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- Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Yes, but the Oireachtas-----
- Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: The Government could raise the cap. The Estimates have been published and will appear before the health committee in the coming weeks. I hope that the Minister will make a case to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for lifting the cap. Fewer public beds are available in what are called community hospitals. It would be remiss of me to speak on this issue without mentioning the...
- Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' motion. I thank my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, for tabling this motion, which is very timely in view of the difficulties that are happening on a daily basis. The public at large is aware of the difficulties people experience when they have to interact with hospital services because it sees them on television screens and hears about...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 7:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies the Health Service Executive and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 8:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) lobbies Irish Water and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 9:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies Education and Training Boards and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 10:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies An Post and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 11:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies EirGrid Plc and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 12:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies the Commission for Energy Regulation and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 13:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies the National Transport Authority and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 14:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies the Private Security Authority and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 15:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:(a) lobbies Tourism Ireland and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I covered the issue about the guidelines versus legislation for State boards. It is not the substance; it is the mechanism of how it should be captured. I am taking it one step further. The Minister has acknowledged that the inclusion of amendments Nos. 3 to 15, inclusive, would have very wide implications. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked whether we were introducing narrow or broad-based...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Neither the Minister nor I know if any of us will be here or there when the first annual review is completed because it will take place after the next general election. While I am not saying I do not have confidence in the Minister, I certainly cannot offer confidence in whoever might be the next Minister.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: It might be me or God knows who will be there. I am just trying to tie down the incoming legislation by making it as broad as possible at the early stage. That was the essence of listing all those bodies. As the Minister knows, many of them are public bodies, including regulators. There is no commercial issue involved in any of those. I wish to clarify a point. I spoke about an...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I have no idea about that. There is nothing wrong and it is quite good that there would be differences of emphasis and approach among those on the Opposition side because we are elected individually and separately under different mandates and we have a different mandate. Of course, we agree with each other on occasions and sometimes we agree with the Government. I believe we had a vote in...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 6:In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) lobbies Irish Rail and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Is the Minister accepting the amendment?
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: We will not fall out. The Minister has spoken about amendment No. 18, and other Deputies have highlighted other issues. The principle of it is good. I accept that if the Minister tried to get everything absolutely perfect we could be tying it down from here to infinity. The Minister is concerned that it might not fully work, and of course every piece of legislation is always subject to...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: -----although he is not actually saying so. This is what I am trying to establish.