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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Watt to send it to the Committee of Public Accounts because it is important to see how the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is following up on matters. Will he also come back to us on the €4 billion outstanding on PPP projects? I see the commitments for some school projects assume an inflation rate of 4%, while others assume an inflation rate of 2.5%. If the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for that information. Mr. Watt stated that the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 will ensure Ireland's freedom of information regime is restored to the top tier of legal frameworks internationally for facilitating access to official information. Will Mr. Watt tell me why the Department has put in the Bill, which is on Second Stage in the Chamber as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I want to know why the Department has new secrecy provisions built into the legislation going through the Dáil for PPPs. There are between €4 billion and €5 billion worth of them now. Why has the Department included in that legislation specific new provisions to exclude from freedom of information the terms and conditions of employees of the National Treasury Management...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: No, it does not. The fees are still in place. I cannot let that statement go unchallenged. The biggest change in 2003 was the fees and the Department is not reversing them. I will leave it with the Minister. I have made the point.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: That is what the Taoiseach did.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, for raising this important issue of discretionary medical cards which affects many thousands of families. The Minister of State, Deputy White, may say there has been no change in policy but the practice has been changed. I believe there has been a change in policy but it has probably not been written down. It boils down to the fundamental issue that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Contribution (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment to a timeline to reverse the increases he is making in the student registration fee, as proposed by the Union of Students in Ireland in its pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when farm assist will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42001/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the domiciliary care allowance has been approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42042/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection Guidelines (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality under the Child Care Act 1991 are guardian ad litem appointed for children who are not the subject of care proceedings or subject of a special care order; the mechanisms for such a process to be appointed where the children are within the care of their parents or legal guardian; the number of reports that have been requested in these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a REP scheme payment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42016/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the number of persons who are in receipt of a single farm payment in the following ranges: less than €10,000, between €10,000 and €20,000, between €20,000 and €30,000, between €30,000 and €40,000, between €40,000 and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when applications will be called for the next round of funding under the sports capital programme; the approximate timing of when they are to be submitted to the Department and the expected date on which they will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41981/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the full targeted savings under the Haddington Road agreement will be achieved in 2013 and 2014; the implications of the rejection of the agreement by the ASTI for the achievement of the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for that general reply. He confirmed there will be savings of €300 million this year and in regard to the Croke Park agreement, now the Haddington Road agreement, that serious savings are targeted for the health services in particular. I know the Minister will say that savings are a fraction under budget but there seems to be underlining trends in that cost...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I acknowledge what the Minister said. I look forward to receiving the e-mail to be forwarded to me and I will study it. It will be helpful, especially in light of the budget next Tuesday. A monetary mechanism is an element that may be missing in respect of the Haddington Road agreement. Is there a proper monetary mechanism in place in respect of it? We had a good implementation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Government is using under spending of the capital budget to provide a safety net for the overall budgetary position for 2013; his views on whether this is costing jobs in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42569/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: The reason I raise this is that last year, the Minister underspent his capital budget by €145 million, even though I am sure the talk this time last year was that he expected to spend it all. The Department of Finance and NAMA project that €1 billion of capital expenditure equates to anywhere between 10,000 and 17,000 jobs in the economy, so the Minister's underspend last year...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Minister trumpeted the €150 million in further investment in capital projects during the year, but this ignores the fact that he cut the capital budget this year by €500 million. Even allowing for the additional €150 million, the budget will be down €350 million, which costs approximately 6,000 jobs. I think we have discussed this before, but the Minister...

Other Questions: Equality Proofing of Budgets (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the budget adjustment should be levied in as progressive a manner as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42474/13]