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Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has been consulted in respect of the review of the free travel pass; if the limit in respect of expenditure on the scheme expired at the end of the troika programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29675/14]

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is the Minister personally involved in the review of the free travel pass scheme, the cost thereof and how it is implemented? Does the Minister support a cutback to that scheme and a reduction in the amount that is provided by the taxpayer, primarily to elderly people to enable them to use their daily bus and train pass?

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Now that the national recovery plan has concluded and the troika has left, the Minister is not bound by the €77 million cap. Will he give a commitment that the allocation will not be reduced, now that he is actually free to reduce it?

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister referred to data on usage of the scheme. Payments to the various contractors have been set for several years. Will he take into account the fact that some of them, including the main State provider, Bus Éireann, have cut some of their routes. Bus Éireann’s Expressway routes, for example, in many constituencies, including the Minister’s, now bypass towns...

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes, but the Minister is part of the review which is examining usage data which include information on routes. I know it will be up to the line Department to make these decisions, but the Minister is part of the review. If he allocates €77 million to a scheme each budget day, he is entitled to know what services are being provided. Services have been reduced, but the Minister is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Supplementary Estimates he expects to be introduced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29676/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that do not go through the Public Appointments Service; his plans to review the manner in which appointments to State boards are made to ensure the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Mergers (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost-benefit analysis that has been undertaken in respect of the merger of commercial semi-State companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the report of the European Commission post-programme review is correct in its assertion that the State will raise €500 million in revenue from asset sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30802/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Service; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under her remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; her plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30806/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 291. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State Boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State Boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State Boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State Boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 368. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30801/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which appointments to State boards are made in order to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State board members are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30804/14]

Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: What does that have to do with promised legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Seed Capital Scheme (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported to date by the venture capital fund; his plans to review the operation of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29943/14]