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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy for her good wishes for Christmas. I utterly reject that I have misled anyone except those who chose to misinterpret what I said. The situation is very clear. In the programme for Government we said that we would deal with dual pricing. It is in the programme for Government and the national plan for insurance and we are following through on that. It is important that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: That will certainly happen. People get confused in this debate. Some talk about differential pricing and others about dual pricing, which is a subset of that, price walking while others refer to loyalty bonuses or loyalty penalties. They are all quite different. I can understand that sometimes people use these terms interchangeably. We gave a commitment in the programme for Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank Senator Casey for his general comments regarding insurance reform. We all hope that it will lead to a much better environment. Insurance has been such a big issue in this country for a number of years. That is why it features so prominently in the programme for Government and why a Cabinet sub-group across a number of Departments is dealing with it. On the issue of Covid, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: We are deleting the section in the existing Act and bringing in a new section to give legal privilege to certain documents. We were concerned that, the way the 2019 legislation was drafted, any new information would be required to be shared. That might have compromised the important principle of legal privilege so we are bringing forward measures to ensure such documents have to be shared...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator for raising the issue of the promotion of competition in the banking and financial services market. HEADINGIt is not easy to balance the competing economic processes of consolidation and competition in any market, and the banking market is no different. We have seen some consolidation and it is also very difficult to promote and achieve competition during that process....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: Again, I thank Senator Byrne for raising this issue. While competition issues are primarily a matter for the CCPC, competitive pressures can clearly have an effect on the functioning of the financial system and the achievement of the Central Bank's aim, as can the ability of firms to enter and exit the system in an orderly manner. In light of the changing landscape for banking in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timetable for the child maintenance review group to report in relation to child maintenance; if a draft report will be issued; her plans in relation to the establishment of a child maintenance agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 1532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish infusion suites in Kilkenny Hospital and Waterford Hospital for patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 1960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 1968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63565/21]

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes: — that the annual rate of consumer price inflation, as measured by the European Union's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, has picked up sharply in recent months, reaching a multi-decade high of 5.7 per cent in December; — that the recent increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of improvements in terms of safety, well-being and care of greyhounds and dogs in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/22]

Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Motion (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 29th November, 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of offices and locations in Leinster in which members of the public can meet a community welfare officer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change of position regarding the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 732. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timescale for the recruitment process for a position (details supplied); when it is expected the person will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6486/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details regarding special needs and autism spectrum disorder classes in second-level schools in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Network (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any indication or information has been made available to him on the types of bridges on roadways in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a half-rate carers allowance will be paid to either party of a married couple (details supplied); and her views on the practical way this can be achieved. [8624/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 220. To ask the Minister for Health when a service by the HSE will go to tender; when contractors will be appointed as a result of this tender (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8594/22]