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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Freedom of Information Requests (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests in tabular form received by her Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Requests (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 92. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to indicate, in tabular form, the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of receipt of the request; and the number where the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information Data (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration, was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original time frame were not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Freedom of Information Requests (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these considered within four weeks of receipt; the number of instances where the consideration period was extended by up to four weeks because the resources necessary to complete the consideration within the original...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information Requests (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Freedom of Information requests, in tabular form, received by her Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request and was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original time...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information Data (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number where the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks because the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Freedom of Information Requests (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number where the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks because the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Freedom of Information Data (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these for which the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number for which the period was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Freedom of Information Requests (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: 177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by her Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; the number where the period was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: I apologise. That was a rhetorical question.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: We will save the conversation for Committee Stage and we will still do it through the Chair at that point. My apologies for not sticking to the formal process. I do not think we are in a financial emergency. I have listened to Minister after Minister, the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and everybody else explaining to the people who wonderfully well the country is doing, how great the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: It did not exist. For some time, we have been calling for a mechanism to be found for letting the group into the talks, given that its members were affected by them. Pensions were cut disproportionately for those with higher incomes. While they are saying that the changes in the legislation are welcome, the Alliance of Retired Public Servants continues to have concerns. They accept that in...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am one of those who, if they do not like the result, do not query the turnout. If there is a 28%, 31% or 61% turnout, as in a referendum, it is those who vote who count.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: We all like people to vote but sometimes when people do not vote it might be due to a lack of interest or that they are saying they will let the others decide and accept the outcome regardless. Sometimes there can be indifference as well. We cannot trumpet a result when it suits us and then when a result does not suit us, look at the underlying turnout. However, I stated there was a 31%...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: Exactly, he might clarify that. At Committee Stage, we can tease that out. Those Members will get the second 50% of that 2013 FEMPI Act reduction on 1 January 2018. One must remember that those are really only the ones who experienced a reduction under the Haddington Road agreement, in which there was a sunset clause. I will not join the bandwagon of those who say TDs should work for...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: She is a member of the legal profession and maybe would hope to join that august body some day down the road. I always worry about members of the legal profession giving Government advice on giving salary increases to other members of the legal profession. I must put on record that I question this. In accordance with advice from the Office of the Attorney General, amendments to the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: I refer to teachers who have come in on low pay.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: Okay. I will get the Minister to clarify it.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am sorry. I ask the question and the Minister can answer it in due course. I would be most concerned that the provision would apply to all public servants, including nurses, gardaí and teachers. Any of us who were listening to the radio in the past week or two will have been shocked to hear about the net take-home pay of some new gardaí, the garda recruits and gardaí who...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: The Minister looks forward to hearing the views of the House on this Bill. We will be supporting the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015 because it is based on the various agreements the Minister referred to, namely, the Lansdowne Road agreement, which succeeded the Haddington Road agreement, and it has been voted on democratically by hundreds of thousands of public...