Results 29,921-29,940 of 34,885 for speaker:Seán Fleming

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: May I speak briefly because I only got in once?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Minister had a target of €2 billion for the sale of State assets, then he upped it to €3 billion. Given that Coillte and Aer Lingus are off the list, for now, what is the current expected target? The Minister was able to talk about a figure of €2 billion which went to €3 billion but now that two of the assets are off the list by how much approximately will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I spoke only twice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: In fairness to the Opposition members, we had to endure a private Labour Party Parliamentary Party meeting between the Chairman and the Minister for 20 minutes at the beginning of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Yes, we did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: That is a great way to deal with it: I am to get no answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Chairman spoke for 13 of the first 15 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Chairman has now made a remark to the effect that I have said one thing in public and something else in private and he knows that is not fair because it is not accurate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: It is not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: We have not even got around to talking about the expenditure item yet and the Minister used most of the 15 minutes, not me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Exactly, the Chairman should please let the Minister in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I wish to read back a sentence from page 2 of the Minister's opening statement. "A target of €2 billion from the sale of non-strategic assets was agreed in the programme for Government." What we have heard from the Minister subsequent to his opening remarks here has been a litany of broken promises in that regard. The Minister said the €2 billion was to be made up from part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: No, that is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I was not going to go back to that because I want to deal with the Government we have today. However, if anybody can show me any memorandum of understanding of the previous Government showing a figure for the sale of State assets, I would be pleased to see it, because no such memorandum exists and there was no such figure. The first figure that went on the public record for the sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agri-environment option scheme 1 and 2 payments that are still outstanding broken down on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of designated boats cleared to his Departments specifications to service the growing and expanding live trade to Libya; when he expects to be able to announce some positive results from this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29354/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in tabular form the amount spent on purchase of arts works by the Art Management Group in each of the past ten years; the current value of the State's art portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29548/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form the number of prosecutions undertaken for unauthorised works on listed buildings over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for the fair deal scheme was granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29517/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Council Meetings (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 22. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the seminar on the European Council on Defence 2013 held in Dublin Castle on 17 May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29086/13]