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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of carbon tax and whether it has reduced the sales of peat-related fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16694/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of annual visitors to the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 9; the income received for commercial ventures there; his plans to introduce an entry fee to the gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Domestic Pets (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the change in rules that recently occurred in connection with the commercial movement of dogs, to ensure that each animal is accompanied by a veterinary health (Balai directive) certificate issued by his Department within 48 hours of the scheduled departure date of the animal; the way this works when animals are being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the ambulance service in transferring elderly sick patients from nursing homes to appointments in outpatient departments in local hospitals; the situation and the arrangements in place for elderly persons who have no transport and are only capable, due to their medical conditions, of being transported in an ambulance to enable them travel to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 282. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who requires surgery for scoliosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16470/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Sector Contracts (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list, on a regional basis, of the number of design build operate contracts in the water sector that have been transferred from local authorities to Irish Water; the estimated cost of the remaining life of these contracts; the number of contracts and the estimated cost of the remaining life of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that he expects to provide for the statutory transfer of as many assets as possible from local authorities to Irish Water by way of a series of orders in 2015, if he will outline the category of assets that may not be transferred this year, and whether the Central Statistics Office and EUROSTAT have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding proposed legislation in relation to data protection around the post codes project; when this will be finalised; the time frame for the implementation of post codes and this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16560/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the savings to customers by the proposed removal of the public service obligation in respect of the peat supply contract between Bord Na Móna and Edenderry Power Station, County Offaly, at the end of 2015 and to West Offaly Power Station and Lough Ree Power in Lanesborough, County Longford, in 2019; the proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that there is a ten-week waiting period for a person waiting to book a national car test online in Portlaoise, County Laois. [16544/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the current waiting list for national car tests in each centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16708/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to introduce legislation to allow local authorities introduce a 20 km/h speed limit in their functional areas, especially in housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16611/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the principle of subsidiarity, from the point of view of democracy and administrative efficiency, in respect of delivery of public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11701/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (23 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the transfer arrangements that are in place for higher executive officers in the public service; if there are facilities at the moment where a person in a Government office in Dublin may transfer to a post in County Cavan or County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15997/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (23 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the immediate measures she has put in place arising from the inspectors' recommendation in relation to the recording of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16113/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (23 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of the members of the expert panel which will review the crime counting rules recommended by the inspectorate; when these members will commence their work; the chairperson of the committee; the frequency with which the committee will meet; the expected time frame given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16176/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if proper arrangements will be put in place to ensure inappropriate and unacceptable conditions for persons who are waiting to check in at the outpatients department of Portlaoise General Hospital, County Laois are rectified and improved, in the interest of patients attending the outpatients department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16122/15]

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank my colleague, Deputy Dara Calleary, for tabling this motion on one of most important areas in Irish society, self-employed people and small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs. We recognise there are approximately 350,000 self-employed people in Ireland, a figure that is generally ignored. Protestations about how badly they are being treated by the Government have been falling on...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: We can do it and there have been pilot schemes in a couple of areas. The worry is that the contracts will be completed in a year's time, there will be a review of how it has worked out and in four years' time, a mechanism will be put in place. That is how the public service works. I would be happier if there was a contractor on site from a company that monitors projects as they progress....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Mr. David Duffy and his colleagues to the committee today. Will the bank give me a figure for what it expects its write-backs will be for 2015?