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Other Questions: Garda Stations (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: This is a straightforward question. Will the Minister of State provide up-to-date information regarding the closures of Garda stations that were announced some time ago? How many stations have been sold, what were the total proceeds from such sales and for what have those proceeds been used? How many stations are currently on the market and how many have been transferred to either...

Other Questions: Garda Stations (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister of State clarify whether the proceeds from the various sales were put into the Central Fund or did the OPW retain them? Will he explain what the guardianship arrangement to which he referred involves? Does it involve caretaking duties? How many former Garda stations remain to be dealt with, and have any difficulties been identified regarding the titles to these...

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has costed recent policy proposals from Ministers including increased subsidies for child care, paid paternity leave and compensation for small business for increases in the minimum wage; if ministerial announcements regarding additional expenditure must comply with expenditure ceilings; and if he will make a statement...

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: This is an important issue given events that will happen in the next 12 to 14 months in the run up to the general election. I want to ask the Minister whether he has costed and sanctioned recent policy proposals by a plethora of Ministers that would incur an extra cost to the Exchequer including subsidies for child care, paid paternity leave and compensation for small businesses for an...

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: In general, if a Minister makes a statement on one of these matters, do we ask the Minister whether he or she has included it in the expenditure ceiling for his or her Department over the coming three years or do we ask the Minister, Deputy Howlin, to validate it? I ask because, in January, a Minister announced that the public sector pension levy was likely to be reduced. On 13 January,...

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: While I agree with the Minister, we need a broad debate on it to discuss the different perspectives. The Minister may be right from a political perspective to suggest that we discuss the concepts and ideas and then cost the best ideas to see if they are affordable. However, is it right to let the conversations and vague promises happen without any costing? The public would like to know how...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister has said - he is essentially outlining the position. I am probably coming at this from a different perspective, as I think the system is not satisfactory. He is saying that up to 40% of properties have been revalued over the last seven years. If it is going to take ten or 12 years, that just is not good enough for small, medium-sized and large businesses. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: There has been a valuation system and people have been paying rates for the last century. A new regime came in and in 2007 we starting revaluing. When I referred to self-assessment, it was not just about the local property tax. Income tax and corporation tax are self-assessed and are working very well. In view of the massive changes in the economic cycles, there are many businesses whose...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister is saying, and we will certainly take advantage of that. However, what is required is bigger than what this amending legislation for the Valuation Office is proposing. It is a bigger issue than that. There are also proposals, as the Minister is aware, to amalgamate the Valuation Office with Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Property Registration Authority....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to introducing a system of self-assessment for commercial rates, in view of the systemic inability of the Valuation Office to carry out valuations in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5960/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: Has the Minister given consideration to introducing a system of self-assessment for commercial rates in view of the systemic inability of the Valuation Office to carry out valuations in a timely manner and in view of the fact that income tax and corporation tax are all carried out on a self-assessment basis, subject to audit by the Revenue Commissioners, and work successfully?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if and when discussions on a new public sector pay agreement will commence; his aims for such negotiations; if they will cover matters other than pay and work conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5959/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: When will discussions on a new public sector pay agreement commence? What are the Minister's aims for such negotiations and will they cover matters other than pay and work conditions?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for setting out the general position. I accept everything he said. No one could have any argument with it, but I would like to tease it out in further detail. Does the Minister have a view on whether talks on public sector pay should be carried out in isolation, separate from pay in the private sector, or are these talks confined to 280,000 public servants? Does he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: I take that to also mean it will have to be conducted within the expenditure ceilings the Minister published for 2015, 2016 and 2017. He might tell us if he envisages a length for the agreement - 12, 24, 36 or 48 months. Has he a preference? I know he cannot get into the details of that. The Minister spoke of reversing the financial emergency measures, saying they had cost billions,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Office of Government Procurement to cover professional services and medicines purchased on behalf of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5776/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide detailed proposals regarding developments at Kilmainham Gaol, its role in the 1916 centenary celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government’s proposed spring statement will outline its current and capital expenditure plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5778/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 165. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the number of staff from his Department or any agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Fleming: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of the national debt outstanding at the end of each year from 1970 to 2014; the amount of additional borrowing; the amount of debt repaid; the interest charged on the debt in respect of each year; the gross domestic product for each year; the percentage of debt to gross domestic product outstanding at the end...