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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending child benefit to students who are in full-time secondary education even though they have reached 18 years of age, given that it is a very expensive time for parents and families when the students are coming up to leaving certificate to withdraw this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16867/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptions into Ireland from China, for each of the past ten years; when adoptions will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17309/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue grant approval for a project in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16473/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how soon pay equalisation will occur for persons entering the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for and when he will reduce class sizes in primary schools to 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if third level students who are seeking employment during summer 2016 but who have not been successful can claim while they are not attending college under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16465/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Low Pay Commission Establishment (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will establish a new pay commission and it will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/16]

Report of Standing Order 112 Select Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2013/34/EU: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion on this EU proposal. Essentially, we need to set out, in layman's language, what the proposal contains. Under this EU proposal, it is proposed that companies with revenues in excess of a turnover of €750 million will be obliged to publicly disclose financial information for each country within the EU with which they do business. In...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: There was only one bidder at that point.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an examination into the closure of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a project (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15663/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15664/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Farm Waste Disposal (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 80. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and statutory instruments governing the process of local authority licensing renewals for industrial and agricultural waste collectors; if he will address concerns at a loophole in the regulation of such waste collection operators whereby companies can continue to operate under an expired licence during...

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: We are at the early stages and will not conclude anything here in the near future because we are still awaiting the outcome of the submissions. I have one important question. How many of the enterprises are indigenous Irish enterprises? We have asked that question. It affects entities with a turnover in excess of €750 million. Many of them are headquartered here, but many of them...

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: Could the Department contact anybody else? Surely, it is not only a Revenue issue.

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: I would not like the committee at any stage to sign off on something without knowing the impact on Irish indigenous companies. It would not be right for us to conclude without knowing what we are concluding. That is my main point. We have to receive that information in some format. It could be estimates from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the CSO or Revenue; I do not...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister send me a copy of what he did not get an opportunity to read on the record?

Other Questions: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: 9. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recast the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois, as a model 2 hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13755/16]

Other Questions: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his new position as Minister for Health. I wish him every success in the interests of the people of this country, who depend on our health service. Essentially, I am calling today on the Minister to reverse the plans for the downgrading of the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise that are being considered by the HSE regional manager. She...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased that the Minister has an open mind on this matter. A great deal of further discussion will be required. I will set out the essential problem that has arisen in Portlaoise. As the Minister has mentioned, a number of reports have previously been published. The maternity unit has had a troubled history. It was under-staffed for several years. Twenty additional staff have been...