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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: Is cost a factor in the choice? Does the barrister accept the fee allocated by the Attorney General and decide to either work at that rate or not?

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: I appreciate that. Before a barrister is given a case, does the Office of the Attorney General set a fee or a rate? Although one cannot set a fee, given that a case could go on twice or three times as long as anticipated, there should be a structure for calculating the fee. Is it agreed beforehand or afterwards?

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: Does the Office of the Attorney General have a publicly available book of indicative fees for pleadings by senior and junior counsel?

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: The other argument is that if they were made public, rather than undercutting there would be a competitive field in which people who have the experience could offer to do the work for a lower fee and save the Office of the Attorney General money while doing the work well.

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: ...tender, which it should be. The State makes plumbers, electricians and all kinds of small businesses compete against each other in order to save €1,000 or €2,000. The market we use for counsel fees does not seem to use cost as a differentiator. Mr. O'Daly has said he has an indicative framework within which he works, which has been benchmarked by the private sector for how...

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 liberty issues. It is very serious. It is not to be likened to some other professions. This is something we constantly hear. Everybody is shocked when they hear about the cost of the legal fees, both counsel fees and solicitors' fees, associated with a case. Millions of euro is being paid in fees and one of the primary actors in that is the Bar. There does not seem to be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Apr 2015)

Derek Nolan: 185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that a €4,800 water connection fee for a new home in County Galway is excessive; his plans to work with Irish Water to introduce a common fee for the connection of water supplies to all new homes throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15025/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...of thousands of students are returning to college after the summer break and re-entering the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, system to access supports for education such as having their fees paid and receiving maintenance grants. While SUSI has improved since its first year in operation, there are still difficulties with the rules by which it must operate, in particular, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jun 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...for a four year period from 2011 to 2014, inclusive. At the time the Minister for Finance expressed the view that there was scope for the pensions industry to absorb the impact of the levy from fee income and charges and had written to the industry in that regard. The Department of Finance's question-and-answer fact sheet on the imposition of the levy stated the chargeable person for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...adopted by Australia, whereby working visa holders, subclass 457, with children attending government funded primary schools, must now, in addition to the income tax they pay, pay an additional fee per child attending school. I understand Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh wishes to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: ...figures from the answer to the parliamentary question add the cost of living allowance to the local post allowance, child foreign allowance, other foreign service allowance, rent, furniture, school fee, assistant, representation, health insurance and medical expenses, detention, disturbance and temporary accommodation costs allowances. I am not saying any of these are invalid. In 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Derek Nolan: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if it can be confirmed that the National Asset Management Agency pay management fees for properties within their possession in unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20284/13]

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 summary, despite having cut fees by 50%, is the Chief State Solicitor encountering no problems in getting barristers to do the work?

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 32 - Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments Under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 26 - Collection of Motor Taxation
Financial Statements 2011 - National Roads Authority (7 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: Has that money been spent exclusively on planning and legal fees?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (5 Feb 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be any exemptions for persons paying management fees to property management companies in the forthcoming Local Property Tax Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5911/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Is the commission's licence fee decrease also due to its reduction in fees as opposed to a fall off in passenger numbers?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Is that the same as the levy income? Has the fee not changed?

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: ...its investments. State Street has admitted it ripped us off to the tune of more than €3 million. It has not yet given the NTMA a full explanation of the reason for that. I assume it is taking fees, charges and management costs for the significant business it is continuing to do with us. Is Mr. Corrigan satisfied with that situation?

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: ...employees were responsible for €4.7 billion in funds and the NTMA agreed a price with them for that work of €698,000. In October 2011 the NTMA wrote to State Street asking it to clarify the fee that had been paid based on reports. Why did the agency write at the time asking for further information?