Results 81-100 of 1,776 for speaker:Derek Nolan

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Even during the last five or six years, when we were all cutting our cloths considerably, it was never considered that maybe we should tender for a significant amount of work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: How would that be judged?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Are there performance reviews for those who are doing those jobs over ten years, or is it a matter of "This is your contract and we will see you in ten years and see if you win it again"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Has anyone ever lost their contract as a result of poor performance, or been reprimanded or sanctioned?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: Supposing someone is two or three years in and the office realises this solicitor is not doing a very good job, what happens?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: To bring the Chairman back again - I will finish on this because I have had 40 minutes - I understand the point about indicative scales of salaries, but it seems that, while recognising expertise, the solemnity of the job and the eminence of the persons required, there are many solicitors and barristers who should be able to compete a little more on cost in the systems that are in place.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to make micro-chipping of cats mandatory, so as to reduce the number of wild and feral cats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39638/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of children whose legal guardians are deemed eligible for orphan payment of €161; if she could provide a tabular breakdown on the age and location of these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39459/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if pension schemes that were initially set up as defined benefit schemes but which subsequently became buy-out bonds will be accessible as an Approved Retirement Fund following new rationalisation provisions that are currently being examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster parents who are eligible for the rate of €325 under the foster parent allowance scheme, by age of child, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39460/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (10 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person in the process of getting a divorce who has no beneficial interest in the family home may be deemed in need of housing and placed on the housing waiting list if the husband and beneficial owner of said home remains in occupancy and the couple has been living separately for a period greater than one year; and...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: I know nothing about a script. I was not reading a script. Sinn Féin Members came to the House with their press office scripts. I am not reading a script; I am giving it as I know it. This is a good budget. It is not a great budget, it is not the be-all and end-all. It will not create some kind of nirvana society. However, it will finally give a signal of hope to people that...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: They have not forgotten what Sinn Féin did either.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: No, we did not. Be accurate.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: It must be miserable to be a Sinn Féin Deputy. It must be the most miserable, horrible job because they are sitting there watching the economy going better, more jobs being created and people starting to get a bit of hope but they are miserable because they cannot exploit people's fears as they could in the past. Their strategy for five years was transparent, namely, to exploit...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (3 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-introduce the installation aid for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37749/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Testing (3 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of any improvement in the tuberculosis testing used on Irish cattle since it was first introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38048/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Waste Disposal (3 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the licences necessary, and the regulations that must be complied with, when a person wishes to establish an animal waste disposal business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38049/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (3 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: 625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a salary scale for workers in the child care industry to ensure  qualifications are reflected in salary achieved for these workers in the interests of quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37748/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (20 Oct 2015)

Derek Nolan: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the process required for Permanent TSB variable mortgage customers who wish to avail of the 1% cut in interest rates announced by the bank in July 2015; if there is a deadline date on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36287/15]