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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: In respect of the projects which were not completed under the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, due to a slowdown, will the Minister of State supply the list to the committee? I am sure the Chairman and members of the committee would like to raise the issue with Irish Water to ensure it does those works that should have been done in 2013.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: We can only ask the Minister of State; we cannot ask the Department.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Minister of State is present to pass this Vote.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I remind the Minister of State that is the exact answer we got this time last year, and we never got it. That is the reason I ask for it.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes, I think so, and we were given the same reply and it never happened.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State. I always say at this stage that everybody supports the principle behind the motion. I agree that this motion is a good idea because it provides that funds available for a variety, and in some cases, good reasons that were not spent in 2013 can be carried over into 2014 for expenditure. Rather than make a speech I shall ask some questions in response to the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I can group my questions. I would appreciate if the Minister of State would provide the figure because I asked a straight question.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I have roughly added up the figure and came up with €50 million. I am sure that the figure is a bit more.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is it somewhere in that ballpark?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: I shall go with that figure. The sum of €34 million was not carried forward. I do not dispute the figure but it is somewhere in that ballpark. That sum has been surrendered and returned to the Department of Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Planning (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any requests have been received in his Department to declare or approve an emergency in any local authority area; if he will name such authorities; when the request was received arising from the recent adverse weather conditions and flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7093/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 217. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have an endoscopy carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (12 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available under the local improvement scheme to local authorities in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/14]

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Opposition has rights too.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Contract (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding his report on his Department's investigation into any profits made by Bus Éireann from school transport, if he realises that the maintenance charges of Bus Éireann at €23,000 per year are over five times higher than the equivalent charges for school transport in Northern Ireland; and his views on the State aid and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Contract (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding his report on his Department's investigation into any profits made by Bus Éireann from school transport, if his Department received a copy of both the full and redacted version of the FGS report. [6519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Contract (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the ongoing investigation into any profits made by Bus Éireann from payments made by his Department for school transport services and the claim that it is on a purely cost recovery basis; if he will report on the way this money has been spent since 1 January 1975, considering Ireland's obligations under state aid...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to remove the telephone allowance from persons in receipt of the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6809/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts he is making to recover the landfill levies of €4,627,565 due to the Environment Fund account that were not paid to the relevant local authorities, including where private sector operators of landfill sites entered into receivership; the funds he expects to recover on behalf of the State; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: 466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will take to assist charities who are losing funding over the next two years from the discontinuing of the charitable lotteries fund to be able to continue to maintain their current level of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/14]