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Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: We all agree that lobbying needs to be regulated, but will that be the Minister's answer to everything - that we do not need this legislation because everything is captured by the freedom of information legislation?

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: I was giving a bit more credit to the legislation. Most of what we introduce is relevant to freedom of information legislation anyway. If a private company lobbies the National Transport Authority with regard to bus routes, there would be commercial sensitivity involved. Is the Minister aware of that? There is not a chance in hell of that information being released under the freedom of...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps the Minister has inadvertently or deliberately misinterpreted what I have said. At no stage in the discussion of this legislation have I made the example of communication between an assistant principal and a principal officer. Every example-----

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: Every example I gave involved one public body or another. They concerned local authorities and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, or education and training boards and the Higher Education Authority or the Department of Education and Skills. All the examples I quoted concerned communication between public bodies and not internal communications.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 25:In page 7, to delete lines 33 to 38.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 26:In page 7, to delete line 39, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 7.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: We understand the points the Minister is making. I want to give specific examples of what I am referring to. A local authority which wants to develop a tourism trail can lobby Tourism Ireland for funding, and it is exempt. A private operator which wants to do the same-----

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: That is a new concept.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister is saying, but the logic is that what is in the interests of the Government is in the interests of the people.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: The point he made is that what is of interest to the people in power and the Government or local government of the day is in the interests of the citizen.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 24:In page 7, to delete line 32.Deputy McDonald also tabled these amendments. We are dealing with areas that the Minister has listed as exempted communications. Amendments Nos. 24 to 26, inclusive, cover sections 5(4)(j), 5(4)(k) and 5(4)(l), respectively. Essentially these are exempting from the legislation communications by a designated public official in his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the sustainability of the social insurance fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1953/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to revise the maximum performance related award payable to chief executives of semi-State companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1951/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the performance related awards made to chief executives of semi-State companies in 2013 and 2014 under the aegis of his Department. [1952/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Courts Service (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received representations from the office of the Chief Justice requesting approval for a larger budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the performance related awards made to chief executives of semi State companies in 2013 and 2014 under the aegis of his Department. [2320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Social Charge Application (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has made an estimate of the administrative costs associated with the implementation of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the performance related awards made to chief executives of semi-State companies in 2013 and 2014 under the aegis of his Department. [2323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the performance related awards made to chief executives of semi-State companies in 2013 and 2014 under the aegis of his Department. [2322/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Seán Fleming: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the performance related awards made to chief executives of semi-State companies in 2013 and 2014 under the aegis of his Department. [2321/15]