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Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: From the Seanad (4 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: We agree to this amendment and have no issue with what is before us. However, on a point of clarification, in local authorities managers must formally sign a delegation order or note for directors of services to carry out functions. Will the people in the commission have formally to sign a delegation order to a staff member or will it just be a word of mouth delegation?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: We have received a very comprehensive reply from the Taoiseach on the matters raised. I wish to refer briefly to the issue of Irish Water and its classification in terms of the market corporation test. The assumption up to now was that we would know by March how that would work out, that is, whether Irish Water would pass that test. However, in the Taoiseach's letter to the Chairman, he...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider examining, and introducing, changes to the legislation for the contributory State pension, whereby persons who have substantial numbers of pay related social insurance contributions but whose pensions are being reduced, because they may have worked in the very early stages of their life for a couple of weeks or months and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Freedom of Information Acts will apply to EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Internship Scheme Administration (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedures to protect persons who are taking part in an internship; their rights regarding changes to their working hours; if they should be working in an unsupervised manner, and left on their own; if he is satisfied that all employers under this scheme are operating in a fair manner in the spirit that was originally intended;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 404. To ask the Minister for Health when a doctor will be appointed to a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9026/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) for additional works - following approval for one mainstream classroom - as these works are required to improve the school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9003/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Aid (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project (details supplied) qualified for the Per Cent for Art scheme; when the application was made; the nature of the project and the cost involved; when the payment was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the rules regarding the distance from a third level college for students to receive a higher level of maintenance grant, in view of the fact that many persons in the Portlaoise and County Laois area are receiving a lower grant as a result of the change in distance from Saint Patrick's College, Carlow, and Carlow...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the rules in relation to the situation whereby a person in a part-time job may receive a third level maintenance grant but a one-parent family person with a child over seven years of age whose payment is classified as back to education allowance cannot receive a third level grant; the reason she is discriminating against...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on changing the rules for eligibility for third level maintenance grants, paid by Student Universal Support Ireland, whereby a person who had already commenced a course is now informed that, because that person's child is over seven years of age, the person is no longer entitled to the one-parent family payment, and therefore must go...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed changes to the seniors alert scheme; if these will remove some of the decision-making functions from local groups and their members who represent the elderly community at local level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when consistent, high-quality broadband will be available in a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9004/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (3 Mar 2015)

Seán Fleming: 610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding changes for vehicle testing for vintage tractors and old tractors that are used solely for display at vintage rallies and so on, and are not operating commercially or on farms; the proposed changes and the costs involved for persons who own these tractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8999/15]

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for bringing us up to date on the recruitment process. The Minister said there had been an earlier competition and that both candidates had declined the offer of the post. They declined it because of the financial package on offer, which excluded the rural practice allowance. If the HSE is re-advertising, which has happened, and interviews are to be conducted in the...

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I wish to raise the issue of the need for the HSE to appoint a new GP to fill the vacant position in Borris-in-Ossory in County Laois. I appreciate that the Minister is here in person. The background to this situation is very straightforward. It is happening in many areas in rural Ireland, in particular. The doctor who has been there for many years, Dr. Fitzgerald, is retiring. I thank...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: Fares have not come down.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: Did the Government reduce the fares?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman's Remit (26 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Ombudsman's remit extends to An Bord Pleanála and Eirgrid; when this changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman Remit (25 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the organisations that have been removed from the remit of the Ombudsman; the dates on which same occurred; the reason in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8372/15]