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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Chairman for this opportunity to speak at the committee. As a Laois person, I am sad that we are here again. I thank all the parents for the perseverance they have shown over the period, as otherwise we would not be here. I have a few straightforward questions which were referred to earlier. Mr. Quinn said that he could not say the service in Portlaoise hospital was safe....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (13 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a date for a heart bypass operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sovereign Debt (13 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he attended the second committee session in relation to the sovereign debt restructuring processes to be considered by the United Nations in New York in the United States of America, from 28 to 30 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list, for each of the past three years, of the number of applications made for readers for leaving certificate examinations; the number of readers that were granted to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18792/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list, for each of the past three years, of the number of applications made for readers for junior certificate examinations; the number of readers that were granted to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reader for the leaving certificate will be provided to a student (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18796/15]

Topical Issues: HIQA Reports (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate the Minister’s reply and accept his sincerity. He will appreciate there is no issue of this being a political matter. This is about people’s and young children’s lives, as well as patient safety. That transcends everything we do in this House. One concern I have, however, is the Minister said the action plan will be implemented immediately and...

Topical Issues: HIQA Reports (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on a very sad and difficult issue for everybody involved at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. We must primarily hold in our thoughts the five infants who are no longer with us as a result of incidents in the maternity unit in Portlaoise, and the devastation it has caused to their families. I thank the families for their courage in...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: On a point of order, the Minister referred in his reply to Mr. Eddie Hobbs, who is a private citizen. We are regularly told by the Chair -----

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I know that. I would have made my point of order if I was not interrupted.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: The point of order is -----

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am not making a political point. I am asking the Chair to consider the issue of Ministers referring to private citizens by name. Other Deputies get chastised for doing so.

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the receipts for each year from 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015, and the estimate for 2015, from the sale of State assets; the manner in which these funds have been deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18236/15]

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: Am I correct to say that there were no receipts in 2012 and 2013? The Minister outlined the figures for 2014 and 2015. The revenue from ESB came from the sale of some of its power plants located abroad. They were proceeds in lieu of sale. Some of the dividends from Ervia came through in 2014 and an additional €100 million came through this year. The Minister indicated that the...

Other Questions: Ombudsman's Remit (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: Last February I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister asking him when An Bord Pleanála and Eirgrid would be brought within the remit of the Ombudsman. His reply was that An Bord Pleanála and Eirgird had never been scheduled and, as such, were never within the Ombudsman's remit. Anyone listening to him today would think that with 180 bodies listed, everyone was...

Other Questions: Ombudsman's Remit (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: There is probably much common ground between the Minister and me on this issue. I am not asking for people to have another route to appeal a specific planning decision-----

Other Questions: Ombudsman's Remit (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: -----but that the administrative aspects be open to review by the Ombudsman. Eirgrid is not dealing with the public on its commercial activity, while the Environmental Protection Agency has a key role to play. The Minister mentioned the Courts Service, which is generally exempt, except where it relates to an action taken in the performance of administrative functions under section 5 of the...

Other Questions: Ombudsman's Remit (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the role of the Ombudsman to cover State bodies not currently within its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18240/15]

Other Questions: Ombudsman's Remit (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I would like to ask the Minister about a different topic, as his Department is wide-ranging. What are his plans to extend the role of the Ombudsman to cover State bodies not currently within its remit? I know the Minister will say that he has extended the Ombudsman's remit but the legislation has a Schedule of exempted agencies which run to more than 110 organisations. When can we get some...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Targets (12 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional resources for front-line services will be a priority in the allocation of any leeway in the public finances in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/15]