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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is a very broad point and we will come back to that. I recall that not so long ago there was a Dáil debate on Estimates for the provision of these funds. I am sure many Deputies trooped into the Chamber to say how wonderful these organisations were, that they should get funding and that they are a valuable part of the rural economy. I did not hear those speeches but I know what...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Committee of Public Accounts may have a different position to take on those. What the Deputy has said applies across the board to lots of organisations. At this stage we shall conclude the discussion. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts I thank the witnesses from the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Office of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Please make sure that the information is provided around the accounts for which the Department is the paying agent. We want to see those accounts. It is not that we need to discuss them with the Department but we want to have them in front of the committee. There is no issue, but we have not got the full picture regarding payments to the agriculture sector without that other half of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Taoiseach does not know anything about the matter. He does not know where it stands.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: A while ago, the Government announced a mid-term review of its capital investment plan. Since that announcement, Members all have become aware of possible overruns of €600 million regarding the national children's hospital at St. James's and €200 million regarding moving the National Maternity Hospital to St. Vincent's. This is in addition to the plan stating that the Rotunda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding identifying sites for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8386/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the fire arms Directive has been implemented here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Training Programme (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 655. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, regarding job activation programmes for persons on jobseeker's allowance, any person in his Department or on behalf of his Department is inviting persons to participate in any programme in Army barracks in view of the fact that some persons were notified that there would be a two-week course in the Army barracks in Cork and a further...

Topical Issue Debate: Criminal Prosecutions (22 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is disappointing that the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality is not present in the Chamber to deal with this matter, which relates to the administration of justice by the Garda Síochána and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. I had hoped to raise directly with her the death by stabbing in Kilkenny city on 15 February 2012 of Kieran Monahan from...

Topical Issue Debate: Criminal Prosecutions (22 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I acknowledge the response from the Minister of State, which does not deal with the issue at all. I was very careful with my language when I spoke today in saying that the post-mortem examination indicated that this person was killed by a single stab wound to the chest. In view of the fact that the defence of the family dwelling legislation had never been used as a defence, the Oireachtas -...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (22 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 16 November 2016 (details supplied) if she will provide a detailed update on progress in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (22 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the time currently being taken to process certain types of applications (details supplied) by the land registry; her plans to amend the procedure to allow for more expeditious application processing; her views on whether administrative demands and requirements imposed by the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 may be a cause...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations for persons using horses and sulkies racing on public roadways; the rules under the Road Traffic Acts dealing with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a formal occupational therapy assessment for a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that educational resources for the person are dependent upon the report being available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9226/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The committee is now in public session. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to this committee. He is accompanied by Mr. Mark Brady, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputies Shane Cassells and Marc MacSharry. The minutes of the meetings of 15 and 16 February 2017 have been circulated. Are the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will put in one more item on this. While I stress I had no role in or knowledge of the invitation before it arrived, if the committee agrees to visit Mountmellick I would put in a proviso that we visit the Abbeyleix community nursing unit on the same day, though not to add any extra time. The reason for this is a decision by the HSE to close that unit. In all published documentation, it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will do both on the one day. If we set aside-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will try to set a date for the visit to Mountmellick. Perhaps we might arrange with some of the nursing home associations to have a visit to a private nursing home that can be reached on the same day, rather than heading to somewhere 150 miles away or something like that. Or do we want to go there?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will agree that we will not travel unless there is a reasonable quorum. There is no point in two people travelling. Unless four, five or six are travelling, and if more all the better, we will not go. It would not inform the full committee if only two or three people were to go. Will we ask the secretariat to contact members to try to determine a suitable day? Perhaps Tuesday morning...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy might take it in on her way. We have an outstanding train service.