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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I said “finally”. The bank expects to be out of the bank guarantee system early in the new year. Of all the banks that have come before the committee, the State shareholding in Bank of Ireland has reduced from 30% to 15% and the bank hopes to reduce it further. Our definition of the success of the public interest directors is that they will work themselves out of a job...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Mr. Walsh and Mr. Considine here today. I want to read one sentence to them from a parliamentary reply given by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, on 9 October 2012 when he was asked about the role of public interest directors. His specific response on the Dáil record of 9 October was as follows: "Public interest directors do not have a formal reporting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps there was an innuendo in the earlier question that there should have been a reporting relationship with the Minister, the Department of Finance or with the Central Bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I am in possession and I will not be talked down by the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Let us be very clear - I am in possession, I am reading what the Minister said and I am referencing from what was said here this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I will not have the Chairman interrupt my time allocation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Can I ask whether the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, provided new terms of reference to Mr. Considine in his role as a public interest director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: A question was raised about the public interest directors' remuneration. Who pays for that remuneration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: There would have been a question about whether the taxpayer was paying it, so I wanted Mr. Considine to clarify that he was not being paid by the taxpayer.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the situation whereby public servants receive arrears as salary paid to them in 2012 which relate to 2010 and 2011; the level at which the universal social charge is payable in respect of these arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57596/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level education grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57370/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the internship programme for current participants from nine months to 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57576/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57468/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement that were received by her Department before 5 November 2012 that are not yet processed; the timescale for concluding these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57595/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement that were received by her Department before 5 November 2012 that are not yet processed; the timescale for concluding these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Non-Principal Private Residents Charge is payable in respect of a person who has a second property where members of their immediate family live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57677/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the payment of a grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57699/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the cuts to a programme (details supplied) in view of the work carried out by them and the minimum cost involved in this organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57469/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (20 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if the medical records of a person (details supplied) in County Laois regarding all their treatment in Portlaoise General Hospital will be made available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57608/12]

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform: Penal Reform: Discussion (19 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: My last question follows from an earlier point. I came in when Paul Delaney was speaking. It is important not to set someone up for a course that he is not able for. A person may be unable to concentrate for so many hours in a day or perhaps it is not in his nature and that is probably part of the reason he ended up in trouble in the first place. I am unsure who is best qualified to...