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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: Current.

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: Will that require a Supplementary Estimate because the Department will be spending more than its original Estimate? Will the Minister explain that?

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 am not arguing about that funding being spent. They are now spending more than was originally intended. It is for a good purpose, but will it require a Supplementary Estimate?

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: Is the Minister saying that when there are stimulus initiatives there is a logical follow-on that it will increase the Departments' expenditure ceilings set down in the previous year's budget, that every stimulus announcement requires, by and large, a change to the ceiling?

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: By PPP.

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 welcome that, but there is an interesting point here. Will it give the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform more power in finding out what is happening in a Department than the line Minister? In theory, the Minister concerned has the line responsibility. Could the Minister get that and give it to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform? Deputy Howlin states there are...

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: Leaving aside normal courtesy.

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: Will the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform work through the line Minister? The new section refers to a public service body. Therefore, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform could write directly to-----

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: -----the NRA, a VEC or whoever, as the case may be. Is the intention that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will go directly to the bodies or go through the Minister?

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: The Minister feels there is a bit of a gap that he is trying to tighten up, which is fair enough.

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]

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...

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...

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]