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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: We have quite a list of amendments in this group. In fact, there are almost 20 amendments included in the group for discussion.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes, that is fine and that is why they are grouped together. The essence of this line of discussion is to deal with the meaning of carrying on lobbying activities, as the name of section 5 indicates. The Minister has just referred to a number of amendments he proposes to make to the section but I have a number of concerns about this Bill and this issue is probably the one of most concern....

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: The guidelines were published?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: I will be introducing legislation in the Dáil tomorrow dealing with appointments to State boards. A lot of what the Minister and everyone else agrees should be done in this area should be put on a legislative footing rather than being based on guidelines. I expect the Minister and I will agree with the contents of my legislation tomorrow.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: I did not know that the guidelines were being published today.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes. My legislation has been drafted and is in the system. I think the Ceann Comhairle has it listed for tomorrow. It may be listed for another day but that is beyond my control now, to some extent. I would hope that the guidelines will substantially dove tail with what is in my draft legislation. If that is the case, then all I will ask the Minister to do is take one further step and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(2) Each review shall list the number of matters subject to delayed publication pursuant to section 14.”.This is a straightforward amendment. Section 14 of the legislation states: provides for delayed publication where the registrant believes the registration or the return relating to the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is that provision in section 25 as published or is the Minister proposing to make an amendment to that effect?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: That relates to one where a decision has been made. I am more concerned about ones where-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: There might be matters subject to delay but on which a determination has not yet been reached. Does the Minister get my point?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: I take the Minister’s word for it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: 279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate a meeting between her Department and interested parties as part of the consultation process arising from the publication of the working group report in the area of firearms licensing, rather than interested parties only being allowed written submissions as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who submitted an application for a third level grant to Student Universal Support Ireland on 20 May 2014 and has recently been informed by a third party that they are not eligible for the grant due to the level of the course they are attending; the reason SUSI have corresponded on various...

Local Government (Rates and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this rates Bill in substitution for my colleague. I am sharing my time with Deputy McConalogue who will speak subsequently and there will be no disruption to the next speaker. I thank my colleague, Deputy McGuinness, from Kilkenny who is very familiar with the issues affecting small businesses and fully understands all the issues affecting their...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: Irish Water's proposed capital investment plans summary for 2014 to 2016 contain a schedule which adds up to €1.771 billion over the next three years to the end of 2016. It contains a figure for customer-side leakage of €51 million, which is less than 3% of the Irish Water budget. Even before we got yesterday's announcement, the Government knew that only 3% of Irish Water's...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate the opportunity to speak in this debate following yesterday's announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly. I was surprised to hear a Minister who has been doing his job for only a few months refer to his legacy. His ministerial colleagues were smirking when he made that comment because they have been around the House for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority Remit (20 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the oversight mechanism in her Department for the board appointed to the Private Security Authority and if she is satisfied that the board is acting in a proper manner, including corporate governance, in respect of the supervision by its organisation of access control and CCTV systems where business contractors, many of whom may not be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (20 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: 92. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the registration fees for nurses charged by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in view of the fact that the fee has gone up from €88 a couple of years ago to €150; if he is satisfied that this is reasonable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44554/14]

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: Suspend the House.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle could suspend the sitting.