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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2014 (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: I will go back to the statement made by the Minister last October to be implemented this year, in particular the savage cuts he and his party colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, inflicted on people this year. Why is the Labour Party in government when the Minister and Deputy Burton-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2014 (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister, and the Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, have announced the discontinuance of the telephone allowance for elderly people. They also approved cuts to maternity and adoptive benefits, as announced by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and implemented by the Minister, Deputy Burton, who obviously agreed to it before the announcement. The Ministers also cut illness benefit and jobseeker's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2014 (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: While I certainly will the ends, which are to balance the books, I deny the means by which the Government has gone about it in each of its three budgets. The ESRI and everybody have stated they were the most unfair budgets Ireland has had in recent years-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2014 (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: -----in that the cuts have been directed at those on the lowest levels of income and additional sources of revenue have not been targeted at those earning more than €100,000. It begs the question as to the reason the Minister has been in government supporting Fine Gael policy all along. I refer to something I cannot understand. The Minister announced cuts of €113 million in...

Other Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Update (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service allowances currently in place; the current state of plans to review these allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23700/14]

Other Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Update (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: As part of the Haddington Road agreement, it was agreed between the Government and the unions that there would be a review of allowances paid in the public services. There are many substantial allowances. Some people agree some of them are outdated while most people agree a number of them are essential and should be retained, although possibly streamlined and incorporated into core pay...

Other Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Update (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister. Perhaps when he has the figure of the allowances that have been discontinued for new entrants he might send it to us. Could he give us the list of the allowances? It might not affect the number because with the recent recruitment situation an allowance might have been discontinued but there might have been no new entrant in that area yet. I am concerned that it seems...

Other Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Update (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: There is a conflict and a mechanism to slow it up. The Minister caused a brouhaha with his unrealistic announcement of €75 million in savings that was to be achieved by this. Once he drilled into it, he saw that some of the allowances were excellent value for money, were part of core pay in effect but were given through a variety of mechanisms. It would be good for the public...

Other Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Update (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: I accept the Minister saying that this is small in an overall context but it would be useful for the public service - I speak in the interests of public servants - not to have any old allowances which cannot be justified in a business case today. If some of them have to be bought out, long-established mechanisms in the public service can be used and we should do that and get it over with....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Housing Finance Agency Issues (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State’s policy in respect of dividends from the Housing Finance Agency; if the policy has changed in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23699/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the operating plans for the new national lottery licence is respect of protecting vulnerable persons from developing gambling problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015 (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the budget planning process for budget 2015 has commenced; the priorities that he has set for the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23702/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 11 February 2014 regarding the maintenance charge of €23,000 per bus per year which is over five times higher than the equivalent charges for school transport in Northern Ireland, if he will immediately claw back all money paid to Bus Éireann under state aid rules in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Health when an 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. [23741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital in Mountmellick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23742/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 136. To ask the Taoiseach the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24156/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24151/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24150/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24148/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Fleming: 284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24153/14]