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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister is saying. However, accounting officers operate in every area of the civil and public service. In that context, cheques that are presented to Departments, for example, are not made out to the accounting officer. I am sure cheques from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the Estimates are addressed to the other individual Departments...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes, I actually have experience.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: Treasurer. I am speaking against myself but people should have learned from the Charvet shirts episode.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I brought it up and I ask the Minister not to dwell on it to any great degree. Surely we have learned something in respect of-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister gets my point in any event.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 12: In page 4, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“(2) The fund into which the parliamentary activities allowance is paid shall be obliged to produce an annual tax clearance certificate.”.This amendment is both simple and straightforward. Again, I am of the view that the public would be happy with what is proposed. The amendment states that...

Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be taken by the Office of Public Works to deal with the consequences of recent flooding; the total budget that will be spent on flood defences in 2014; the cost benefit analysis that his Department applies when deciding on implementation of flood defence projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: How does the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Deputy Brian Hayes, propose to deal with the consequences of recent flooding? Does he consider that the budget allocation for this year is sufficient and has he carried out a cost-benefit analysis based on the information to date? How will he prioritise which projects go ahead first?

Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister explain what will happen in April 2014 when the cut-off arrangements will apply? What will be the cost to various Departments of winding down the Windows XP operating system, for which support will be eliminated in the coming 12 months? I understand some of the Departments will move to the Windows 8 operating system. Will the Minister confirm that the process will not...

Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I do not consider it a good deal when one must spend money because a deadline was missed. The Minister may argue that the position could have been much worse but the problem should not have occurred in the first instance. There should have been proper planning. What role will the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer have in ensuring agencies do not run up against a brick...

Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the State missed a deadline for an upgrade to IT systems across Government Departments resulting in an additional cost of €3.3 million being incurred; the way a recurrence can be prevented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/14]

Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I would like to ask the Minister why the State missed a deadline on 8 April 2014 for an upgrade to IT systems across a number of Departments, resulting in an additional cost of €3.3 million being paid to Microsoft, and if he will comment.

Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister might clarify why certain unions were not allowed to participate in those Labour Court hearings, for example, the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Ireland. Was it a closed shop for key negotiators? Not every trade union covered by the Haddington Road deal was fully represented. This matter will need to be addressed, as it affects everyone.

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: Has the Minister an approximate time for Committee Stage?

Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the implementation of revised sick pay arrangements in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9442/14]

Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I wanted the Minister to give me an update on the implementation of the sick pay scheme across the public service. In a reply to a parliamentary question two weeks ago, the Minister told me it was at an advanced stage of drafting. I tabled another Priority Question for the first question this morning but the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform would not let the Minister take it and...

Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I believe the Minister would have answered the Priority Question I tabled had his officials let him. I am asking him to go back to his Department and tell it to stop blocking him as Minister from answering questions and me as an Opposition spokesperson from tabling them. We had this last year. I tabled a question to the Minister asking him about the implications for State agencies that...

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I wish to share time with Deputy John McGuinness.

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I want to deal with a particular aspect of this debate, on which issue Ministers have made public comment during the past few days, namely, how the Garda Síochána fits into the Protected Disclosures Bill 2013, Second Stage of which is currently before the Dáil and may conclude this evening. On 4 February 2014, some three weeks ago, I contributed to the Second Stage on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he satisfied with the number of women currently serving on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/14]