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Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 11:In page 10, to delete lines 33 to 39.This amendment is a simple one which concerns the parliamentary activities allowance. The Standards in Public Office Commission, known as the commission or SIPO, will prepare and publish guidelines for the purpose of providing practical guidance to the parliamentary leaders of qualifying parties, Independent Members and so on. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of savings in the administration charges for school transport that will be achieved in 2014 following his press announcement of 30 July 2011 where he said €17 million would be saved in the three years following that press conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15466/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the specific areas or departments within Bus Éireann in which the savings in the administration charges for school transport were achieved since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15467/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved and paid in respect of capital works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved and paid for capital works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15576/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for a new capital works project for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of deserted wives payment who are employed during school terms as both escorts and drivers of children with special needs have an entitlement to a payment for jobseeker's allowance during the holiday period when they have no earned income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Eligibility (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the rules and conditions whereby persons from abroad can invest here and apply and be approved for an Irish passport for investment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements to ensure that a premises that was used for as a doctor's clinic for persons with medical cards (details supplied) is retained at this location in view of proposal to transfer a number of medical card patients to a doctor's surgery at a significant distance away which would be difficult for patients; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: 231. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15556/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Does that correspondence include a schedule on the section 39 agencies?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: At my request they have given us a list of 25 agencies with section 39 agreements with the HSE, each of which receives over €5 million. We wanted to have an indication of the other organisations such as Rehab Care, etc. I was surprised to see that there are 25 organisations receiving €344,699 between them. In case anyone would think we are picking on Rehab or any other...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I have one question on the Rehab issue. I seek procedural clarification from the Chairman for the committee. At the last meeting, the committee referred a letter to the Garda Síochána because of allegations. Is that the end of it as far as the committee is concerned? Should the committee leave it to the Garda Síochána, should members follow it up or is it simply out of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I simply wished to confirm that issue is now out of the committee's hands.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Mr. Watt and his colleagues. He sent us a briefing note outlining some information on Monday, 31 March 2014. I want to refer to two items. Mr. Watt said that the purpose of the IMF fiscal assessment report was to conduct a review of fiscal reporting, forecasting, budgeting and risk disclosures practices during March and April 2013. That report was then carried out, including the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Watt said that the recommendations are under consideration. Are they all accepted and when will we see the Department's published response to them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Will this help the Department's budgeting calculations and avoid the need for the substantial Supplementary Estimates that we get annually from certain Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am asking about departmental figures. To cut to the chase, it is within 99% of target. However some Departments are out by hundreds of million of euro.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: The big ones.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Fleming: Where are we in terms of the process of devising an Estimate? Will we see a repeat of the situation whereby Estimates are announced on budget day only to be changed subsequently because the HSE, as the biggest State employer, says they are not achievable? Will we be publishing annual Estimates in the knowledge that the head of the organisation who asked to make the biggest budget adjustment...