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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will establish a statutory national authority to manage all flood relief projects, including implementation of flood defence measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2079/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister of State establish a statutory national authority to manage all flood relief projects, including implementation of flood defence measures, in view of the serious flooding experienced in recent times and the likelihood that the position will deteriorate further in the decades to come?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I think the Minister of State's response justified tabling the question. Perhaps he might address the issue of whether he intends to establish a statutory authority. I am of the belief the OPW's authority in this area should increased. We do need a new body as the OPW is in situ. The Minister of State has described the current position correctly and it needs to change. As he said, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: The system we have in place is not good enough. I accept everything the Minister of State has said about co-ordination the roles of the different groups and Departments involved, but we would never have had motorways if responsibility for building them had been left with the local authorities. The National Roads Authority was given that power and authority. It can sign contracts, issue...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public expenditure value for money reports he conducted in each of the past five years, including their date of publication, and the subsequent actions he has taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2080/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. The Minister's reply was all about policy, guidance and assistance but the people want to know that they as taxpayers are getting value for money and that their money is being well spent. Nothing the Minister said would give anybody any comfort in that area. He referred to a focused policy assessment, policy initiatives and overall responsibility for policy guidelines and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I think the Minister has been so long in office that he believes the publicity that has been issued by various Ministers. I can show him prefabs in County Laois and the Deputy seated beside me has said that she can show him prefabs in Dublin city. There are still prefabs in place. The Government's press releases might not indicate that. The Government is now moving on to build prefab...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of ceasing the public service pension reduction on pensions of up to €50,000; the number of persons who would benefit; his plans to do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1916/16]

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: What is the full-year cost of ceasing the public service pension reduction on pensions up to €50,000, which is approximately the figure up to which a couple can receive a medical card automatically if they are over 70 years of age, and the number of people who would benefit in doing this? The reduction only extends as far as those on pensions of €34,132, despite the amendments...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: The Minister might clarify two of the figures he mentioned. My proposal would only apply up to a figure of €50,000. The Minister spoke about people on higher salaries who had walked away with bigger amounts and who could be in receipt of pensions above that figure.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I was not asking for it, not that I would ask for it, for anyone getting more than €50,000.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister provide the cost of the reductions on an annualised basis? Will he then provide the cost of taking in the extra 15,000 or 20,000 people by increasing the threshold to €50,000? Those on a pension of €34,132 who have worked all of their lives are only marginally better off than those in receipt of the State pension, which is approximately €400 per week....

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased that the Minister is coming round to the point of view I expressed consistently during that debate. I know that his senior partner in government has given big commitments on tax cuts, if it is back in government. I hope the other party in government will give equally strong commitments to look after people who are, as the Minister said, elderly; some of whom may not be around...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: The Taoiseach and NAMA are saying it.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Who does the Taoiseach think is saying that? Who is responsible?

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to speak on this motion of no confidence in the Tánaiste. The timing is remarkably fitting. We have come to the end of five shameful years of a Labour Party in government which has left many people worse off than they were even in the difficult times when it took over. On the State board's appointment issue, which brought about this motion, I have a press release from 25...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: It was a sham from the very beginning. I listened with incredulity when the Tánaiste spoke earlier. She demonstrated why she is at the end of the road after five years. When one is five years in government, one becomes detached and removed. One starts to believe one’s own publicity. The Tánaiste probably believes those press releases by the Minister for Public...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Not at all.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: The Taoiseach will get a tap on the head from Angela Merkel and a few of the big financial institutions in Germany-----

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: -----as they say "Thank you" for the extra interest rate he is giving them and as they say the poor people in Ireland can afford to pay them back because did they not stand by us?