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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...General, the CCMA and the body representing the approved housing bodies, the attendees state they do not have a view of the plans at the level of the 31 individual local authorities. Is it any wonder we are where we are when it comes to housing? If, as an occupant, I had read that four years ago, I would have thought those concerned should get their act together. Five years on, however,...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...there are now management arrangements with the Coombe, as well as extra resources and staff. The same is required in the accident and emergency department but she chose not to act. As a result, we are where we are. Looking at the national context of the report, one can see we need positive leadership for the region and somebody who will approach the matter positively so as to build...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...to be. It is not acceptable that before they even start the process, they are part of the courts structure. It is not child-friendly. We have talked about administrative convenience and why we are where we are regarding the payment. If the Department is here in the interests of the children, I ask it not to lob the administrative convenience system in as part of the Courts Service. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: We are where we are in the documentation. It means we have a lot of homework to study tonight when we get this documentation.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Fleming: ...was deducted over the past five years should be handed back in back pay. All I can say is that I was almost knocked over when I heard that request. I said upfront that this was the biggest ask ever to be put to me. We are where we are. It seems that pay and pensions will be restored in due course. It is to be hoped that some of those who will not benefit immediately from the unwinding...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: ...discussing amendments Nos. 4 and 5 as they are all related. I will try to be brief because we have very little time left for the discussion. We could have done with perhaps another hour. Be that as it may, we are where we are. Essentially, this is an issue both Deputy McDonald and I tried to raise on Committee Stage and we were ruled out of order. We wanted to include the supply of...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (23 Jun 2011)

Seán Fleming: ...The Deputy may say the Dáil has discussed it openly, fully and thoroughly. I know he cannot be happy that we are not being given any opportunity to discuss the Bill. That is the background to why we are where we are. A great deal of business is being rushed. We could have waited one more week to finalise the Bill. I received a document comprising 105 pages at 9 p.m. last night and...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Apr 2011)

Seán Fleming: ...on. There were local parish pump politics involving a Minister from a particular constituency affecting matters and it would have gone through long ago had it been any other constituency. However, we are where we are and I ask the Minister to move matters along, regardless of the outcome. I welcome the fines in regard to air pollution and the smokeless coal ban, but I ask the Minister to...