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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I am sure the same treaty obligation put on an obligation on EU institutions, yet consider the discussion we had in recent months about agreeing its budget. The European Parliament gets to discuss the EU budget - what it takes in and receives from us - but we do not have an equivalent and reciprocal debate, yet we are governed by the same treaty. If the same debate can be held at European...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: Very well.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: It was done without this legislation.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: There are new amendments.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 4:In page 16, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:“(2) A chairperson of any committee established under this Act shall be a member of the opposition.”.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: Where was Deputy Donnelly last night?

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: Thank you.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I will be concise and to the point. The Minister's final remarks let the cat out of the bag about this inquiry because he was responding to the remark about what happened after the night of the guarantee. He said it was up to the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform to do that at any stage. The implication was that he, as a Government Minister, and this Government...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: We will not waste any time. My views are well known. I expressed them last night. I am pressing the amendment.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 2:In page 12, line 40, after “device,” to insert the following: “and includes a transcript of phone calls to and from a landline or a mobile phone,”.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 3:In page 16, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “6.--A committee conducting an inquiry established under this Act shall consist of a minimum of forty per cent of members of the current Government party and a minimum of forty per cent of members of the opposition.”.I welcome the opportunity to discuss amendments Nos. 3 and 4. These...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: Is the Minister, Deputy Bruton, the leader?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Statistics (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the latest OECD Education at a Glance report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Clearance Certificates (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure by which companies with registered offices in the British Virgin Islands can obtain tax clearance certificates to be awarded contracts by public bodies and Government Departments here for work to be carried on here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32438/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level higher education grant application for 2012-13 will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) as a dependent student, in view of the fact that they were deemed not an independent student at the time of application; when the parents' means will be taken into account and the grant approved in view of the urgency...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a requirement in the tendering process documentation for the National Lottery Licence for the successful applicant to be a registered company here; if companies whose registered offices are not here will be excluded from this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32439/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on public bodies granting contracts for works to be carried out here where the companies registered office are in the British Virgin Islands or in other jurisdictions thousands of miles away; his views on whether these companies will be fully compliant with public procurement guidelines such as tax clearance certificates;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Applications (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a companion travel pass will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32540/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of care for public nursing homes for 2011 for each of the nursing homes in the country; the average weekly cost per patient in each of these nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32440/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 225. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 8 May 2013, when the information requested will be supplied by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32442/13]