Results 121-140 of 1,391 for speaker:Patrick Nulty

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who benefited from the special assignment relief programme in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9651/12]

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details of the tax reliefs available to the companies involved in aircraft leasing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential gain for the Exchequer of the provision to tax illness benefit and occupational injury benefit, as provided for in the Finance Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/12]

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing mortgage interest relief for persons who bought a house for the first time between the years 2004 and 2008 in the Finance Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/12]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will take to draw down the unallocated European social funds as proposed by the European Commission to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9484/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consult with youth organisations and the representative body for the youth sector, the National Youth Council of Ireland, to discuss actions to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grant funding will be made available to him to retrofit wall and attic insulation and to improve energy efficiency in local authority housing (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9786/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for the refurbishment of windows and doors for local authority housing (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/12]

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (21 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Private Residential Tenancies Board did not produce an annual report or publish accounts for 2010, despite the fact that it has a statutory obligation to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9648/12]

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: My amendment No. 9 was ruled out for the same reason and I defer to the wisdom of the Ceann Comhairle on that issue. To make the point, the Bill is deficient in that it does not take account of allowances to which agencies workers should be entitled on the same basis as permanent employees. In the public health sector, for example, allowances are paid to nurses who achieve additional...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I am also disappointed that amendment No.19 has been ruled out of order. There is much in the Bill that I support but section 7 is deplorably inadequate. The Bill fails to provide for effective anti-avoidance measures. Article 5.5 of the directive places a clear duty on the Government to introduce appropriate measures to prevent abuse of the derogation. However, under the Bill, as it...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I support this amendment. It is right and proper to place in primary legislation a responsibility on both the agency and the employer who avails of the agency worker and that there should be stringent legal protections in place within the primary legislation. Arising from the previous debate, although amendment No. 23 is welcome, the Minister should look at the Swedish derogation issue...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (23 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person who will be undertaking the departmental review of DEIS schools; the criteria that will be used to assess these schemes; when the review will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10014/12]

Written Answers — Public Procurement Contracts: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts which were awarded to private companies for each year from 2006 to 2011 inclusive; the number of these companies which were registered for tax purposes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10838/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (28 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role of the environmental awareness teams in county and city councils; if the national and regional network of local agenda 21 officers is still in existence; if so, the role it now plays; the amount that was allocated to each local authority by year since the introduction of the local agenda fund in...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (28 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to publish the report on improving conditions in Cork Prison that was submitted to him by the Prison Service; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11488/12]

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (28 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detailed plans of the facilities that she intends to provide for the detention of 16 and 17 year olds at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin; if she will confirm if dedicated new facilities will be provided; if 16 and 17 year old detainees will be detained separately from the younger teenagers currently detained in Oberstown;...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 788: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress regarding the commitment given in the programme for Government to legislate to regulate the vehicle clamping industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11393/12]

Order of Business (29 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Will the promised legislation to establish a new agency to deal with child protection include amendments to the 1991 Child Care Act to provide for a statutory right to after care for young people leaving State care? Less than 15 months ago, the Taoiseach's party supported amendments in the Dáil to provide for that.

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (29 Feb 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committals to prison for non-payment of fines and non-payment of debt in 2011; if he will provide comparative figures for the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11622/12]