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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: We understand that like An Bord Pleanála, Ms O'Reilly's office only gets the appeals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To return to the public bodies that make decisions, there must be hundreds of people making decisions. Let us take for example the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I am sure there are umpteen officers in its different buildings, offices and sections dealing with FOI requests. Has Ms O'Reilly's office any mechanism for establishing the level of consistency there is within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Could Mr. Sheridan tell me about the exemptions in the legislation? In most or maybe all Departments there are items of legislation in which exemptions are listed stating that certain information cannot be released. Although, for example, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is subject to the FOI Act, there might be items on which one wants information but an exemption prevents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: My last point is the one I raised at the very end of our meeting with the NUJ, the broader societal right to information. All of the debate on this legislation and everything that has been written and presented to us about it concerns freedom of information in Government bodies, agencies and public bodies, excluding some commercial semi-State companies and matters of commercial sensitivity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Sheridan for his attendance and wish to tease out a few points on which I seek his views. On the issue of search and retrieval, we concentrate a lot on the fees and there is an emerging consensus, although it might not yet have landed on the desks of those officials who are drafting the legislation, that most people now accept the cost of processing the application fee is far...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: There is an aspect on which we did not touch and I would like the witnesses' opinion on it. Would they outline the practice in other countries, if they know it, or have they a view on it? This is what I would call the broader societal impact of freedom of information. The conversation on this issue in which we have been involved so far has been dealing with public bodies. The only reason...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the witnesses. I will put some observations and questions to them because we are more interested in their views than they are interested in listening to us. We can express our own views at subsequent meetings and we have many people to meet. There is a practical issue with regard to fees. It was mentioned in the submission that the Office of the Information Commissioner had...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment to see a consultant in Dublin will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6102/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has held with his EU counterparts regarding climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5572/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of his Department’s €4 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects that are involved; the details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5276/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of his Department’s €5 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects involved; the details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5275/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills according to the monthly Exchequer Returns if he will provide a breakdown of the the €69 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 16% of his Department’s overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5134/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of his Department’s €414 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects are involved; the details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5273/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €31 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 28% of his Department's overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5141/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of his Department’s €101 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects are involved; he details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the the €150 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 30% of his Department’s overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5139/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of his Department’s €458 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects are involved; the details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5278/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the the €13 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 30% of his Department’s overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5131/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of his Department’s €38 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects involved; the details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the the €29 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 28% of his Department’s overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5132/13]