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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in her Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in his Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in his Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in his Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 492. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in her Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if she will...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: It is the Taoiseach's job to answer questions.

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 and I have listened carefully to the Minister's comments. As he has made clear, this matter was discussed as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill with the Oireachtas finance and public expenditure committee some time ago. There was a useful discussion in that respect and I hope our discussion on Second...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Who knows? We will not go there with this one. The context of this Bill is addressing corruption risk through an appropriate disclosure of interest regime and the regulation of conflicts of interest, which is critical in maintaining trust in the reputation of public institutes. Trust is fairly high in Ireland and relative to other countries, we do not have a bad name. Perhaps the...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Our party requires it to be a candidate. I will not say I was being presumptive. I thought we could kill two birds with one stone and get them on for being-----

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I will not go there as a particular Senator in my county would not like to hear anyone talking like that. I think we know what we are talking about. I prefer if Revenue gives it to me anyway. As I mentioned previously, this proportionate and graduated approach is very important because there are different levels of different aspects of declarable interest that must be declared by...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: It was sorted out at the last minute. Where stands this Bill in respect of people's right to elect a person of bad repute? They are entitled to elect such a person if they choose to. That is democracy. Some might say that thumbing a nose at the system is a good thing, others might say it is outrageous that somebody should have the cheek to do that and the person should not be here. That...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: One only goes to limbo for it, not even to purgatory.

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Suspension from the House needs a broader debate. If one receives a sentence of longer than six months for a criminal offence, one has to leave the House. That is utterly at the discretion of a judge and may or may not be appropriate. If everybody here was superhuman and had no failings at all, they would not be representative of the people. We should operate to the highest standards and...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I would like to see a bit of consistency with the gravity of the situation because I agree with proportionality and the graduated approach in the legislation. The Schedules to the Bill deal with categories. Category A refers to persons to whom people are to refer reports. It deals with Deputies, MEPs, the Attorneys General and special advisers. According to the Schedule, the chief executive...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: There are legal services to protect the institution, not to help Members. We deal with them at the Committee of Public Accounts and other committees all the time and they will advise on legal procedure. However, they have never been available to me to advise on whether legislation is legal.

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps the legal service needs to be beefed up next time. I have heard the Minister make that reference recently also, but in my experience it has never been available to assist us. It tends to state what a committee can or cannot do, including in guiding the banking inquiry, inquiries by the Committee of Public Accounts, or where we receive something from a whistleblower. It seems to...

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: I like that.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Process (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Supplementary Estimates provided for in 2015; the amount of money that was spent by the end of 2015; the implications for 2016 budgets of any underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2438/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman's Remit (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give the Ombudsman power to investigate complaints relating to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2439/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Seán Fleming: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has assessed the cost of paying a living wage across all Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2440/16]