Results 1-20 of 123 for going forward speaker:Seán Fleming

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Fleming: ...2021, we will have legislative proposals to reform PIAB. We want it to be the case that when people bring cases to PIAB, they should know that it is the end of the road, by and large, and that by going to court, they will not get any more. This brings me directly to the book of quantum. Some people believe that if they go to court, they might get a bigger award. They might get an...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2015: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: ...it was in excess of €100 million. It is the smallest carryover in recent years, which means most of what was allocated was spent. We will not argue too much about the big figures because they are going in the right direction. The carryover is €79 million, which is in the Estimates for this year. How much which could not be carried forward was forfeited? I presume any...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I shall go with that figure. The sum of €34 million was not carried forward. I do not dispute the figure but it is somewhere in that ballpark. That sum has been surrendered and returned to the Department of Finance.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I can consult the Bills Office but the essence of what I am trying to achieve could not be simpler. I would have thought the Minister would be the one offering to come forward with the clear wording on Report Stage given that he was not happy with the wording of my amendment. The essence of what I am saying is that if millions of euro of taxpayers' money is going to political parties and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: Having reviewed the correspondence, it essentially concerns a legal dispute. The individual has forwarded a number of solicitors' letters in which a number of allegations are made. If he believes the allegations, he should pursue the matter further through the courts. If he believes there are criminal actions, he should report them to the Garda. That is not our function. For our part and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: ...have information on 160 of them. We are trying to get a complete picture. I am not suggesting anything untoward has been done. How did the Department distinguish between what it was and was not going to forward?

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: ...at the moment - the interest rates being charged - and what will come in under the new legislation. There is a difference between what the two sides of the House are proposing, but the message going out that everybody needs to hear is that regardless of which rate is introduced through this legislation, it will represent an actual reduction on the average loan that is out there today. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: ...plenty of wriggle room. Is it any wonder the deal was voted down? To revert to my question, what actions will the Minister take? While he has told Members the current position, my question looks forward to where we will go next. Where is the Minister going next with the proposal that he, with help from other Labour Ministers, ensured was rejected by public sector workers?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the enactment of this Act, bring forward a report on the feasibility of the Public Appointments Commission establishing a process whereby employees who wish to voluntarily transfer to a new role within the public service may be matched up with another employee...

Public Accounts Committee: Deloitte Report on Cost of Care in Grace Case (26 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...for 2017. Subsequently, the High Court approved settlement terms on 27 April 2017 which included a care settlement of €600,000 for past care and €120,484 per annum for the individual's care going forward. The HSE contacted the service provider on 19 May 2017 to update the previously agreed payment schedule and payment of the €600,000 was made on 2 June. Is it safe...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: With respect to the Minister's record in the next six weeks, I look forward to her meeting the people and talking about the two-tier recovery. There is a two-tier recovery and the Labour Party should be, and is, ashamed of the fact that it stood by Fine Gael giving tax cuts to the wealthy while it made people on low incomes suffer. The Government has had five regressive budgets, documented...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Fleming: ..., sometimes for decades, can be over 30%, and we want to deal with that issue too. My main message regarding insurance is to shop around. When people get a bill, they should make a phone call or go online. My experience from listening to all the people I speak with is that they regularly get a reduction in the cost of their premium when they make an effort. It is a bit like going into...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 20: Corporation Tax Receipts (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...on the issue in the past week or so. I tabled one last night and one on 13 February. I asked for a breakdown of the tax credit based on different bands of tax payment by various companies. I got some information in one reply and more in another on the number of people involved. It was 1,535 companies for 2015 and 1,486 companies were able to claim R&D tax credit in 2016. The range...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: ...issue. Will the Minister tell us about the commencement date? What happens on the death of a Member? Is the allowance reduced for the political party until the seat is filled? Does the balance go to the other parties until it is filled? I have raised a number of practical issues. I support the Bill in principle and I support most of its provisions but improvements could be made. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Deloitte Report on Cost of Care in Grace Case (26 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...states: "Subsequently, the High Court approved settlement terms on 27 April 2017 which included a care settlement of €600,000 for past care and €120,484 per annum for the individual’s care going forward." The committee believes that settlement of €600,000 was paid to the service provider for past care which had not been paid up to that point. That is the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: .... The Committee of Public Accounts recognises that there was wrong information before us this morning. We appreciate the Comptroller and Auditor General's honesty and integrity in coming forward at the first opportunity to correct this morning's record. He did so very promptly and we acknowledged that he did so at the first available opportunity. A press statement will go out from his...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State. I always say at this stage that everybody supports the principle behind the motion. I agree that this motion is a good idea because it provides that funds available for a variety, and in some cases, good reasons that were not spent in 2013 can be carried over into 2014 for expenditure. Rather than make a speech I shall ask some questions in response to the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Collection of Pension Contributions due to the Exchequer
Chapter 3 - Control of Funding for Voted Public Services
Chapter 5 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 99: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 100: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2016 (18 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...Accounts, I wish to state that that is no way to do business. Most draft Estimates for next year have been published. Six months are being lost. The budget used to be in December but was brought forward to October under EU guidelines. That gave the Oireachtas the opportunity to pass the Estimates for 2019 before the end of 2018. I do not know of any organisation worth its salt that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Creation (14 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...front. They also fare better when it comes to investment and site visits. However, I appreciate and acknowledge the increase in site visits this year. IDA Ireland needs to step it up and keep it going. It is in their minds and I look forward to the chief executives of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland coming back to Laois, as they committed to do, in the coming spring. I will work...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: I apologise for going off on a tangent with this issue. We must look at the direction in which we will be moving if we are obliged to track the records of the people with whom we are dealing. Appendix A tracks the 24 procedures but there is no list provided as to the number of people covered by those procedures. Will somebody forward the relevant information in this regard to the...