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Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The purpose of the legislation is to enable Ireland to confirm its acceptance of the second amendment to the Greek loan facility as part of the proposed new programme of assistance for Greece and to facilitate, in the public interest, with which all of us will agree, the financial stability of the EU and the safeguarding and financial...

Written Answers — Sovereign Debt: Sovereign Debt (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form for each year from 1970 the percentage growth in GDP for the year; the overall Government debt at the end of the year and the total Government debt as a percentage of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13053/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Reform: Public Sector Reform (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals for the next phase of downsizing of the public service; the discussions that have taken place on this issue; the targets in terms of downsizing to be achieved for the remainder of 2012 and the targets for 2013 in terms of the gross numbers of staff leaving, additional employment and the net reduction in public...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline for both 2010 and 2011 the actual payment to each local authority under the housing adaption grant for older persons with a disability scheme and the housing aid for older persons scheme; the number of applications paid in each case to which the payments to each local authority relate and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, the number of approvals and the number of loans actually drawn down in respect of the home choice loan scheme on a yearly basis since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13054/12]

Written Answers — Medical Consent: Medical Consent (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 24 January 2012 regarding the issue of whether consent of guardians is required when making a medical decision in the case of a child born within a marriage, when he referred to the 2006 Health Service Executive guidelines on obtaining consent to clinical treatment in an acute hospital setting but made...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue of the sale of State assets. First, I listened carefully to the Minister's contribution and acknowledge some of the points he made. However, I hope the Minister will understand me when I state I was shocked by the contents of the second paragraph of his script. I hope the Minister did not mean what he actually stated because he mentioned...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: At the outset I included a caveat to the effect that I hoped the Minister did not mean what he had said. I do not believe he meant what he said when he used the term "whatever assets". The main asset most people possess is their family home. In his opening remarks, the Minister appears to be informing families with a substantial amount of debt that they should consider realising money in...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I sat and listened-----

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: It is a conclusion which can be drawn from what the Minister said. I prefaced my remarks by stating I hoped the Minister did not mean what he said. However, the words to which I refer are those which he used. We will move on. It has been pointed out previously that many semi-State companies have been set up since the foundation of the State. These companies contributed to the economy and...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I wish to comment on the position of Bord Gáis, ESB, Coillte and Aer Lingus. We all agree there can be no sell-off of strategic State assets. The Minister has used the word "strategic" in several speeches without ever explaining what it means. I would like him to indicate as soon as possible what he means when he refers to "strategic State assets". On previous occasions I have made...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: From my understanding, the troika will have first call in respect of its share of the proceeds. Perhaps the Minister will clarify the position in this regard but he appears to be nodding his head. People seem to have obtained the impression that the first moneys realised from the sale of State assets will go to the troika and that if the entire €3 billion accrues, €1 billion can be used...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: That means the Minister will have seen 5,000 job losses in the financial services sector despite the party coming here to talk about job creation. The people will know.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: In other words, the bad news is our fault and the good news is the Government's doing.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: The Government is in office a year and has got 12 months from that story.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: It is starting to wear thin.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: We understand that for a period after an election all the bad news would be our fault and the good news is the doing of the Government.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: The public is beginning to tire of it.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Believe it or not-----

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: -----the Government has been in office for 12 months, although the Deputy does not seem to realise it.