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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: In view of what has happened this year with regard to the €600 million, is it an issue that the council would address in advance of the budget next year when giving its endorsement? The council has been forewarned that €600 million, €800 million, €1 billion, can be produced from somewhere else other than consolidation measures to which Professor McHale referred.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Professor McHale has read the budget document and he will know that it contained no breakdown of that €600 million. In retrospect it should have made clear where the €600 million was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: In future if there are to be on-off other items this should be made clear in the documentation presented to the Oireachtas on budget day. It took parliamentary questions over the following ten days to even elucidate these matters. Would it assist the long-term well-being of our banks if the Central Bank were to publish its detailed assessment of the banks' assets quality? Is there room...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Does Professor McHale think there will be a difference between the assessment carried out by our Central Bank and that of the ECB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Most of the debate on reducing expenditure has focused on the large spending Departments, namely, Social Protection, Health and Education and Skills. However, even though the interest on the national debt is in the order of €8 billion or €9 billion, there is never the same level of debate on that issue in the Chamber, primarily because those payments are made out of the Central...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I do. What advice might the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council give to the Government in terms of renegotiating the cost of servicing the national debt in the next year or two, after we have returned to the markets? We cannot continue to reduce voted expenditure in line Departments without any debate at all on reducing the interest payment on the national debt. Does Professor McHale believe the...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: When can we expect to see legislation dealing with the provision of necessary adjustments that will be required to people's various pension arrangements in the context of families that have undergone legal separation and divorce proceedings because that can have an impact on future pension arrangements? It is probably a family law or justice matter. It is promised anyway.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: It concerns pension arrangements.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: No, if anything, it would be a family law matter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce the installation aid scheme for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52703/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment for an urgent theatre procedure in St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when further medical examinations will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52708/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 497. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52711/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate a new round of funding under the sports capital programme from national lottery funds in 2014; the month in which he expects the applications for the next round of funding to be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if interest paid to persons in respect of the lump sum agreed with them by a State body following the acquisition of their land by compulsory purchase order for motorway purposes is subject to capital gains tax or income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53195/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (11 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 179. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be transferred to a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53188/13]

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion which is to introduce a new sick leave scheme in the public service. The scheme is being included in the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013. Everybody should accept that the cost of sick leave is a major issue for the Irish taxpayer. The cost of sick leave in the public service is higher than in...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Yes, I accept that but we have all known about this issue since 19 July 2012. I recall that circulars were issued across Government Departments in September 2012.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: My point is that the Minister is only coming here now, 18 months after the Labour Court ruling. The original intentions in going to the Labour Court were good, but the Minister has mismanaged the situation in the past 18 months. There is confusion about aspects of the measure and there have been delays. In addition, the Labour Court will sit next week on specific items relating to this...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Women in the public sector are being attacked in that some of these measures will not impact on male workers. We all know that there are far more women employed at the lower pay grade rate in the public sector. The measures being introduced will have a greater impact on people on lower incomes. This legislation has not been gender proofed. The Minister would have noticed this had there...