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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of defined benefit pension schemes listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: State Bodies (19 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currenty being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41266/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (19 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41275/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (19 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41284/15]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: I support the legislation, primarily because it will allow for the Lansdowne Road agreement, which was freely entered into by the trade union movement representing its members and the Government as their employers. It was put to a democratic vote and the majority voted for it. I believe in the democratic principle that it should carry. Notwithstanding that, I do not ever remember a social...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: Does the Minister know how many public servants are not members of trade unions? I often meet public sector workers who tell me their union due is €300 per year, which is the same as their car insurance premium. A number of public servants have made that point to me and questioned what they get for their money. That is a matter for trade unions and their members to sort out, but it...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 8:In page 13, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Report on public service pensions 8. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, prepare a report on the number of people whose annualised amount of public service pension exceeds €34,132.”. On Committee Stage...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: Until such time as the Government is able to restore everything it wants to maintain what I refer to as the fig leaf of the emergency legislation. I do not believe there is a requirement for that. Moments ago, I listened to the Minister’s party leader speak immediately before the debate and she was extolling the billions the Government is spending on schools. The Government said it...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: Nobody could reconcile what was said at the end of the previous debate with the concept of being in a financial emergency. The amendment specifically seeks that within one month of the passing of the legislation a report would be prepared on the number of people whose annualised amount of public service pension exceeds €34,132. In the intervening week I took advantage of the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: I received a response to the question last night. In a way, I do not have to wait a month for the report because I have the gist of it in the reply to my parliamentary question last night. Public servants will be interested in the figures as there have only been estimates of figures previously. It was said that 65,000 people would benefit from the measure. I still ask the Minister that a...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister explain why, when this legislation is completed, one retired public servant with a gross pension of €60,000 will have a public service pension reduction, PSPR, of €1,320 and a pension in payment, subject to the usual taxes, of €58,680, while another retired public servant on the exact same pension will have a PSPR of €5,280? The second person...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: I seek clarification on one issue. The Minister will be aware I submitted a parliamentary question to him which was responded to yesterday. My question asked the Minister what was the percentage reduction in the annualised amount of the public service pension for Ministers who will retire on a full combined ministerial and Oireachtas pension in 2016 and if he would make a statement on the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am not talking about the previous Croke Park agreement. In the Haddington Road agreement, the agreement in which the Minister was involved, there was an expiry date or sunset clause in regard to the cuts made on the salaries of over €65,000.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: Yes, and that could continue or be reversed under a new agreement. It lasted as long as the Haddington Road agreement and now we are starting to reverse that. Perhaps the Minister can explain this point. The Minister said it should be noted that the pension awarded to Ministers who are retiring in 2016 would be based on the pay rates in place just before the public service pay adjustments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Conservation (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing a ban on the importation of bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Task Force on Prescribing and Dispensing Remit (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the work undertaken by the National Task Force on Prescribing and Dispensing, since it was first established in 2012 [40879/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 179. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that while a national deer census is not practical a census of localised areas such as in national parks could be undertaken; that the Wild Deer Association of Ireland is the lead organisation representing those who work with deer and their management; that a member of the Irish Deer Management Forum had offered to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that research completed and published in 2012, with the support of her Department, outlining the findings of a four-year research programme by leading scientists that the red deer in Killarney National Park in County Kerry, our last native red deer herd, has been in continuous existence for over 6,000 years and that...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: 181. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that the proposed cull of native red deer in Killarney National Park in County Kerry is contrary to the framework for action document prepared by her Department and others for the work of the Irish Deer Management Forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40838/15]