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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: This issue was debated on Second Stage and we did not have time to submit an amendment. I am somewhat confused as to the Government policy with regard to this issue. The Minister for Finance announced with great fanfare on budget day the special assignee relief programme scheme in the budget is designed to reduce the cost to employers of assigning skilled workers from abroad to companies in...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: The allowance is specifically under the new special assignee relief programme announced by the Minister on budget day. He gave two incentives; first, to give a certain amount of income tax free and, second, on budget day he announced an additional incentive for those people who have children in second level education – that there would be an additional payment made tax free to them. I...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: I acknowledge that. We will move on.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: Fianna Fáil opposes amendment No. 17 in its entirety. It is a scandal and a shame and I am shocked at it. I know the Minister of State was not personally involved in its drafting but I am shocked that a Minister of the Labour Party would table a proposal to curtail mortgage interest supplement. We have discussed changes to the one parent family payment, and those in receipt of it are at...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: I will be brief, as I made many comments on this amendment while the Minister was out of the Chamber. I will boil the issue down to one or two key points. I will put the €50 million that the Minister mentioned in context without commenting on it, good, bad or indifferent. On average, the €50 million equates to approximately €3,000 per each of the 18,000 households. For that amount, a...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: We reduced the age from 18 years to 14 years.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: The Labour Party opposed the change but now it is reducing the age limit to seven years. Somewhere along the line that party will have to accept responsibility for being in government rather than harking to the past.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: We did not reduce the age limit to seven years. We brought it to 14 years. The Minister cannot hang that on anyone else. She is also curtailing mortgage interest supplement for the most financially disadvantaged people in this country.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: She can deny it all she likes but she is cutting benefits for lone parents, those in receipt of mortgage interest supplement and those on jobseeker's benefit. That is the essence of this Bill in one sentence. Shame on her as a Labour Party Minister for those cuts.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: On a point of order, with which amendments are we dealing?

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (26 Apr 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to intervene in the dispute at Irish Cement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/12]

Scéimeanna Teanga (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 113: To ask the an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil scéim teanga daingnithe i ngach Roinn, an bhfuil a Roinn ag plé le reachtaíocht teanga; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21673/12]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the fees charged by FÁS in respect of persons on the construction skills certification scheme in respect of the FETAC certificates under this scheme for each year from 2000 to 2012; the total amounts received each year by FÁS under this scheme and the payments made by FÁS to FETAC each year under this scheme in respect of this...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FETAC certificates issued in relation to the construction skills certification scheme for each year from 2000 to 2012; the income received from FÁS or other sources in respect of these certificates during each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/12]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of safe pass cards issued by FÁS in each year from 2000 to 2012; the income received in respect of these safe pass cards for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21825/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of bodies and agencies under his aegis; and his proposals for review of operation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21609/12]

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that current procurement processes for publicly funded construction contracts gives adequate opportunity for small and medium enterprises to be successful in tendering for work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21610/12]

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the activities of Bord Gáis that are proposed to be sold as part of the sale of State assets; if he will indicate the preliminary work that has been carried out to date; when the advertising process will commence to appoint external consultants to assist in this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (1 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the decentralisation of the Equality Authority to Roscrea, County Tipperary; if the review has been completed on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21827/12]

Gas Exploration (2 May 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to receive the Environmental Protection Agency report on fracking; the reason for the delay in receiving this report; if he will reconsider his proposal not to publish a Green Paper on the subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21918/12]