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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Seán Fleming: -----but I will not go to the wire on it. It is a new situation and if the next Dáil wants to revisit it, let it do so. I will happily withdraw my amendment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Seán Fleming: Could the Minister explain what would happen in a situation in which a Secretary General's term of office is completed towards the end of a Dáil session and a general election is called with no Houses of the Oireachtas Commission in situ? Who is to reconvene the next Dáil? If we try to fill the gap when a Secretary General is gone, what happens during the interregnum? Is there no...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps on Report Stage, the Minister might-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Seán Fleming: It must do.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Seán Fleming: They are replaced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am grateful for the opportunity to address the committee on the issue of an electoral commission. As was pointed out, I was Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the previous Dáil and we looked at the issue of the voters register. I am fully supportive of the electoral commission. It is a very good idea and it needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy McLoughlin for his questions. On his comment regarding updating of the register and checktheregister.ie, the difficulty with all of the local authorities doing this individually is that there is no real-time register. A person could apply today to the local authority for registration but his or her name will only appear on the draft register next November. There is no public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I take the point made by Jim O'Keeffe about a permanent commission, but we carry out a census of population every five years and we should only change boundaries based on hard facts based on a census. It would not be right to change it every year on a rolling basis. It should only be done on the basis of census facts. By definition, the boundary issue only raises its head after each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: Again, subject to data protection in using PPS numbers, the Department of Social Protection knows of everyone who turns 18 years of age each year when they come off child benefit. That list should automatically be sent to the electoral commission and each person should get their registration form, so one does not get the big hullabaloo when elections occur. It can run smoothly. The Revenue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: Deputy Coonan spoke about the upset caused by boundary changes. People need a sense of identity with whoever they are electing to the Dáil and the idea of somebody being a significant distance from the area, or not in the natural hinterland, county or even province is an issue the CSO figures probably just do not capture, as it is just numbers rather than people. There is a fair point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: There is not.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Equipment (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 147. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department uses any system of software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a system; and the length of time e-mails are stored before they are auto-deleted. [25308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a payment under the carer's allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons may claim tax relief on invoices relating to orthodontic health care under the cross border directive, as well as receiving a refund from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of lands that were formerly involved in the forestry services and are now in the control of Coillte, the number of locations; the amount of land in each case where his Department is still the registered owner of parts of these woodlands or forestry areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26328/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 474. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the cross-border directive in respect of orthodontic health care, the section in the budget these funds are coming out of; if it will result in longer waiting lists for persons who are not in a position to avail of the cross-border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 475. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to orthodontic health care under the cross-border directive, the amount that has been paid out under this scheme to date; the estimate to be paid for 2015 and in subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy and his colleagues, who are welcome to the meeting. I wish to ask about a few specific topics. I am interested in one in particular, as are most Oireachtas Members, having served some time in local government. The Comptroller and Auditor General laid out the figures. From the Central Fund, the local government fund and subventions from the Departments of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: Housing loans.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: We understand that and we all understand there may be a higher level of unemployment in the client base than is the case in the private mortgage sector. We understand that and, as public representatives, we all deal with it every day. The Central Bank criticised seven financial institutions yesterday for continuing to take other actions against people, even when arrangements were in place....