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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 52. To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011. [35514/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 59. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the total value of the bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014. [35524/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 63. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35800/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of a 1% increase in weekly social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35894/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform arising from the Haddington Road Agreement the targeted savings in respect of reductions in salaries for people over €65,000 for 2013 and the actual savings achieved in 2013; the additional targeted savings in 2014 under this heading and the expected savings to be actually achieved in 2014; the additional targeted savings under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015 (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has advised individual Departments of the spending adjustments that will apply in 2015. [35893/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appeals for exemption from the one person one salary directive; the number that his Department has approved. [35895/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the comprehensive review of expenditure will be published. [35896/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Data (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by his Department on agency staff in each year from 2010 to 2013, inclusive; and the projected spend for this year. [35897/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he has taken following his comments that he is examining a freeze on residential rent prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35892/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (24 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the role and reporting duties and the remuneration of the special adviser appointed to the Minister with effect from 1 August 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36032/14]

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: He must accept responsibility as Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: What about the Labour Party Deputies who indicated they would vote for Mr. McNulty?

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: We are discussing the Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014, the timing of which is most relevant and interesting. Before I debate the specifics of this important legislation, we need to examine the background. Essentially, the citizens of Ireland want to know who has the inside track. Many believe a small group of people have the inside track and can get their point of view across and have...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: That is right, but Fine Gael and the Labour Party were the one that were going to have a democratic and political revolution.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: To test the promise made, we brought forward the legislation which, it goes without saying, the Minister has not taken up. We brought the Bill forward because at that stage the Government was talking about the sale of State assets. It has since privatised the national lottery licence and parts of Bord Gáis and its customer base and meters, which has a resonance for the other subsidiary...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: It is not a bone of contention but we might clarify that. I have an open mind on one of the contentious issues in this legislation. I do not have a fixed view, although some people have fixed views on this issue. The Minister nailed his colours to the mast in the programme for Government about the two year cooling off period. The legislation refers to one year. I know some people...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: That is fine, but I have an open mind on the issue. I want the best result for Ireland, once it is properly regulated. I move on to the areas that have been excluded, and I will start with the semi-State monopolies. We have had this argument previously. Bus Éireann is in competition with other Irish operators but I look at the monopoly. Irish Rail is a monopoly and Irish Water is a...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: No. I refer to other public bodies that I believe should come under this legislation. Eirgrid should come under it because it has a massive impact on people's lives. A director of Sustainable Energy Ireland is a director of one of the companies promoting the big wind farm projects - I refer to Brendan Halligan, a former colleague of the Minister. That has come up time and again, and I...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Fleming: No. We do not get increments and they do. That was taken off us in the last general election.