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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 553. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details regarding the pro rata contributory pension and the requirements to meet such a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Data (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 568. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in 2015 and 2016 to date under the back to work allowance scheme; the maximum, minimum and average times it is taking to process an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10594/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 683. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9633/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 745. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commenced medicine pricing negotiations with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry; the nature and broad objectives of these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9911/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the stakeholders and-or industry representative bodies included in medicine pricing negotiations to agree drug prices; if talks with these bodies are taking or will take place simultaneously; if not, the reason why; when all negotiations will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9912/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 789. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be approved to transfer from Portlaoise General Hospital in County Laois to a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts Act (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 1190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the full implementation of the Construction Contracts Act including when persons will be able to avail of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10593/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Transport (17 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: 1212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding an old military vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9483/16]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: Fianna Fáil is not voting to support this Government. It is abstaining. Fianna Fáil will lead and be the strongest party of the Opposition.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: Sinn Féin Deputies are trying to shout us down because they know, given time, that our 43 Members on this side of the House will be the strongest Opposition to the Government. They will be on our coat-tails. There will be strong effective opposition from us on this side of the House.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: I look forward to Fianna Fáil being vigorous in opposition in the months ahead.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: It boils down to one issue, which is the single biggest issue facing this Dáil. We insisted that where there are available resources, the split should be two to one in favour of additional Government expenditure. That runs counter to where Fine Gael has been for most of its existence. It means it will not be able to give tax cuts to high earners, as its members would like to do. That...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: Everything else, including extra expenditure on public services, will flow from our short document. It is important to recognise that. The most important issue in terms of whether this Government will be a successful one is the attitude of the Taoiseach and his Ministers. I hope it is conducive to working with the Oireachtas while not trying to bounce it into urgent decisions without...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. It is a good and important day for the people, having voted 70 days ago, to have a Government coming into place this evening. While people have spoken of the 70 days since the last election, I genuinely believe the country has not had an active Government for six months. If one thinks back to last November, there was talk of an election at...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: Lone parents.

Business of Dáil (4 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: Sinn Féin Deputies have been there all this time.

Business of Dáil (4 May 2016)

Seán Fleming: Will Sinn Féin not come on board?

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Fleming: Well over a month ago, I indicated publicly that in the interim period while no Government is in place, the Opposition will play a constructive role in helping the caretaker Government to process anything through the Dáil that needs to be processed in the national interest. We have the first such decision today. Up to now, we have had several debates without votes. Those debates will...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Fleming: Hopefully the next Minister will address this issue at the earliest possible stage after the census information is made available. I think people will be keen to know whether any changes are to be made. The Minister of State might talk to us briefly about parts of the country where many people stay in hotels but are not residents. Does the presence of many hotels in certain areas affect...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Fleming: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance why there is a professional service surcharge effective rate of approximately 7% on top of the corporation tax rate of 12.5% in relation to businesses which are exporting such professional services, and at the same time IDA Ireland is selling Ireland as an area where the maximum corporation tax rate is 12.5%; given that some companies coming in under this...