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# sean-fleming - Tuesday 14 January, 2020
Thousands of people who registered to vote may not be able to if election is held before 15 February
It has emerged that the updated register will not become valid until after Valentine’s Day.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 5 December, 2019
Student grants: Barring orders will no longer be accepted as proof that parents are separated
Barring orders were included on a list of acceptable documentation students could use to prove their parents were separated.
# sean-fleming - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
Some contractor claims for new children's hospital not under board's control, committee to hear
The fact some measures of the project remain uncosted is ‘laughable’ says Labour’s Alan Kelly.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 14 November, 2019
'Gross mismanagement': NTA paying agency workers twice what it pays its own permanent staff
The average wage an agency worker is paid is nearly €140,000.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 13 June, 2019
Ireland is 'buying' its way out of meeting its emission targets by spending €86.8m worth of carbon credits
TD Seán Fleming said it was ‘the biggest act of gross hypocrisy’ at play.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 6 December, 2018
Calls for naming and shaming of tax defaulters who do not pay their settlements
From 2016 to May 2018, Revenue received a total of 9,721 ‘good citizen reports’ about suspected tax evasion.
# sean-fleming - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
State spent over €1m renting Brussels embassy last year, as PAC questions value-for-money
Committee concerned about State renting buildings long-term rather than buying.
'It's our job to question everyone': PAC says probe into president's spending was 'legitimate'
The committee got into hot water before the presidential election when it decided to review the spending of the Office of the President of Ireland.
# sean-fleming - Saturday 29 September, 2018
New report shows that 83 of Ireland's wealthiest people pay lower rate of income tax than average worker
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee said people would be “shocked” by the report.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 2 September, 2018
TD says people are 'scamming' the Cycle to Work scheme and selling bikes for profit
Seán Fleming TD says there must be more oversight of the scheme.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 9 November, 2017
Apple and Google to be asked to appear before the PAC to explain their tax affairs
Google, Apple, JP Morgan, City Bank, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer will be invited to appear before a government committee.
# sean-fleming - Saturday 24 June, 2017
New junior minister says Nóirín O'Sullivan 'may well have to resign'
He said some of the revelations to come out of An Garda Síochána “are appalling”.
# sean-fleming - Friday 26 May, 2017
University presidents showed 'arrogance' when questioned about financial misconduct, claims TD
An RTÉ Investigates show aired last night which highlighted a number of incidents in the third-level sector.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 13 April, 2017
'We can't have every minister firing out statements willy-nilly': John Halligan asked to clarify criticism of PAC
The Independent Alliance TD is believed to have taken issue with the line of questioning targeted at WIT.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 2 April, 2017
Anger over calls for 50,000 deer to be culled in Wicklow
Deer experts say the calls are based on bad science.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 30 March, 2017
'Shame on the Minister for Finance': What was that massive row in the Dáil all about last night?
The PAC report into Nama’s Northern Ireland loan book sale was being debated last night.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 20 November, 2016
Less than half of this year's tax defaulters have paid up in full
Minister Michael Noonan has indicated that publication notices in future will indicate the payment status in relation to published tax settlements.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 3 July, 2016
"It's not fair, it's not right, it's not good for politics" - John Halligan isn't happy with the party whip system
The junior minister was discussing proposed legislation to do with fatal foetal abnormalities.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 13 March, 2016
Fianna Fáil plan to replace Irish Water has €9.1m redundancy package for workers
A Sinn Féin TD has called for an independent commission to be set up to see what should replace the utility.
# sean-fleming - Tuesday 16 February, 2016
Is this the most boring constituency in Ireland?
Just six candidates are running in three-seat Laois where many believe the result is a foregone conclusion.
# sean-fleming - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
WATCH: With the Dáil chamber nearly empty, Pearse Doherty lets rip
There was some criticism of the lack of government presence in the Dáil as the opposition parties responded to the Budget.
# sean-fleming - Friday 12 June, 2015
Joan needs new computers for the water grant... €630k more
Giving out money doesn’t come cheap.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 14 May, 2015
'I'm horrified Irish taxpayers are being asked to write a blank cheque'
“Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.”
# sean-fleming - Wednesday 6 May, 2015
Murphy calls on KPMG to remove itself from Siteserv probe
A Fianna Fáil motion calling for an independent commission to be established has been defeated by the government.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 30 April, 2015
Dáil suspended after another MASSIVE row
Those are five minutes we’ll never get back.
# sean-fleming - Wednesday 26 November, 2014
Government: Fianna Fáil is wrong, new state board rules WILL apply to Irish Water
The Department of Public Expenditure denied there was a loophole in the new guidelines.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 16 October, 2014
Taoiseach denies misleading the Dáil over Irish Water bonus claims
Sean Fleming says the Taoiseach has “serious questions” to answer.
# sean-fleming - Friday 10 October, 2014
Micheál's leadership "a non issue" say Fianna Fáil's three wise men
The party had some Budget plans to reveal today, but — inevitably — they were also faced with a raft of questions on this week’s rotten poll showing.
# sean-fleming - Friday 13 June, 2014
HSE buys three Harley-Davidson motorcycles for €66k
The motorbikes only do 5,200 kilometres per year and are used for rapid responses to accidents.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 13 April, 2014
Howlin: The HSE are going to live up to savings targets - they have to
The Public Expenditure Minister also said that there could be room in Budget 2015 for tax cuts.
# sean-fleming - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
Flannery to quit philanthropy body, accused of ‘metaphorically giving two fingers’ to PAC
The former Fine Gael strategist and Rehab board member is also facing calls to come before the Public Accounts Committee.
# sean-fleming - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
VIDEO: Dáil hears about 'three-day festival and orgy organised by the government'
It’s been x-rated stuff in the chamber this week…
# sean-fleming - Thursday 13 February, 2014
HSE accused of producing new information on live TV 'for dramatic effect'
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming asked that the PAC receive new information the HSE has uncovered prior to officials appearing before TDs on the public spending watchdog.
# sean-fleming - Friday 24 January, 2014
TDs divided on whether PAC should hear from garda whistleblowers publicly
Even if the Public Accounts Committee is able to hear from the whistleblowers it is not clear whether this will happen in public or private session.
# sean-fleming - Tuesday 19 November, 2013
HSE will report on hospital executive pay breaches 'in a couple of days'
The deadline for hospitals to respond to a HSE request for details on their compliance with pay rules was 6pm this evening.
# sean-fleming - Sunday 3 November, 2013
Ministers admit property tax letter confusion, but insist no one has to pay until 2014
Meanwhile, the Revenue Commissioners chairman is to be invited before the Oireachtas Finance Committee next week.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 10 October, 2013
Fianna Fáil: Sinn Féin's budget would cut pay for teachers, gardaí and nurses
But Sinn Féin says that Fianna Fáil’s budget proposals are not costed.
FF wants to raise USC on incomes over €100k and increase the price of cigarettes and wine
The party has launched it’s pre-Budget submission today calling for an overall adjustment of €2.4 billion which is evenly split between tax rises and spending cuts.
# sean-fleming - Thursday 15 August, 2013
Freedom of Information bill criticised - because Irish Water isn't included
Seán Fleming TD said that the legislation has ‘severe limits’ and that Irish Water should be included under it.
# sean-fleming - Saturday 8 June, 2013
Revealed: At least 6 Fianna Fáil TDs and most senators to oppose abortion bill
With a free vote, at least a dozen TDs and senators from the main opposition party are likely to oppose the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill, according to a survey carried out by TheJournal.ie.
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Poll: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
MESSAGING APP WhatsApp today introduced new measures to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform.
The move will see messages, including video content and images, restricted from being forwarded to more than one person in one go.
The app previously allowed messages to be forwarded to up to five people in one go but with the large volumes of misinformation around Covid-19 being circulated, the company, which is owned by Facebook has moved to restrict forwarding.
Other social media companies have also tried to combat misinformation on their platforms by including links to the World Health Organisation and the HSE.
So today, we’re asking: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
Poll Results:
Yes (3411)
No (635)
I'm not sure (132)
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Brid Smith: 'We need to take on the market forces that are profiteering from this pandemic'
By Brid Smith - @bridsmith
Wood Quay veteran, hero of the Liberties: John Gallagher's death has deprived Dublin of one of its champions
By Donal Fallon
Gallagher, who passed away recently, kept Dublin and the Liberties in his heart.
Opinion: Should the EU's role in the Covid-19 crisis merely be as Best Supporting Actor?
By Noelle O Connell
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