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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Fleming: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of offices and locations in Leinster in which members of the public can meet a community welfare officer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4868/22]

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes: — that the annual rate of consumer price inflation, as measured by the European Union's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, has picked up sharply in recent months, reaching a multi-decade high of 5.7 per cent in December; — that the recent increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of improvements in terms of safety, well-being and care of greyhounds and dogs in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator for raising the issue of the promotion of competition in the banking and financial services market. HEADINGIt is not easy to balance the competing economic processes of consolidation and competition in any market, and the banking market is no different. We have seen some consolidation and it is also very difficult to promote and achieve competition during that process....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: Again, I thank Senator Byrne for raising this issue. While competition issues are primarily a matter for the CCPC, competitive pressures can clearly have an effect on the functioning of the financial system and the achievement of the Central Bank's aim, as can the ability of firms to enter and exit the system in an orderly manner. In light of the changing landscape for banking in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timetable for the child maintenance review group to report in relation to child maintenance; if a draft report will be issued; her plans in relation to the establishment of a child maintenance agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 1532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish infusion suites in Kilkenny Hospital and Waterford Hospital for patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 1960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Fleming: 1968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63565/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: On that issue generally, the European Central Bank, ECB, has a much greater role in overseeing and regulating the Irish banks. As time progresses the ECB will try to equalise all the issues with reserves across the various member states. We have had a historic higher level of defaulting, we had a higher level of people not paying mortgages and we still have a higher level of arrears,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101, 123, 130 and 141 together. Institutional investment in the commercial and residential property market continues to be critically important to ensure the ongoing supply of new housing. This is particularly the case in areas where there are viability challenges, in the area of high-density urban apartments for example. As with investment funds...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputies for continuing to raise this issue. The essence of my point all along has been that the beneficial owners are the people who pay the tax by and large. The VAT and other small taxes are paid directly by the fund. There is a strong withholding tax regime in place for the transfer of funds. For example, in the Irish REITs market, including Hibernia, IRES and Newgrove,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: On the duty of care, it is an immediate priority. It is one of the biggest single outstanding actions in the action plan that we announced 12 months ago. I would hope that by the end of January we will have a firm date. There is a meeting of the Cabinet subgroup dealing with this issue towards the end of January, by which time we will have a full review of 2021. I expect that at that date...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú for raising that timely issue. Before I came in here, we made a phone call to Lapland. The Government in Lapland has told us there is no insurance required whatever for anybody in Lapland who ever has an accident, which has never happened because Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus make sure that all the helpers are fully protected, so there has never been an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: While competition issues generally are primarily a matter for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, competitive pressures in the banking sector can clearly have an effect on the functioning of the financial system and on the quality and price of credit and other banking services provided to customers. It is accepted that the Irish retail banking system is relatively...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: As I said, there has been a reduction, although I understand the Deputy’s point that despite the 2.73% rate available since October this year, it is higher than European norms. In truth, the reason for that is multifaceted. While the credit risks and capital requirements in Ireland are elevated due to the historic loan experience and loss experience, the level of non-performing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: It is important to put on the record that all the measures I have just mentioned, especially regarding the fuel allowance for many hundreds of thousands of households around the country who benefit to the tune of €914 from October to next April, are funded through the carbon tax. Those who oppose the carbon tax are trying to reduce the Government's ability to assist those households....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: The initiatives we announced this week specifically refer to the increased costs of working from home. The Finance Bill included some new measures of support for people working from home. The previous scheme was very narrow, but we included a new scheme of statutory benefits in the Finance Bill that was passed in the House last night. There are benefits for people working from home in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I understand the issue concerning having a buffer in place to address the volatility in prices, many of the causes of which are outside our control. The ESRI stated again this morning that it expects the inflation rate to peak by the end of the first quarter. I know that means we will continue to have rising prices, but as the year progresses, some of the issues that have emerged in terms...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 100 together. At the outset, I am sure the Deputies will appreciate that neither I nor the Central Bank can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products, nor do we have the power to direct insurance companies to provide cover to specific individuals at specific prices. Everybody knows it would be deemed gross interference in the...