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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I have listened for a few minutes and nobody has referred to what I would see as a basic element of this transaction. I assumed the developer got the €31 million to pay for the cost of building the houses which the State got. Ms Tallon is telling me now that the developer got paid in full - the figure is €45 million or thereabouts - when the houses were sold. What was the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: On a point of information, I was Chairman of a committee during the previous Dáil. Many committees commence their meetings in private session and the transcript starts in public session. There was confusion. As Chairman of that committee, I listened to the audio tapes with the clerk across the road in Kildare House to clarify what was stated by various members in private session. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: They are not to sit in the place of the PAC.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: It is there, not here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: That is all right. We do not want to be supplanted overnight. We did not want an invasion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: It is a hard job to get a seat around this table. One wants to hold onto it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (30 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois has been granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4557/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (29 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a particular drug will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount that will be spent on the Party Leaders' Allowance in 2014; the way this amount differs from 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the situation regarding persons who apply for a payment such as carer's allowance and while their application is being considered are told they cannot sign for credits during that period and may subsequently find themselves refused carer's allowance and then seek to apply for an alternative payment and are then told because they have not been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of St Brigid's Hospital, Shaen, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (28 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 727. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of Abbeyleix hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3888/14]

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am very pleased. It is a practical issue. Will the Minister tell us about the commencement date? What happens on the death of a Member? Is the allowance reduced for the political party until the seat is filled? Does the balance go to the other parties until it is filled? I have raised a number of practical issues. I support the Bill in principle and I support most of its provisions...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I wish to share my time with Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 and have a number of points to make on it. We welcome the Bill and I doubt anybody in the House will have a problem with it. The Bill is designed to provide for a reduction of 10% in the rate of allowances...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am frightening the Commissioner.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Chairman should note that I am due in the Dáil Chamber after the second to next speaker.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: I must play it by ear.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by the competitive start fund operated by Enterprise Ireland; his views on the operation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Statistics (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that were created through the county enterprise boards in 2013; when the local enterprise offices will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2966/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Fleming: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if all organisations named in an audit in May 2013 of major hospitals and agencies funded by the Health Service Executive have replied to the circular requesting information in relation to top-up payments; the number that have stated that they are now in compliance with relevant HSE payscales; the number that are not currently in compliance but have...