would the salaries for those individuals compare with international standards? Would they not be generally higher? Have there not been reports showing that Irish universities' pay is quite healthy?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)

Derek Nolan: How many people has UCD lost as a result?