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Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Funding (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate the opportunity to raise this issue to ensure sufficient financial resources will be in place so people on community employment schemes in County Laois who are currently working in child care can undertake training to improve their qualifications so as to continue working in this area. Recently I was contacted by a child care facility in County Laois, Jelly Tots in Abbeyleix....

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Ombudsman Act 1980 (as amended) to make provision for the inclusion of Irish Water in the schedule of agencies reviewable by the Ombudsman and to provide for related matters.I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2014, the purpose of which is to amend the existing legislation relating...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to speak on the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014, which is before us at long last. I have listened to the Minister's speech. While there might be some interesting and helpful aspects in the Bill, his script spells out a number of items that are not included in the legislation, but which should be included. What we see in front of us is a weakening of people's...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Exactly, but this Government is implementing it.

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I understand the point the Minister is making, but essentially we are giving the sole discretion to the Minister and we are taking away the power that the Competition Authority had. I accept what the Minister is saying, but even if we look at the role of Sky in our national sports in the last few weeks, there are many new cases which were not around when these committees made observations in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Schemes (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for funding-grant under the higher education access route can be made in respect of the 2014-2015 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the land that was sold at Navan Road Cabra for €1,702,800.73, the proceeds of which were received by the State recently, the use to which these proceeds will be applied and what was the former use of these lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18152/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a full list of organisations that employed in the past or currently employed persons under the JobBridge-national internship scheme; the number of persons that each of these organisations employed or currently employed under the schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (16 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons who have gone through the internship programme; the number of these persons that have obtained full time employment at the end of this process; if she is concerned that many organisations including public bodies are essentially using these schemes to fill normal vacancies that arise in their organisation; and if she...

Other Questions: Regional Aid (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister of State is saying that all of these maps count for nothing.

Other Questions: Regional Aid (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: It is down to the big shots in some other country to decide where a company goes. The purpose of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland is to support balanced regional development but the Minister of State has let the cat out of the bag. The purpose of the incentives is to encourage companies to set up in counties where they might not otherwise go. I do not expect them to set up in areas where...

Other Questions: Regional Aid (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his priorities in respect of the regional aid map recently submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17461/14]

Other Questions: Regional Aid (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister set out his priorities in respect of the regional aid map submitted to the European Commission? The relevance of this is to ensure IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and other agencies prioritise disadvantaged areas.

Other Questions: Regional Aid (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister of State publish the submission as urgently as possible? I realise it is under consideration at European level but perhaps we could see the submission. In essence, the most important people to whom the Minister should talk about the regional aid map are the representatives of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. I met senior executives of both at the Committee of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Land Acquisition (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of business or industrial land held by Enterprise Ireland that is not currently occupied or in use; his views on whether the National Asset Management Agency could be a source of further suitable development land for Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistants in primary schools engage in job-sharing and the minimum and maximum hours each job-sharer can share in a special needs assistant post in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in relation to proposals for grade rationalisation and restructuring in each sector of the public service by 2014 as indicated in paragraph 3.11 in the Haddington Road Agreement or is this being left to natural wastage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any sector of the public service has implemented the grade restructuring and as per paragraph 3.11 in the Haddington Road Agreement; the discussions he or his Department have had in relation to overseeing this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17954/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (15 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has written to the CEO of the pensions committee of Waterways Ireland who oversees the administration of the North-South pension scheme for its employees of the intention to increase employee contributions from April 2014 in view of the fact the Haddington Road Agreement gave a commitment that public service...