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Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 3:In page 5, line 15, to delete “materials,”.We are also discussing amendments Nos. 4 and 5 as they are all related. I will try to be brief because we have very little time left for the discussion. We could have done with perhaps another hour. Be that as it may, we are where we are. Essentially, this is an issue both Deputy McDonald and I tried to raise...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, between lines 41 and 42, to insert the following:" "social contract clause” means a clause that obliges an executing party to--(a) employ some unemployed persons who are on the live register and who are under 25 years of age, and (b) employ some persons who are long term unemployed;".I welcome the opportunity to discuss amendment No. 2, along with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 82. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to retro-fit social housing across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33767/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 89. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the latest date on which he attended a meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe or the national co-ordinating committee of RAPID; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33742/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be considered for fees which were incurred as part of the approved course they attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of notifications of an appointment of an arbitrator under the Capital Works Management Framework notified to the National Procurement Policy Unit in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform since 2011 in respect of work carried out by his Department and agencies under the auspices of his Department; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 519. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34658/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 520. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance application will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34659/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 521. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of an application for a non-contributory widow's pension will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34660/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 528. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34716/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 533. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 577. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a carer's allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34837/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a REP scheme payment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34634/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a rural environment protection scheme payment for 2012 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34654/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of care for public nursing homes for 2012 for each of the nursing homes in the country; the average weekly cost per patient in each of these nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35093/13]

Estimates for Public Services 2013: Motion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: There is no mention of targeted redundancies whatsoever in the Haddington Road agreement, although I accept that the Minister will implement that policy. No trade union voted "Yes" to targeted redundancies. They were not asked to do that because it was not in the Haddington Road agreement. The Minister may say it is implied now that the agreement has got over the line safely. We are in...

Estimates for Public Services 2013: Motion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: We are here today to discuss all Government Estimates of expenditures for 2013, except those of the Deputy Howlin's Department which were brought through earlier for the specific reasons discussed here at that time. Interestingly, the Minister's contribution makes no mention of any specific expenditure item in any of the Estimates, Votes 1 to 10, inclusive, and 20 to 40, inclusive, being...

Estimates for Public Services 2013: Motion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: I do. I got some of that, and I will come back to it. I jotted it down and I was adding up when I say the Minister's balance sheet figures.

Estimates for Public Services 2013: Motion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Minister has done that and we can discuss the details of that further. I accept that those are there. There is €1 billion of savings to be made in 2015. How much of it - the Minister need not answer today - would he attribute to the Haddington Road agreement? A big element of it, as he mentioned, €170 million, is a backdrop of decreasing staff numbers. That is the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34061/13]