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Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 606. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: 607. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18554/13]

Other Questions: Estimates for Public Services (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I tabled the question last week before the Revised Estimates were published. It appeared then that the Estimates would not be published before 1 May which is why I inquired whether they would appear before the summer. The Minister has now published the Estimates. The question relates to more than whether it is just a case of this week or next week. What is the Minister’s timetable...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Training (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for providing that information. I welcome this initiative and hope that it can be rolled out further. The Minister might clarify a few points, but I understand the initiative to apply to Secretaries General, deputy secretaries, assistant secretaries and directors. According to a recent publication, there are 28 Secretaries General, 12 deputy secretaries and 209...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Training (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: In the spirit of welcoming this approach, it should be introduced extensively. The Minister mentioned that people would be asked to volunteer. There should be no volunteering. Secretaries General and assistant secretaries, who are on salaries of more than €100,000, should be shown the door if they are unprepared to take the course. The Minister should focus on those people in his...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Staff (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Is it not ironic that the Minister is referring to changes he has made since he entered office in the context of the reduction in numbers, payroll costs, etc.? Will he identify one single action he has taken in this area since he became Minister? Last year he referred to cutting allowances, but the move in that regard was an utter failure. This year he has come forward with the proposal to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Staff (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Does the Minister not think it ironic that he is claiming credit for things for which he had no responsibility?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Staff (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a further reduction of 7,500 in public service numbers by the end of 2014; if he intends to publish a detailed cost benefit analysis of his proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18031/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Staff (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: It is good that the Minister has said he wishes, as a member of the Labour Party, to reduce public service numbers by a further 8,000 before the end of next year. That is a net reduction and it should be noted that teachers and many others who leave the public service will have to be replaced. The target of further reducing the number of jobs in the public service by 8,000 was originally...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Staff (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Minister to reconsider his position on carrying out a cost-benefit analysis. I have never heard of another case of a company or body that was about to incur costs arising from a major redundancy programme refusing to consider carrying out a cost-benefit analysis. Every company and organisation that lays off staff estimates what will be the cost of the redundancy programme versus...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Our questions were tabled.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Minister has spoken twice but has not told us what he is going to do although he has decided what he is going to do. Yesterday, here in the Dáil, we voted to allow the Revised Estimates for 2013 go to the committees next week. The Minister was in the House on Tuesday and the briefing note on the Estimates from the Government to the Opposition parties stated that they largely follow...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will undertake following the conclusion of the vote by public sector unions on the Croke Park 2 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18030/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for his reply. What surprises me with regard to the Minister's handling of this issue is that if he thought it was such a good deal, why did he contribute so much, more than anyone else, to its rejection? In the week before the deal was agreed, the Minister started by putting out black propaganda against health workers and how much they were paid on Sundays....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Subsequently, the Minister went on to threaten an across-the-board pay cut of 7%, which is the precise opposite of what he had indicated in the aforementioned interview. Thereafter his colleague, another Labour Party Minister, appeared on television during the final hours of the voting period to state that such an across-the-board pay cut would not apply to low-paid workers, which is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: I ask the clerk to circulate to members a copy of the relevant Schedule. What other bodies are excluded?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Could we have a note on which bodies are excluded? This is news to me.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: Was the expenditure we are talking about incurred by the OPW, by and large?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: The OPW specified the job, tendered the job, checked the tenders, looked at value for money, oversaw the job, authorised payment and approved payment. That was all done in the OPW.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Seán Fleming: The bill was then sent to the Department.