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Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister has stated but I cannot accept it under the current circumstances because tapes and telephone calls are such a big issue. The Leveson inquiry which took place across the water is a good model for an inquiry and it was based on illegal telephone tapping. I am concerned the Minister's well-intentioned original definition might not have included some of the items...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 1:In page 12, line 40, after "device," to insert the following:"including a record of phone calls to and from a landline or a mobile phone,".I look forward to hearing the Minister's comments on some of the amendments I have tabled. This amendment follows on from one we discussed on Committee Stage. I asked that cloud computing be included in the definition of...

Other Questions: Banking Sector Remuneration (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance when the banks will commence implementation of measures relating to the Mercer report; if he has received an indication of the nature of the measures to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31908/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant will be approved on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31692/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Code of Practice for adjudication required under the Construction Contracts Bill as well as the associated conditions of contract which will be needed once it is enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31990/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of tendered public construction projects in which the contractor has become insolvent and the project has had to be re-tendered; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31991/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total tender value of public construction projects and the total construction cost of construction projects; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31992/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the public construction projects where there has been a discrepancy between the tender value and the construction cost; if he will list the tender value and the construction cost for each of these projects; if he will provide this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31993/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction projects which have been tendered but did not proceed to construction; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction projects which have been tendered; did not proceed to construction and were then re-tendered; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction contracts where novated specialists have been used; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31997/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction projects which have gone to arbitration; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government bodies and agencies are permitted to buy supplies locally in cases where they can be purchased at a lower cost than via the National Procurement Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to annul or withdraw the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 114/1994); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32202/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 635. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for cataract surgery will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: There is a finance Bill every year.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I refer to the ceiling, the schedule of the numbers only.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I will signal my intention to table an amendment on Report Stage that it should be part of the legislation rather than a White Paper.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: On the next point, in subsection (10), to which there is no amendment but which is part of this, the Bill states that the Minister can specify the difference between current and capital expenditure. How satisfied is the Minister that his Cabinet colleagues and staff in the Departments observe that line because, as he mentioned here previously, the definition of current expenditure in one...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Exactly. I am sure what the OPW does under current expenditure could be considered capital expenditure by another Department. Previously, in the Department of Health we saw the HSE dipping into its capital budget to balance its current budget. Is the Minister satisfied that those definitions are sufficiently strong and correct? He has the blue book, but what I am asking is what is the...