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Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I am not aware of any Department having been punished for late payments. Broadly speaking, the record is quite good. The Minister is determined to extend it to other public service bodies, including local authorities and the HSE. Local authorities report a 30-day average for payments while the HSE stands at a 45-day average. It has already agreed to reduce this to a 30-day limit. The...

Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: With payments within the required time as high as 97% in some Departments, and the lowest at 79%, it is fair to say Departments are in compliance.

Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: That is just one Department. I would be pleased to share the league table with the Deputy so he can examine it. If the average is 80%, then some Departments should pull their socks up and get their act together. However, the record is positive and is even acknowledged to be so by Deputy Willie Penrose. The object is to widen the 15-day requirement to the wider public service in which...

Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: If the average is 80%, then some Departments should pull their socks up and get their act together. However, the record is positive and is even acknowledged to be so by Deputy Willie Penrose. The object is to widen the 15-day requirement to the wider public service in which 30-day and 45-day averages seem to be the order of the day. It is, however, easy to bash public service organisations....

Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I agree with Deputy Leo Varadkar that there should be some element of sanction for agencies who go adrift of the payment average. This will be considered when extending the legislation.

Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I thank Deputy Willie Penrose for clarifying the matter. I am sure Deputy Varadkar will absorb it.

Written Answers — Compensation Schemes: Compensation Schemes (13 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I have, on a number of previous occasions, explained that I have no statutory function in relation to provision of compensation to people who consider their health has suffered as a consequence of working in mines. Any question of compensation to former miners, or any other type of employees, who suffer health problems as a consequence of working conditions in the past, is primarily a matter...

Written Answers — Fisheries Compensation Schemes: Fisheries Compensation Schemes (18 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 474 and 475 together. The Government created a salmon hardship fund for those affected by the cessation of mixed stock fishing in 2006. The Salmon Hardship Scheme, which was administered by BIM, provided a measure of relief to individuals in line with the level of hardship likely to be experienced. The scheme, participation in which was voluntary, is closed...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: At the outset, I thank Deputies for allowing me to report back to the House at an early stage on the amendments introduced to the Bill on Committee and Report Stages in the Seanad. These amendments concern the removal of the provisions excluding local authority members from becoming members of the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland. Amendment No. 1 removes section 40(1)(d), which provides...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: That is precisely the purpose of the amendment, to remove the prohibition in the legislation as it was drafted. I am doing that in line with the recommendation of the Fine Gael spokesman in the Seanad so perhaps the Deputy misunderstands what I am doing.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: We are not employing people.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Deputy has misunderstood the Bill. This is the Inland Fisheries Bill, not the Health Service Executive Bill.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Deputy has either misunderstood or not read the legislation. This Bill is about Inland Fisheries Ireland, not the HSE.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: It is not facetious.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: If Deputy McHugh bothered to read the amendment being made, he would see that I am making it-----

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: -----precisely to be in accordance with what his spokesman in the Seanad was asking me to do.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I do not understand why I am now being attacked for doing something in response-----

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: -----to a Fine Gael Senator.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I am being attacked. I am not being attacked about Inland Fisheries Ireland, its board or composition but about the HSE. Really, there are many things-----

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: -----I am answerable for in this House but I am-----