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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Protection Policies (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the mortgage protection insurance scheme which charges local authority borrowers a 0.47% premium; if, in view of this high charge local authority borrowers can obtain mortgage protection insurance on the open market at more competitive prices and satisfy his Department and local authorities they have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider providing a basic payment of disability allowance level for persons who are diagnosed with cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Intestate Estates (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of assets transferred to the State in each of the past three years as a result of persons dying without having made a will and there is no relative to whom these assets can be transferred; the mechanisms the State has in place to ensure these assets are received; the estimated value of assets yet to be transferred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will honour the labour court recommendation CR19293 to community employment supervisors and move immediately to implement this finding and put in place a pension and ex gratia scheme for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing medical cards to persons who have been diagnosed with cancer for the period they have cancer until they receive the all clear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding persons with a medical card who have to pay €25 per month; if this covers a 28 day period or a full calendar month in view of the fact that most months have 30 or 31 days; if the €25 only covers the 28 day period, if it effectively means there are a minimum of 13 months in the year when a person has to pay €25 in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 615. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a needs assessment by a multidisciplinary team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35138/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 704. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her policy in respect of the IDA granting financial support by way of grants, credits, employment benefits and discounts to IDA supported companies that are already here to encourage them to relocate further aspects of their business to other locations here; if the same packages are available in these situations compared with a new...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Events (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: 721. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the annual ceremony to honour deceased members of the Defence Forces which was due to take place at the national defence monument in Merrion Square on Sunday, 6 November 2016, was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34646/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue of the timeline in respect of two new schools projects in Portlaoise, St. Francis special school and a new second level school. It is well known and well documented that there has been a major increase in the population in County Laois, and in Portlaoise in particular, over the last ten to 20 years. According to...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: I want to acknowledge the work that has been carried out by the Department in recent years. When I first became a Deputy a number of years ago school accommodation in Portlaoise was very poor. I am satisfied that at the end of this building programme Portlaoise will have the finest suite of new primary and second level schools, which will be the best in the country. The three second level...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: We have a quorum and the committee is now in public session. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, a permanent witness to the committee, who is accompanied today by Mr. John Riordan, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Alan Farrell. The first item on the agenda today is the minutes of the meeting of 25 October. Are they...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: The next item is 140B. It is correspondence received from Ms Eilis Finan, former member of the NAMA board. The correspondence outlines that while Ms Finan is happy to appear before the committee, she left the board on 21 December 2013 and, as such, feels that her input may be very limited. If the committee agrees, we can inform Ms Finan that her presence is not required. There are other...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will hold it over. Essentially, we previously decided that we would invite all of the board members who were on the board during the period of 2013 to 2014. Ms Finan is confirming that she resigned or left the board in December 2013 and was not there when any decisions were made. She has no papers, no immediate recollection and very limited possible input to our committee. The other...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes. We will have to make a decision on Ms Finan this morning because they are due in next week. We will deal with it in private session shortly. The next item is item 148B. It is correspondence received from NAMA as a follow up to information requested. We will note this correspondence and put it into the Project Eagle folder. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next item is item...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: I agree with the Deputy because the PIMCO letter is an important letter from our public hearing's point of view. Immediately after this, we will forward it to NAMA for a detailed response because it will not have received this, as it is a letter to the Committee of Public Accounts. We will address those issues when representatives of NAMA come before us again.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: No. We will discuss that issue later on and maybe-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: I think we are agreed that it is a significant letter. I will read it into the public record shortly. It will take a few minutes. People will understand the queries better when the letter has been read into the record. We will come back to this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Fleming: I would be happy to write again.