Results 31,681-31,700 of 34,832 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: The Minister of State will not mind me saying he has a brass neck to seek from the Oireachtas a Supplementary Estimate to pay pensions to retired civil servants, 84 of whom are in receipt of more than €100,000 per annum.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: The Minister of State has stated the overall Estimate is €500 million-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: -----and expenditure until 22 November was €485 million. An additional sum of €25 million is required to cover the cost of the next two pension instalments for retired civil servants, 84 of whom are on a pension, as opposed to a salary, of more than €100,000. Has he not learned anything?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: I hope these enormous pensions of more than €100,000 will be reduced next Wednesday.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: I propose that the Government amend the legislation before Christmas to ensure no retired civil servant receives a pension of more than €100,000.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank him for attending in the absence of the Minister, Deputy Howlin. I will make a few points and ask a few questions. As the Minister of State said, there are approximately 290,000 people in the public service. I do not know how many public service pensioners there are. Approximately 10% of our 290,000 public servants are civil servants. The round...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: Okay. I have another issue I would like to raise as well.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: I am talking about subhead A4.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: I have the figure in front of me.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2012) Seán Fleming: I referred specifically to local authorities.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (28 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the levying on credit unions which is based on the levy calculation of 0.0511% of the total assets of the credit unions concerned as set out in S.I. 381 of 2012 of the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund Levy Regulations 2012. [53357/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Institutions (28 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the levy on credit institutions not being credit unions based on S.I. No. 443 of 2012 of the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2012. [53358/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (27 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals to reduce costs incurred in respect of engaging external consultants across Government Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51632/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for rent allowance will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52293/12]
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Hospitals Report (22 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State and am pleased that, although he has again confirmed that the plan is to close St. Fintan's Hospital, plans are afoot for a new unit to be built on the hospital's grounds. However, we all know that it will take some time. In these straitened times, it may not happen. It is still some way off, as it has not gone through the planning process yet. We are...
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Hospitals Report (22 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak briefly on the Mental Health Commission report on St. Fintan's psychiatric hospital in Portlaoise. I also welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy John Perry, who will respond on behalf of the Department of Health. The issue of older person's services is very important in County...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for attending. Rather than making an opening statement, I will put questions, as that will be more productive. The first major section of the Minister's statement dealt with public pay and pensions. It would be remiss of us not to deal with the issue of payments to retired public servants. They will be paid today but there are no funds in the kitty to pay them on 6...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: We will discuss the detail next week-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Seán Fleming: When did the Minister know this issue needed to dealt with? He should have known earlier.