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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Affordable Homes Partnership served notice on the Department to join it in the process, and the Department objected because there was a stamp duty issue. The judge says that the commissioners attended a meeting with the Department on 28 September, and the Department changed its position, for the reason that the Affordable Homes Partnership had agreed to provide an indemnity relating to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I thank the ladies and gentlemen for being here today. I know they have provided context and background but there is something of interest that I have not yet seen published. It is the good news bit before I get to the rest of this. When the 215 affordable houses were sold to people at affordable prices, what was the total amount received with respect to the €31 million value? A...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: The total.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: What year was that, as the value changed every year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: What was achieved when they were sold?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I do not know what "discount" means in this context. I just want to know what were the sale proceeds. The State acquired, in a timely manner, the 215 affordable houses, and I laud that. They were sold to people on the housing list in south Dublin. How much was received for the sale of the 215 housing units? I am sure some of them were apartments.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: So the developer got the proceeds of the houses?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I have listened for a few minutes and nobody has referred to what I would see as a basic element of this transaction. I assumed the developer got the €31 million to pay for the cost of building the houses which the State got. Ms Tallon is telling me now that the developer got paid in full - the figure is €45 million or thereabouts - when the houses were sold. What was the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: On a point of information, I was Chairman of a committee during the previous Dáil. Many committees commence their meetings in private session and the transcript starts in public session. There was confusion. As Chairman of that committee, I listened to the audio tapes with the clerk across the road in Kildare House to clarify what was stated by various members in private session. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: They are not to sit in the place of the PAC.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: It is there, not here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: That is all right. We do not want to be supplanted overnight. We did not want an invasion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: It is a hard job to get a seat around this table. One wants to hold onto it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois has been granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4557/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (29 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a particular drug will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount that will be spent on the Party Leaders' Allowance in 2014; the way this amount differs from 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the situation regarding persons who apply for a payment such as carer's allowance and while their application is being considered are told they cannot sign for credits during that period and may subsequently find themselves refused carer's allowance and then seek to apply for an alternative payment and are then told because they have not been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of St Brigid's Hospital, Shaen, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 727. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of Abbeyleix hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3888/14]

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am very pleased. It is a practical issue. Will the Minister tell us about the commencement date? What happens on the death of a Member? Is the allowance reduced for the political party until the seat is filled? Does the balance go to the other parties until it is filled? I have raised a number of practical issues. I support the Bill in principle and I support most of its provisions...