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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: I have said all I have to say.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: Last week, I asked the Taoiseach when the Construction Contracts Act 2013 would commence and he said he would send me a note. This morning, two subcontractors contacted me and said people in the industry are saying the issue has gone off the boil and might never happen. Could the Taoiseach send me the note?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Water Services Act 2013 to make provision for requiring individual consent to all information provided to the subsidiary.I welcome the opportunity to introduce this Private Members' Bill. The purpose of the legislation is to amend section 26 of the Water Services Act 2013. People will be aware of controversy in...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Offices (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the establishment of an office of budget statistics which would assist in costing proposals from Oireachtas Members and other interested parties; if this will be established prior to the next general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11702/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the issues in relation to crime recording and classification highlighted by the Garda Inspectorate in the report published on 11 November 2014 have been adequately dealt with; when recorded crime statistics will be forwarded to the Central Statistics Office for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13552/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of payments made by his Department and by the local government fund to Irish Water in 2014 and 2015 ; the potential consequences for State aid in relation to these payments; the analysis he has carried out in respect of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13553/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date he expects to sign an order for the transfer of 250 treatment plants from local authorities to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the process in relation to the transfer to Irish Water of over-ground assets in respect of water services will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total commitment under public private partnership contracts that were or are being transferred to Irish Water, in respect of which there is an estimated operation/maintenance cost of €123,045,700 in 2015; if this information will be provided on a regional basis in relation to the 115 contracts covering 253...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that was paid by his Department or by the local government fund in 2014; the estimate for 2015 in respect of design-build-operate contracts in the water services sector that have an estimated operation/maintenance cost of €123 million in 2015; when these full costs will be transferred to Irish Water;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Leakage (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the approximate 49% of current leakage rate in water services, if he will provide an estimate of the present benefit value of a 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% reduction in this rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13558/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Fleming: 190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the non-executive members of the board of Irish Water who are not executives of Ervia/Irish Water; the qualification of each of these non-executive directors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13561/15]

Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for bringing forward this motion. The issue of mortgages and mortgage arrears is one that Fianna Fáil has raised consistently over the past couple of years. We are now raising the issue of people on the standard variable rate. I must declare my own interest. I am on a standard variable mortgage from Permanent TSB and I feel the pain but I do not think...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: The last point the Minister of State made is the reason I am opposed to this legislation in its entirety. My remark about Sir Humphrey was not directed at any particular officials, in case somebody thought I had a person or group of people in mind. The Minister of State said the butcher, the baker or the candlestick maker might have to pay more because the total amount of rates is fixed in...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: On the Fair Deal scheme, there are many private nursing homes, which, although they are run for profit, are essentially doing the same job as the community hospitals were doing for the HSE, which has now outsourced it at a fixed price to the private sector. They may make a profit, but that is possible - the Minister of State did make a distinction between charitable and not-for-profit...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 10:In page 29, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“(b) by substituting for paragraph 8 the following:“8. Any part of land or building used by a body for the purposes of caring for sick persons under the Fair Deal Scheme.”.”.

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 9:In page 28, after line 38, to insert the following:"(a) by inserting the following before paragraph 1:"A1. Any part of a building used for the purpose of providing the Early Child Care Education Scheme.".".We discussed similar amendments to these on Committee Stage and I have refined the wording. Amendment No. 9 provides that, "Any part of a building used for the...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am disappointed with the Minister of State's response. I acknowledge he accepts the principle and I was looking for a generous response rather than a technical response. I understand the distinction he has drawn in dividing the building and I accept the building use can change over the valuation period but this is the classic Sir Humphrey response. The Minister of State agrees in...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: He said on Committee Stage that he did not think they were in competition with each other but they are. They essentially provide the same service and they are educational facilities. If primary schools were not exempted, the officials would come up with the same set of excuses for not exempting them such as renting the school hall to the camogie club at the weekend for a few bob. That may...