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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Mr. Walsh and Mr. Considine here today. I want to read one sentence to them from a parliamentary reply given by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, on 9 October 2012 when he was asked about the role of public interest directors. His specific response on the Dáil record of 9 October was as follows: "Public interest directors do not have a formal reporting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps there was an innuendo in the earlier question that there should have been a reporting relationship with the Minister, the Department of Finance or with the Central Bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I am in possession and I will not be talked down by the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Let us be very clear - I am in possession, I am reading what the Minister said and I am referencing from what was said here this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I will not have the Chairman interrupt my time allocation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Can I ask whether the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, provided new terms of reference to Mr. Considine in his role as a public interest director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: A question was raised about the public interest directors' remuneration. Who pays for that remuneration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: There would have been a question about whether the taxpayer was paying it, so I wanted Mr. Considine to clarify that he was not being paid by the taxpayer.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the situation whereby public servants receive arrears as salary paid to them in 2012 which relate to 2010 and 2011; the level at which the universal social charge is payable in respect of these arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57596/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level education grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57370/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the internship programme for current participants from nine months to 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57576/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57468/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement that were received by her Department before 5 November 2012 that are not yet processed; the timescale for concluding these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57595/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement that were received by her Department before 5 November 2012 that are not yet processed; the timescale for concluding these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Non-Principal Private Residents Charge is payable in respect of a person who has a second property where members of their immediate family live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57677/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the payment of a grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57699/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the cuts to a programme (details supplied) in view of the work carried out by them and the minimum cost involved in this organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57469/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if the medical records of a person (details supplied) in County Laois regarding all their treatment in Portlaoise General Hospital will be made available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57608/12]

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform: Penal Reform: Discussion (19 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: My last question follows from an earlier point. I came in when Paul Delaney was speaking. It is important not to set someone up for a course that he is not able for. A person may be unable to concentrate for so many hours in a day or perhaps it is not in his nature and that is probably part of the reason he ended up in trouble in the first place. I am unsure who is best qualified to...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform: Penal Reform: Discussion (19 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I apologise for arriving late to the meeting. I, too, am not a member of the sub-committee. As a Deputy from the Portlaoise area, I am familiar with the prisons in the town. The issue of care after prison is my main concern and I apologise if the witnesses have addressed the issue. Many prisoners receive early release, while others will complete a full sentence. Do prisoners receive a...