Results 6,801-6,820 of 34,780 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (30 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: 635. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of payment per week to Civil Defence instructors and the number of persons throughout the country to which this is being paid and the commitment expected from the instructors for this amount notwithstanding most of the work is of a voluntary nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19002/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (30 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: 636. To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place for payment for overseeing the Civil Defence on a county basis throughout the country; the number of branches on a county basis and the number of volunteers on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19004/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (30 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: 637. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline any recent discussions or conciliations through the labour relations mechanisms involving his Department and the Civil Defence instructors and other persons involved in the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Prompt Payments (30 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the Health Service Executive and his Department in interest due to a late payment and not meeting its obligations under the prompt payment rules for each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18873/14]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Within three months?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: I fully agree with the proposal to immediately move to make the request to the CPP for compellability powers. On the letter received from Dore & Company Solicitors on behalf of Mr. Flannery, all I can say is it contains allegations that some members of the committee, which could include me, have acted without lawful jurisdiction and abused their powers. I take offence to that remark...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: On Rehab only.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: We might have difficulty next week when we see the correspondence the clerk has held.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Can the Chairman explain why Eirgrid is outside the remit of the committee when it is a State body and part of the ESB? Why would a body responsible for such major infrastructure spending be outside the remit of the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: I have seen documents setting out that EirGrid intended to spend €4 billion or €5 billion of taxpayers' money on pylons.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: I propose we do that. EirGrid was excluded from the freedom of information legislation and I had to bring forward a Private Members' Bill on that. Just before the Easter break, I had to publish Private Members' legislation to bring EirGrid under the remit of the ombudsman. Now, I hear that EirGrid is not even under the remit of the committee. All it does is spend public money. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Commercial State organisations like the ESB or An Post are audited privately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: On Irish Water and other large organisations funded by taxpayers which have a commercial remit-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Yes, but Irish Water will raise similar issues. Irish Water must answer to the Committee of Public Accounts and the environment committee. I do not see why EirGrid should not have to answer to the committee. We should consider asking for the committee to be empowered to look at the commercial semi-State bodies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Yes, subject to avoiding interference with their commercial activity where they are in competition with the private sector, which is not amenable. One cannot have Aer Lingus in here without having Ryanair in. One cannot interfere with competition with the private sector. However, organisations that receive some or all of their funding from the State should be answerable here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Could we get a briefing on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: There are two items there. There has been a lot of funding of Bus Éireann in relation to school transport. The Chairman had some reference to that from the previous minutes. What is the response to the correspondence? I ask that Bus Éireann be brought before the committee to answer questions. Where are we on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: The Chairman has skipped my letter on Chambers Ireland.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: We had the issue here of procurement and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's policy. Chambers Ireland has made quite an issue of the impact this is having on small local businesses which are not being successful in many large tenders. We have only heard one side of the debate here. There is clearly a second half to it. Chambers Ireland has asked me - perhaps it has written...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)
Seán Fleming: Book sellers.