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Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister referred to data on usage of the scheme. Payments to the various contractors have been set for several years. Will he take into account the fact that some of them, including the main State provider, Bus Éireann, have cut some of their routes. Bus Éireann’s Expressway routes, for example, in many constituencies, including the Minister’s, now bypass towns...

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes, but the Minister is part of the review which is examining usage data which include information on routes. I know it will be up to the line Department to make these decisions, but the Minister is part of the review. If he allocates €77 million to a scheme each budget day, he is entitled to know what services are being provided. Services have been reduced, but the Minister is...

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has been consulted in respect of the review of the free travel pass; if the limit in respect of expenditure on the scheme expired at the end of the troika programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29675/14]

Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme Review (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is the Minister personally involved in the review of the free travel pass scheme, the cost thereof and how it is implemented? Does the Minister support a cutback to that scheme and a reduction in the amount that is provided by the taxpayer, primarily to elderly people to enable them to use their daily bus and train pass?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures in place to ensure that recipients of State contracts abide by all relevant laws and regulations including tax, social welfare and health and safety and that this also applies to subcontractors engaged by the main contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29926/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: I wish to ask the Minister what procedures are currently in place to ensure recipients of State contracts abide by all relevant laws and regulations in regard to income tax, social welfare and health and safety rules and to ensure that this applies also to subcontractors on various projects.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for his reply. What he said is fine, but it does not address the issue to which I refer. The Minister spoke about people applying for contracts, the conditions for contracts, producing tax clearance certificates and the responsibilities on contractors and the contracting authority to ensure people tender properly. We all take that as read, and everybody agrees with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister and I accept that. I have been told by workers that they do not want their names mentioned. One can understand that because they appreciate the work when they get it. There should be an inspection mechanism across the public service to ensure on-site inspections of capital projects by the Department of Social Protection. Workers have reported some of these sites and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce measures to ensure traceability to specific projects in respect of funding for good causes from the national lottery that are allocated to departmental budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29925/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister introduce measures to ensure traceability to specific projects in respect of funding provided from the proceeds of the national lottery good causes fund? Some Departments such as the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport do it very well, but nobody in the other big Departments knows where the money goes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate what the Minister has said and it is accurate to a point, but it is not the full story. I fully accept that people can see the exact location of money allocated by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport which made an announcement last week. I draw the attention of the Minister to other areas. He mentioned Appendix 1. The biggest Department receiving funds from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased that the Minister sees the point I am making. I have been following this matter for some time and raised it at the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts last week. The Comptroller and Auditor General agreed with my point that there was a lack of traceability and stated he could not trace the money because there was no mechanism in place in some line Departments. Members...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Supplementary Estimates he expects to be introduced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29676/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that do not go through the Public Appointments Service; his plans to review the manner in which appointments to State boards are made to ensure the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Mergers (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost-benefit analysis that has been undertaken in respect of the merger of commercial semi-State companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the report of the European Commission post-programme review is correct in its assertion that the State will raise €500 million in revenue from asset sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30802/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Service; his plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: 272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under her remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; her plans to review the manner in which State boards are appointed to ensure that the most suitably qualified persons fill vacancies that arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30806/14]