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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to introducing a system of self-assessment for commercial rates, in view of the systemic inability of the Valuation Office to carry out valuations in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5960/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: Has the Minister given consideration to introducing a system of self-assessment for commercial rates in view of the systemic inability of the Valuation Office to carry out valuations in a timely manner and in view of the fact that income tax and corporation tax are all carried out on a self-assessment basis, subject to audit by the Revenue Commissioners, and work successfully?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if and when discussions on a new public sector pay agreement will commence; his aims for such negotiations; if they will cover matters other than pay and work conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5959/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: When will discussions on a new public sector pay agreement commence? What are the Minister's aims for such negotiations and will they cover matters other than pay and work conditions?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for setting out the general position. I accept everything he said. No one could have any argument with it, but I would like to tease it out in further detail. Does the Minister have a view on whether talks on public sector pay should be carried out in isolation, separate from pay in the private sector, or are these talks confined to 280,000 public servants? Does he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I take that to also mean it will have to be conducted within the expenditure ceilings the Minister published for 2015, 2016 and 2017. He might tell us if he envisages a length for the agreement - 12, 24, 36 or 48 months. Has he a preference? I know he cannot get into the details of that. The Minister spoke of reversing the financial emergency measures, saying they had cost billions,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Office of Government Procurement to cover professional services and medicines purchased on behalf of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5776/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide detailed proposals regarding developments at Kilmainham Gaol, its role in the 1916 centenary celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government’s proposed spring statement will outline its current and capital expenditure plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5778/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 165. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the number of staff from his Department or any agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of the national debt outstanding at the end of each year from 1970 to 2014; the amount of additional borrowing; the amount of debt repaid; the interest charged on the debt in respect of each year; the gross domestic product for each year; the percentage of debt to gross domestic product outstanding at the end...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Publications (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a minimum allowable font size for type in State publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5489/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Laois, whose herd number is dormant, is required to meet the requirements for holding tanks within that person's property, for farm gullies and existing agriculture buildings as per the requirements of the European Communities Regulations 2009 (Good Agriculture Practice for Protection of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 441. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a hip operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 460. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the high prices charged for medicines by the pharmaceuticals companies, and the varying prices charged across the European Union by the same companies for the same medicines, if he will raise this matter at a Council of Ministers meeting to see if European Union Government procurement can work collectively to get the best possible price for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he and the Health Service Executive discuss the cost of medicines with the Irish Pharmaceuticals Health Care Association, instead of directly with the pharmaceutical companies; the reason he goes through a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 462. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive enter into direct face-to-face negotiations with the pharmaceutical companies regarding the price of medicines that they charge the Irish tax payer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5987/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of administering the conservation grant; and the amount to be paid out in respect of the conservation grant in 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5641/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place for processing and administering the conservation grant on behalf of his Department; the agreements that have been arrived at in relation to the cost of administering this project; the amounts provided in his Department's estimates for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5913/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the administration and the payment of the conservation grants, if the project was put out to tender, or if another Government Department was requested to carry out this work on behalf of his Department, without a tendering process; the process and the budget agreed; and if he will make a statement on the...