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Written Answers — Tax Refund: Tax Refund (4 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance when the deposit interest retention tax refund claim will be approved and granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [9088/09]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (4 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when outstanding issues in relation to the payment of a grant under the sports capital programme to an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois will be dealt with. [9087/09]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs paid by local authorities prior to design build and operate schemes being introduced for waste water treatment plants throughout the country and the costs now being paid by local authorities to private contractors under the DBO schemes; if he will publish the public sector cost comparator in...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the electoral divisions (details supplied) in County Laois will receive broadband under the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10081/09]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009. It is timely as the local and European elections, and possibly some by-elections, are scheduled for 5 June. It is important the legislation is processed as soon as possible. This straightforward Bill is not establishing any new principles in the electoral process. It is extending the...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: ——and thought they would get me fined six weeks after the election. The posters appeared again on other occasions.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Somebody did it, but it was not one of my party colleagues. All four candidates in Laois-Offaly were featured on a single poster so it was somebody else. I will not point a finger but it was malicious. It was an attempt to get——

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: No. His picture along with the pictures of me, Deputy Brian Cowen and Councillor John Foley appeared on the poster. It was not him. That incident happened so candidates should be careful. I have no hesitation in defending my action of taking down the posters. The legislation also deals with the expenditure limits. I fully support limits. However, I believe they are outrageously large....

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: I believe the figures are not compiled properly. I will ask that a comparison is made between how much a candidate can spend on a local election with what can be spent on a general election. I would have assumed a candidate would have much less to spend, not just proportionately, in a local election. When one considers that candidates can spend €10,000 per electoral area, it amounts to a...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: No. The Minister is making provision for election expenditure but it is up to the individual candidates if they choose to take up that level. I do not envisage candidates in my constituency taking up a fraction of what is permitted under the legislation. I hope the figures will be re-examined. Personally, I believe they are too high. There is a lacuna in the legislation. If a third party...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Poor Mary and everybody else. There must be something wrong with the system if it allows very direct political advertising but has no legislation to deal with it. We must deal with that issue. It might not be possible in this legislation but we must deal with it in the near future. Before introducing this legislation the Minister appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Laois. [11042/09]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Apr 2009)

Seán Fleming: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008. This wide-ranging legislation covers many issues relating to housing at local authority and other levels. It is an issue close to the heart of every public representative, both at national and local level, and is important considering the current economic situation. I must give credit to the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Apr 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when invitations for tender are expected to be issued in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Laois; if it is his Department or the board of management which will be inviting the tenders; and the way a suitable qualified contractor can apply to be considered to build this school. [14605/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation on a local authority basis from his Department for 2008 and the recoupment by each local authority in 2008 in respect of the disabled persons grant scheme, essential repairs grant scheme, disability housing grant, mobility aid grant and housing aid for older people; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his position in relation to a child (details supplied) born in a marriage in which one of the parents has joint and equal guardianship and custody and this parent has not given consent for their child to be enrolled in a particular school and the child has been enrolled without the signature of the said parent; his views and...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Seán Fleming: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute, albeit briefly, to this important debate on the provision of services for people with cystic fibrosis in Ireland. While I strongly support the Government motion, I thank Fine Gael for providing us with an opportunity to discuss what is for many young Irish citizens - just over 1,000 of them - an issue of life and death. Given the prevalence...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (22 Apr 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of voluntary housing organisations here that have purchased sites for housing and other related matters in each of the past six years where these sites were not developed and where these sites were subsequently sold on by the organisation concerned; the level of profit generated in each of these...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of nursing support provided by the Health Service Executive to a centre (details supplied) in County Laois for 2009; if this is agreed with the board of the centre as being adequate for its purposes; the cost to the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18077/09]

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (6 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reporting arrangements that apply in second level schools to the National Education Welfare Board or otherwise in respect of the number of students suspended and the number of days to which the suspensions relate in the most recent year for which information is available; if the information is available on a school by school...