Results 26,321-26,340 of 34,777 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I welcome Mr. Quinn and his colleagues. I will not make an opening statement. I will ask questions and if Mr. Quinn does not have sufficient time to respond, I ask him to forward his responses to the committee in the next day or two. He said €8.5 billion out of current expenditure is spent annually, €5.8 billion of which is addressable by procurement. Will he explain the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: That is not from the Office of Government Procurement. It is nothing to do with it. They do it for Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: We support the office with that.
- Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: 10. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the 300 extra places announced for the fair deal scheme in 2015 are sufficient to meet demand; when the review of the scheme will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2409/15]
- Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State for that information. She claimed there will be a €10 million increase for the fair deal scheme which represents a 1% increase in its overall budget of €1 billion. That is insignificant. I would not even elevate it to a drop in the ocean as it will have no effect. The Minister of State stated it is intended to get the average waiting time down...
- Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: An amendment to legislation will require a Bill to go through the House. That is new legislation in simple English. Legislation can be big or small. Everyone welcomed the extra 300 places but there are still over 2,000 people waiting for the scheme. It is not even a drop in the ocean as far as those people are concerned. The Minister of State must address the issue of why she is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (21 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: 61. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland; the reasons for the delay in the VHI achieving this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2410/15]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (20 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: 163. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [2492/15]
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 68:In page 25, to delete line 13.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 69:In page 25, to delete line 15.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 70:In page 25, to delete line 20.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: The Minister has listed public bodies, including the NTMA and NAMA. Why did he need to list these if they are all under the Department of Finance anyway? I do not understand why he listed those if he is saying that any organisation under the auspices of a Department is essentially included under his definition of a Department of State. Why did he list all these? When I saw he had listed...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: The Revenue Commissioners is a Department of State. I have learned something new today.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. Are An Bord Pleanála and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Departments of State, which will be included as a public body even though they are not listed? They are included under the parent body.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the question because I only have one more opportunity to speak. If the Minister is saying An Bord Pleanála, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the EPA do not need to be listed because their legal standing is captured by the parent Department, that is good. I just do not know why they are not listed if that is not the case. Will the Minister clarify why...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: That sounds great, and maybe it is, but it is confusing for anybody reading the Schedule. The heading states bodies that are not public service bodies but now the Minister is telling me that essentially they are all captured.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: What is excluded in regard to that group are those that come under section 5(4)(m) which deals with the shareholding and direction from a Minister about the policy. Let us take Horse Racing Ireland or the national stud, for example. I am not an expert on the horse racing industry but a large grant for the horse and greyhound fund goes through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: The Minister might explain whether that covers all the business activities of the organisation. If RTE wants to lobby about the licence fee, is that exempt? Is that covered under the body corporate exemption or will it be listed as lobbying?
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I will press a number of these amendments because there is a little bit of ambiguity.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 45:In page 10, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(l) Ervia,".