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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: While the Minister might suggest the point I am about to make is tangential, it is not.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: This is a great legislative item in that it covers a wide range of areas. As the Minister is taking on many responsibilities, Members have had an opportunity to raise matters that will be fully-----

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Yes. These matters will be in the Minister's brief and consequently, my question pertains to the powers the Minister proposes to take on under this amendment. The amendment provides that the Minister will be involved in the appointment of directors to hold office for such term and upon such conditions as the Minister will deem fit, which is fine. I make a point about the lottery that the...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Minister for further information. This amendment establishes a special account to be funded from moneys by the Oireachtas to be used to pay benefits under the relevant insurance scheme to pay the costs of the scheme. I think this is a new account. Why is a new account needed? We have spent this afternoon transferring existing powers but this seems to be something new. I ask the...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: The Minister might explain why the amendment looks unusual. We spent the day hearing that the Minister could take action after consultation with the Minister for Finance and that he could take action after consultation with the Minister for public expenditure and reform and that powers were being transferred. The amendment states: (a) the insertion, in subsection (2), of "given with the...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: There is a difference. Why is the normal process not taking place?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: The Minister may have the information to answer my question. Is there any way he could enlighten us as to what the pre-hospital emergency care council is?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: The Minister has uncovered many organisations in his trawl for this Bill, some of which I had not heard of before. Does anyone know who or what they are? Why do we need that body? Why does the HSE not do the job?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: I will take the Minister's word for it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill before us after three months in office. There was a lot of work involved in establishing a new Department. It is not the normal transfer of functions that happens between Departments. I acknowledge and appreciate all the work done by departmental staff in trawling through all of the statutory instruments involved. Over 200 statutes have been...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: We look forward to being able to speak directly to him in the Chamber on the issues within his ministerial remit. I wish him every success in his new Department.

Written Answers — Compensation Payments: Compensation Payments (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if compensation will be paid to former residents of the Magdalene laundries as called for by the UN, the Irish Human Rights Commission and groups representing the former residents. [16788/11]

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity of speaking on the Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011. The publication of this Bill is a commitment under the EU-IMF deal. The Bill provides the Central Bank with additional powers to achieve an effective resolution regime for credit institutions that are failing or are likely to fail, with the objective of protecting the Exchequer...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every rental saving achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 together with details of the amount of all one off costs and expenses associated with each rental saving listing the name of the property, the rental saving in...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every procurement savings achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17426/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17211/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17212/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Savings: Local Authority Savings (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide each and every non pay savings reported by local authorities as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17427/11]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for a reduction of €2.5 million in the cost of the direct provision system in the first two months of 2011 referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014; if this is a one off or recurrent saving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17429/11]

Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (28 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food if he will provide each and every non pay savings to be achieved by him in 2011 as referred to at page 11 of the first Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17425/11]