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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: We would already be dealing with an intermediary. It is the start of the problem. We are now beginning to establish that the Department of Health and HSE does not negotiate and talk turkey on a one-to-one basis with individual companies. We are operating through a federation or committee that the manufacturers have put together to speak to representatives. It will hold an industry line....

Public Sector Pay and Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to conclude this debate. I will start by reiterating what is contained in the motion. It recognises the huge sacrifices made by public sector employees and pensioners in recent years; the ongoing savings being delivered by the current Croke Park agreement; the significant benefit to the economy and society that the absence of industrial action in the public sector...

Estimates for Public Services 2013 (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I will deal specifically with some of the points made by the Minister. We are opposing these Estimates. The Minister announced yesterday on behalf of the Government that he has asked the Labour Relations Commission to contact all parties with a view to seeing whether they can come back with some new proposals. I agree with the action...

Estimates for Public Services 2013 (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: It was. I would have no problem discussing the overall view. I am objecting to the manner in which the Minister has embedded each line of the rejected Croke Park II deal in the Estimates since they were originally published. He could have left it the way he had it before coming back with the details when they are available. He did not need to make a pre-emptive move by embedding each line...

Estimates for Public Services 2013 (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I want to deal with the issue of shared services because it reflects the absolute incompetence of the Minister and his Department. The Minister has said he wants to get this Vote through today in order that staff can be paid this week. The Taoiseach said that six times in the House this morning. The Minister has said it on several occasions. Can he imagine any business going into a bank...

Estimates for Public Services 2013 (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Such a person would be run out the door and told it was no way to run his or her business. This should have been planned weeks and months ahead. The Minister's statement that his Department cannot pay its staff is an absolute case of self-incrimination. He is condemning the way he runs his own Department. He is allowing staff to work up to this Friday even though there is no money in the...

Estimates for Public Services 2013 (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Minister knows that the National Treasury Management Agency is siting on €30 billion in cash all the while.

Estimates for Public Services 2013 (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I am not saying it should be used. I am mentioning it in the context of the Minister's statements that we are about to run out of money. That is a nonsense statement for anybody to make when there is €30 billion in cash sitting in the bank account. I am not saying it should be used for these purposes. The Minister has said that if changes are needed as a result of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19216/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19215/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19236/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19218/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Craft Council, which is under the auspices of his Department will be recognised as a cultural body in order to enable craft workers to be included under legislation governing the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any of her Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19221/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the month by month profile for her Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19237/13]