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Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I will be finishing soon. The Government must consult the staff. I do not know anywhere in the world where the sale of State assets, particularly in electricity generation, has reduced prices for the consumer or been a major benefit to the taxpayer. The Minister must come forward with that information. After 12 months, it is time for the Government to accept responsibility for its...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue of the sale of State assets. First, I listened carefully to the Minister's contribution and acknowledge some of the points he made. However, I hope the Minister will understand me when I state I was shocked by the contents of the second paragraph of his script. I hope the Minister did not mean what he actually stated because he mentioned...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: At the outset I included a caveat to the effect that I hoped the Minister did not mean what he had said. I do not believe he meant what he said when he used the term "whatever assets". The main asset most people possess is their family home. In his opening remarks, the Minister appears to be informing families with a substantial amount of debt that they should consider realising money in...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

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Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: It is a conclusion which can be drawn from what the Minister said. I prefaced my remarks by stating I hoped the Minister did not mean what he said. However, the words to which I refer are those which he used. We will move on. It has been pointed out previously that many semi-State companies have been set up since the foundation of the State. These companies contributed to the economy and...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I wish to comment on the position of Bord Gáis, ESB, Coillte and Aer Lingus. We all agree there can be no sell-off of strategic State assets. The Minister has used the word "strategic" in several speeches without ever explaining what it means. I would like him to indicate as soon as possible what he means when he refers to "strategic State assets". On previous occasions I have made...

Written Answers — Sovereign Debt: Sovereign Debt (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form for each year from 1970 the percentage growth in GDP for the year; the overall Government debt at the end of the year and the total Government debt as a percentage of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13053/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Reform: Public Sector Reform (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals for the next phase of downsizing of the public service; the discussions that have taken place on this issue; the targets in terms of downsizing to be achieved for the remainder of 2012 and the targets for 2013 in terms of the gross numbers of staff leaving, additional employment and the net reduction in public...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline for both 2010 and 2011 the actual payment to each local authority under the housing adaption grant for older persons with a disability scheme and the housing aid for older persons scheme; the number of applications paid in each case to which the payments to each local authority relate and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, the number of approvals and the number of loans actually drawn down in respect of the home choice loan scheme on a yearly basis since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13054/12]

Written Answers — Medical Consent: Medical Consent (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 24 January 2012 regarding the issue of whether consent of guardians is required when making a medical decision in the case of a child born within a marriage, when he referred to the 2006 Health Service Executive guidelines on obtaining consent to clinical treatment in an acute hospital setting but made...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The purpose of the legislation is to enable Ireland to confirm its acceptance of the second amendment to the Greek loan facility as part of the proposed new programme of assistance for Greece and to facilitate, in the public interest, with which all of us will agree, the financial stability of the EU and the safeguarding and financial...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide savings that could be made to payroll costs across his Department and all primary, second level and third level educational institutions if annual remuneration was reduced in line with the following scale (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12450/12]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of the Turf Club in relation to a complaint relating to the welfare of horses while in training with a licensed trainer in view of the fact that he referred to this matter in Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 21 February 2012, and the reason in a parliamentary question on a similar matter, Parliamentary Question...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: If they let us win, we might vote.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (1 Mar 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total verifiable amount of fraud in the social welfare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11720/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the corporation tax rate prevailing in each year from 1985 to date; the receipts from corporation tax; the total receipts of taxation in each year; the percent of total taxation received from corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11805/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs in the country at the end of each year since 1985; the total number employed here; the percentage of employment in I.D.A. supported businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11806/12]

Written Answers — Land Act Trusts: Land Act Trusts (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the information in relation to trusts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11804/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Fleming: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconcile the discrepancies between the figures shown in the Health Service Executive annual accounts in both 2009 and 2010 in respect of payments to an organisation (details supplied) in Newbridge, County Kildare to the amount that their accounts indicate as income from the HSE for the same period; if he will ensure that no...