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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his final estimate of the cost of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant payment that is overdue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30605/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 549. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for physiotherapy will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30657/13]

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships Cost (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: That background is a summary of what was in the press release on 5 June, which spoke about investing in infrastructure jobs. The paragraph caught my eye and the Minister can understand why I tabled the question.

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships Cost (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: This is my third time asking about the cost of this and-----

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships Cost (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: -----my third time to stand up without getting an exact answer. I understand this is potentially commercially sensitive but to the extent that it is possible, will the NDFA supply a briefing note as to how its advice came about? I know of companies that lost much money on previous PPP arrangements having gone as far as being the preferred bidder. They had gone through the final planning...

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships Cost (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate it and I am happy to take up that generous offer. The Minister might comment on why some of the PPPs collapsed, as my understanding is that this happened because of a lack of financing arising from credit market conditions. The projects were good, well priced and ready to go but all of a sudden when the companies tried to borrow money over 20 or 25 years, the international...

Other Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I asked this question specifically because of the role of the OPW. Perhaps the Minister does not have the full details but Dublin City Council announced a proposal on a new cultural district in Dublin city that involves the construction of a new and innovative library on the site of Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square, which is owned by the OPW. This new library and the existing...

Other Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Can the Minister confirm that €2.5 million was donated by Kennedy Wilson? Perhaps the Minister will ask his OPW officials to have another discussion to see if there is any mechanism for funding as a capital project through the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht or the Minister's own Department to see if the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Minister will understand my frustration in respect of this second question, because I have asked him about the impact on job creation but he has not given me any figures. I genuinely am finding-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I mean specifics with regard to the numbers of jobs created. I wish to ascertain how that compares with-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Yes, but that is for the package over the five-year period from 2012 to 2017. My question related to the reduction in the Exchequer capital programme, which has been reduced by €1 billion from €4.5 billion when the present Government came to office in 2011, to the present figure of €3.43 billion. There must be a commensurate reduction each year in the number of jobs....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: While last year's stimulus plan has not yet happened, another one is being announced. Will there be an annual stimulus plan? That really is what I am trying to ask the Minister because the annual announcements seem to happen but the actual jobs and follow-through in respect of job creation does not seem to happen. Overall, does the Minister believe this additional stimulus plan will go...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Finally, I wish to make a helpful suggestion to the Minister with regard to the capital programme. I have examined the figures for the capital programme in the Estimates on a Department by Department basis over the past couple of years and note that even this year, it still is planned to invest €1 billion in transport, €700 million in environment, of which funds for water...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I understand that the Minister had indicative figures of what would be achieved under the Croke Park II agreement but it was not accepted. He said the higher pay cuts would be approximately €250 million. We did not get the figures from the Minister because he has never given a figure in the House but they were obtained elsewhere. Figures were given for the redundancy, agency...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on job creation he expects from the July 2012 stimulus plan and the recent announcement regarding capital spending; his views on the extent to which these plans will make up for the ongoing cut to the Exchequer capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29860/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the public sector pay and pensions savings from planned retirements, the targeted voluntary redundancy scheme, changes to pensions in payments and the provisions of the draft Haddington Road agreement as approved by him and put to ballot of public sector staff; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I put down this question for the Minister to get some information on the breakdown of the savings from the targeted voluntary redundancy scheme, the changes in the pension payments, which he has provided, and the changes in the draft Haddington Road agreement, which the Minister approved and which went to ballot. I have not really got an answer to my question. I tabled a parliamentary...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister give us the figures in terms of retirements? How can the Minister say he will reach his target of €1 billion if he maintains the savings from the 2,000 exits in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the HSE and the education sector have yet to be determined because they are dependent on the scheme when offered? The Minister cannot provide a breakdown...