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Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Patrick Nulty: I thank Deputies McLellan and Ó Snodaigh for facilitating this opportunity to contribute to this debate. I believe in the Labour Party and I stand proudly and unapologetically in this Chamber on behalf of the people of Dublin West, who sent me here to represent their interests and to stand up for Labour values. These values have never been articulated better than in the impassioned...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Patrick Nulty: Deputy Nulty.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Patrick Nulty: Not at all.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Dec 2011)

Patrick Nulty: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance that have been made by self-employed persons in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the rate of successful applications; the reason for refusal of payment of jobseeker's allowance; the number of applications which are withdrawn or not proceeded with; the reason for same; and if...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2011)

Patrick Nulty: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health if the €50 million efficiency savings for mental health services, disability services and child care as per the comprehensive expenditure review 2012-2014 are intended to be used to fund the €50 million additional funding for mental health services and primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40209/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 2011)

Patrick Nulty: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health the proportion, if any, of the €145 million savings from the employment control framework-pay cost containment as per the comprehensive expenditure review 2012-2014 that will come from the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40210/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (11 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to cut the allocation for guidance counsellors in second level schools; his views that this will have a acutely detrimental effect on the educational and personal development of second level pupils, particularly those in disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41292/11]

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

Patrick Nulty: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the claim will go into payment and arrears will issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41085/11]

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (11 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the advisory group on tax and social welfare will publish its report looking at child and family income supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41219/11]

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

Patrick Nulty: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if support is currently available under social welfare schemes for persons unable to pay residential property management fees; if any such support is being considered for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41260/11]

Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (11 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 715: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will restate his commitment to ban fur farming; if the matter will be dealt with in the forthcoming Animal Health and Welfare Bill; if he will provide an update on the work of the departmental review group; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41256/11]

Written Answers — National Children's Strategy: National Children's Strategy (11 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 781: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for public consultation in the development of the national children's strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41213/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 910: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the €35 million investment in mental health services is now split three ways and not the originally intended purposes of developing community mental health teams and funding reach out as per the Programme for Government; the proportion of the €35 million that is going to these originally intended purposes; if he will provide a...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 911: To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards and monitoring procedures in place to ensure that the €35 million investment will be used for the development of community mental health services. [41393/11]

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I thank the Technical Group for facilitating me in making my contribution to this important debate. I support this legislation. We must bear in mind the wider context of this legislation which is the struggle of workers in this economy to protect their rights, to fight for their entitlements and to achieve secure and safe pay. I refer in particular to the Vita Cortex workers who were...

Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I wish the Taoiseach well for the new year. In regard to promised legislation, this week the Taoiseach will have seen the chaotic fashion in which waste collection services were privatised in Dublin city, which is one of the final nails in the coffin of a publicly provided waste collection service. When will legislation be brought before the House to provide for a national waiver scheme for...

Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department plans further research on hydraulic fracturing and is currently in the process of drawing up specifications for a more comprehensive research project alongside other stakeholders; the names of these stakeholders; if they will include local...

Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out research into the natural gas extraction process hydraulic fracking, which included consultation with the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on this method; his views that the...

Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I thank the Minister of State. It is vital that the research undertaken is objective and is seen to be so. The University of Aberdeen is funded substantially by the oil and gas industry and the Government should examine whether having the research done by a university whose key funders have a vested interest is appropriate, given that fracking is banned, for example, in New South Wales,...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Jan 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the card will be approved and when it will issue; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2782/12]