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- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to indulge me for a few moments on this amendment.
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Is there?
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: How much time do I get on my first contribution?
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: So I have missed the opportunity of giving-----
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: In that case we might have to deal with it in a different way and take 20 minutes by way of a division if I am not allowed enough time to speak under Standing Orders. I had asked the Minister for a response and had expected to get a response but did not. We should not be asked to pass legislation on pensionable allowances when we do not know the allowances to which they relate. Last week I...
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: The parliamentary questions did specifically ask about the health sector, the defence sector and the local government sector. The replies to the parliamentary questions are more comprehensive than just covering Departments. The list I have is fairly complete and broader. I asked for the details of allowances paid through local authorities and I accept that some of that information has not...
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (11 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Is there a limit on this?
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date she received the most recent report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection; the reason that the report has not been published; when same will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33385/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 68: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of 2011 the best estimate for 2012 of the number of persons in the following salary ranges, the total cost of the increments in respect of persons in each of these salary ranges: less than â¬40,000 between â¬40,001 - â¬50,000, between â¬50,001 - â¬60,000, between â¬60,001 - â¬70,000, between â¬70,001 to â¬80,000, between â¬80,001 to...
- Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals being considered by the Office of Public Works to introduce an element of pay parking within the Phoenix Park, Dublin, if he favours such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33036/12]
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32965/12]
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners are allowed to charge medical card patients for the taking of blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33055/12]
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a consultation process underway regarding contemplating the closure of Abbeyleix and Shaen community nursing units, County Laois, in view of the fact that the Health Information and Quality Authority approved bed capacity is greater than the bed occupancy in these two locations and in each of the nine community nursing units in...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (10 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all public nursing homes in tabular form showing the name and address of the public unit, the cost of running each facility, the number of patients in each facility, the average weekly cost per patient for each facility and the totals for all public nursing homes for both 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement...
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, for coming before the House earlier to discuss the Bill. I listened carefully to what the Minister of State had to say. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Howlin, for coming to the Chamber following his important meetings this morning. I hope that what was agreed at those meetings will be of assistance in the context of the overall...
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: In the interests of the people we serve, I wanted to be practical and pragmatic and take a non-party-political approach to this issue. I carried out my research and decided to draft a Private Members' Bill that would contemplate particular matters about which I am concerned. The debate has got off to a reasonable start but it is important that it should not become party political. The...
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: In the majority of Departments, however, that did not happen. There is a mechanism in place under the legislation, whereby, if a request is too voluminous, the person concerned can be asked to be more specific in order to obviate the need to charge such high search and retrieval fees. In the response of the Department of Finance the highest search and retrieval fees charged last year were...
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank my colleagues who assisted me in drafting the legislation. This is one of a number of Private Members' Bills that have been published in recent times. I acknowledge the Ceann Comhairle's part in choosing to allow the Bill to be taken in the House today because there are a number of items of legislation in the queue. I am pleased...
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: It is now the Government's turn.
- Written Answers — Consumer Spending: Consumer Spending (5 Jul 2012)
Seán Fleming: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the trend in retail sales which have declined by both value and volume in each of the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32693/12]