Results 6,881-6,900 of 34,780 for speaker:Seán Fleming

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Fees (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total receipts in 2012 and 2013 from fees charged in respect of freedom of information requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20675/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Fees (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of freedom of information requests made to Government agencies in 2013; the number that resulted in information being provided to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a grant application for personal alarms for older persons will be approved for an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20795/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on a county basis all funding approvals issued in 2014 for extensions to sewerage schemes; the amount in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment in the orthopaedic department in Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20780/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details on a monthly basis of the make-up of the refund recently issued to persons (details supplied) in County Laois regarding prescription charges in view of the fact that the maximum that should have been paid by this couple was €25 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20787/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [20792/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Moran is welcome to the committee. I wish him the best in whatever career he moves to. He will do very well. I thank him for his years as Secretary General. The fact he came from the outside was a good idea. I want to discuss banking and banking debt, but the figure before us on Government debt is for the end of 2012, when it was €192 billion. What is the most up-to-date...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: What is the figure? It was €192 billion. People get lost with percentages.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. I was interested in the documentation Mr. Moran provided to us on the cost of the banking crisis, which is a heading on a chart on page 27 of the document from a speech Mr. Moran delivered last week. He had various charts with him which I wish to summarise. I quote his figures as we all get lost on these issues. The first chart I found interesting was on page 7 of his...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: In Europe, where did Ireland stand at the end of 2008? I refer to the balance sheet of the Irish banks relative to GDP. Where does Ireland now stand? Are we way above the European 4% figure? Perhaps Mr. Moran did not expect this question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: What about now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: European economies had greater reliance on the banks relative to the size of their economies and so there was a greater move to protect each country's national banks. We nationalised our banks and Mr. Moran is now calling for denationalisation. That is the Irish view. Is it also the European view?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: The heading on page 27 refers to costs of the banking crisis. This submission states that Ireland invested €64 billion in our banking sector, which was 40% of GDP at that time and Mr. Moran is saying that, since then, we have generated income of €5.2 billion from the bank guarantee, €4.7 billion from the sale of Bank of Ireland contingent convertible capital notes,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: These figures are important because we all know the €64 billion figure. In respect of the IBRC liquidation, can Mr. Moran give an estimate of the fees and costs associated with the IBRC liquidation of February of last year? It is well in train and we are nearly there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is Mr. Carville telling me that the Department has given the special liquidators a blank cheque?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: Give me some indication of the parameters set by the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: Tell me about the tender process. As we know, the legislation was rushed through the Dáil on a particular night in February 2013, although we understand it had been drafted the previous November. Therefore, although the legislation may have been rushed through the Chamber, it was not rushed legislation but was prepared carefully and in a considered manner. Tell me about the tendering...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: Can I have a ballpark figure? Is it €100 million, €200 million, €500 million or €60 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: What Mr. Carville is essentially saying sounds like the tribunal mechanism, namely, that hourly or daily rates were agreed, based on the NAMA rates. Therefore, whether it goes on for six months or three years, the longer the process takes, the more hours are involved. The early successful conclusion of the project, meaning a lesser transfer to NAMA, was probably a bonus. It sounds like a...