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Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (24 Jan 2012)

Derek Nolan: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the various types of European funds and grants available to local authorities at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4086/12]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (24 Jan 2012)

Derek Nolan: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the various types of European funds and grants available to local community groups at present. [4087/12]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (24 Jan 2012)

Derek Nolan: Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the various types of European funds and grants available to Irish business and research centres at present. [4088/12]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (24 Jan 2012)

Derek Nolan: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the current round of EU structural funds to Ireland; the amount of financial assistance they will provide in total; the areas to which they will be directed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4085/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)

Derek Nolan: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for applications in respect of carer's allowance; if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced and the anxiety that this is causing; the steps she will take to remedy this matter; when she expects the situation to improve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41394/11]

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

Derek Nolan: This debate takes place one week after the budget. Over the past seven days I have reflected on what is happening in the economy and the country. When I first got involved in politics in NUI Galway ten years ago, I did not expect to be implementing an austerity programme, reducing people's living standards and changing the way the country operates by reducing expenditure. It is difficult...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Derek Nolan: Children have a certain vulnerability, often even in the care of well-intentioned parents, and it is vital that in this country we provide a secure environment for them to grow up and flourish. As the leaders of future generations it is indisputable that children have a central role in this society and therefore there is a special duty on the State and Government to protect them. The United...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (29 Nov 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the employment incentive scheme, which was to replace the business expansion scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37190/11]

Written Answers — Teaching Council: Teaching Council (23 Nov 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the payment of an annual fee to the Teaching Council is required if a person cannot obtain any work in that profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36450/11]

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)

Derek Nolan: Did Deputy McGrath make a submission?

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)

Derek Nolan: The Deputy did not participate in that process.

Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2011)

Derek Nolan: I welcome the increased ratio of red headed Deputies in the Chamber. It is a nice change. I raise an important issue affecting my constituency, namely, the position at the accident and emergency department of University College Hospital, Galway, which I understand, with approximately 66,000 attendances per year, is the second busiest accident and emergency department in the country after the...

Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2011)

Derek Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for her heartfelt response. As a member of a Government party, I support the strategy of diverting patients from acute hospitals, the most expensive facilities to treat patients, to primary care, which is more effective, efficient, local and trusted by members of the community. We are, however, a long way from achieving this objective. As such, I must raise...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 Oct 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his chair specifications complies with the Irish and European Standard which is I.S.EN 1729; if these are the same device specifications covered by the study by the National Back Pain Association in the UK which concluded that Irish school chairs are not conducive to posture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27152/11]

Written Answers — Waste Collection: Waste Collection (4 Oct 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of waste that goes unsegregated at source or collection; the proportion which is collected by private and public operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26951/11]

Written Answers — Tax Evasion: Tax Evasion (27 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is currently a phone number persons can use to report tax defaulters; and if such a hotline is manned at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25843/11]

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: That is correct.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to allow a person (details supplied) in County Galway to access intensive dialectical behaviour therapy for emotionally unstable personality disorder in the UK; if similar treatment is available here; if so, the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25163/11]

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: That is not the case.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Derek Nolan: A minority share is not privatisation.