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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the site acquisition and proposals to enter the planning process for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54286/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Receipts (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual licence fee and all all other receipts related to the National Lottery the State has received over the past 10 years; when he expects to receive the initial proceeds from the sale of new National Lottery licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53781/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a compensation package arising from the outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome or blue ear as it is more commonly known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54284/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 582. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have their prostrate operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54011/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 586. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive their appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54041/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: 636. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have hearing aids installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54388/13]

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 16:In the proposed inserted section 58B(1), in line 2, after “regulations” to insert “which shall be published and laid before each House of the Oireachtas in draft form as soon as may be after each draft regulation is made”.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 3 to amendment No. 16:In the proposed inserted section 58B, to delete subsection (9) and substitute the following:“(9) Every regulation under this Part shall be laid in draft form before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 19:In page 12, line 5, to delete “DOES NOT APPLY” and substitute “SHALL APPLY”.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 20:In page 12, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “1. Irish Water.”.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 12:In page 6, between lines 48 and 49, to insert the following:“(2) Any employee who is subject to compulsory redeployment, following the expiration of the Haddington Road Agreement, shall have a right of appeal of such redeployment to a designated officer of the Public Appointments Commission.”.We discussed on Committee Stage the idea that if there is some...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 13:In page 7, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the enactment of this Act, bring forward a report on the feasibility of the Public Appointments Commission establishing a process whereby employees who wish to voluntarily transfer to a new role within the public service may be matched up with another employee...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I have taken a note of SI 581/2012. I have said what I want to say about consistency in the semi-State bodies and Irish Water. I ask the Minister to address that.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I would like to pick up on the Minister's final point. I hope someone in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is listening. I think it is bad practice to bury definitions at the end of Bills.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: I ask the officials in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to ensure all the definitions are set out at the beginning of each Bill. That will ensure a person who is looking at a Bill can see how the subject of the Bill is defined. It should be easy to specify in the opening section of a Bill the definitions that are of relevance to the various sections of that Bill. Such an approach...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: The next amendment does the exact same thing in another section of the Bill. Amendment No. 5, in my name, seeks to require the Minister to "publish a list of such bodies referred to in paragraphs (a)(vi) and (b)(vi)".

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps that might be done "within 30 days of the enactment of this Act" or within some other reasonable period.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: If the Minister does not get a chance to put those details on the record, perhaps he might send them to us. It would be useful for Deputies on this side of the House to have the list. I am not sure what is on it. I have no issue with any of those amendments. I will let the Minister speak on amendments Nos. 8 to 11, inclusive, which are in his name and move on to amendments Nos. 18 to 20,...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: Can the Leas-Cheann Comhairle advise me in this regard?

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Fleming: We were in Committee Stage a moment ago.