523. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive proceeds with development of appropriate training courses for family and other informed carers in keeping with priorities highlighted in the national educational needs analysis completed by the executive in 2009, and dementia skills elevator 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13314/15]
484. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will pursue the widest and earliest possible implementation of effective vaccines against all strains of meningitis and septicaemia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/15]
475. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13006/15]
474. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting transplants in each of the following, heart, liver, lung, kidney and pancreas; and due to current shortfall in donors the number of Irish patients being facilitated abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13005/15]
468. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12943/15]
457. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that all relevant documents have been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12882/15]
344. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will grant a forestry premium in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13234/15]
335. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the anomaly whereby young farmers who commenced farming prior to October 2008 and who are still under 40 years of age and did not have the chance to build up good entitlements between 2000 and 2002 are now excluded from the national reserve; if he will take into consideration that these farmers are hardworking, progressive and industrious and have built up their farm businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13144/15]
306. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for aquaculture licences since 1 January 2010; the number granted; the number refused; the current position of each application pending; if he will provide, in tabular form, the details requested in respect of each county, and the specific bays in each county where the relevant licence applications refer to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13015/15]
245. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the report by the European Court of Auditors which stated three major risks to the success of the JobBridge scheme, namely, insufficient funding, jobs that do not lead to real employment and the absence of proper monitoring to ensure the schemes deliver; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13308/15]
220. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department will cease contacting and encouraging social welfare recipients to utilise banks rather that post offices for direct electronic transfer of their payments, as this exercise is detrimental to the viability of the post office network and in direct conflict with the aspiration regarding post offices in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13026/15]
197. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will appoint a member of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to the Citizens Information Board as it is appropriate and critical that this organisation have an input into the drawing up of a feasibility study for the future delivery of structures for citizen information and the service countrywide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12725/15]
224. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for additional accommodation space and for continuing the replacement of deteriorating prefabricated buildings. [12433/15]
198. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant details have been submitted to the Primary Care Reimbursement Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12545/15]
141. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine an application under the disadvantaged areas grant for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as there is an undue delay in payment and it is required to make that person's farm business viable in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12476/15]
157. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the retention of the fourth teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for the 2014-2015 school year, in view of the fact that the school shows a rise of 93 registered children for the 2015-2016 school year and 101 registered children for the 2016-2017 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12188/15]
27. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes to the contributory State pension for 2020, whereby a person who has paid 520 contributions in ten years will qualify for one third of the maximum rate, and for each additional year of contributions a person will gain one 30th of the pension up to a maximum of 30 30ths or 30 years contributions; if this means a person will now need to be employed for 40 years and that only ten of those 40 years can be credited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12259/15]
957. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in conjunction with the Road Safety Authority, he will provide a CVRT test centre in the south Kerry region in view of the fact that Tralee and Macroom are a substantial distance to carry out required tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11847/15]
779. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for emergency funding for roof-slate which is disintegrating rapidly, as there is an immediate need to replace it under the emergency fund scheme and as inaction will escalate the condition of the roof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11430/15]
604. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine home-help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/15]
594. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for dental braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/15]
567. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11211/15]
535. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will act to ensure the adequate provision of social workers to ensure the needs of the 3,000 plus children at risk are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11654/15]
526. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure that adequate affordable child care places are available for the approximately 33,000 one-parent families who in July 2015 will no longer be in receipt of the one-parent family payment, in order to ensure that this sector will not be excluded from the workplace and forced into poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11870/15]
420. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the maintenance of children court led services in order that there is an automatic deduction at source from wages while freeing up court hearings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/15]
275. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the tax relief scheme payment for persons who built their family home at the end of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11869/15]
274. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the tax relief scheme for first time buyers who purchased their houses in the boom period from 2004 to 2008, in order to extend the ceiling rate of €20,000 to the year 2017 in line with the 30% rate, as failure to do this will result in more families losing their homes with a drop in the tax relief scheme of over €200 per month for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11842/15]
225. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to have an automatic deduction at source from social welfare to the person who has custody of a child, in view of the fact that this would lower the one-parent family payment and the family income supplement bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/15]
197. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11526/15]
296. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine and intervene regarding the restoration and continuation of the Dingle to Ballydavid, County Kerry, bus service, whereby Ballydavid village was taken off of the route because of the perception of an inadequate turning point, and the local committee, Coiste Fobairt an Phobail Ceanntar Baile na nGall, in conjunction with Kerry County Council will rectify the problem, if this is the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/15]
192. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a referral by an occupational therapist for a powered wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10819/15]
168. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11007/15]
129. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the job losses in the Cadbury plant, Rathmore, County Kerry, with regard to minimising the job losses; the efforts being made by Enterprise Ireland in providing alternative and substantial additional jobs in County Kerry; the support and assistance to be provided to the workers who may be departing the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11011/15]
122. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for applying for a boat licence for a local boat owner to provide service to the Skellig visitor centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/15]
166. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will appoint the necessary additional staff to Killarney National Park, County Kerry, and assign the urgently required complement of staff to the refurbished Killarney House, in view of the fact that the tourist season is imminent and the €17 million investment in this facility needs to be complemented by appropriate staff for it to realise its huge potential and value as a visitor centre in the heart of our prime tourist town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10682/15]
160. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority and the Road Safety Authority to carry out a comprehensive examination of the adequacy of the Farranfore to Killarney N22 road to cope with the huge volume of traffic with regard to safety aspects; if he will examine correspondence (details supplied) in conjunction with the two authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/15]
128. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent statement by the Minister of State at the Departments of An Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection regarding the importance of foreign languages being included in the primary school curriculum, his views on the re-introduction of modern languages in the primary schools initiative, which was abolished in 2012, in view of the current statistic of just one in 25 primary school pupils learning a foreign language; if she will endeavour to include this subject in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10681/15]
368. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card application for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant details have been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9907/15]
365. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card application for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/15]
159. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as there is undue delay in processing this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9899/15]
157. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for a review in respect of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9891/15]
242. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine correspondence (details supplied) in respect of exceptional circumstances; if she will ensure the full complement of teachers is retained, to continue the quality of education in this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9794/15]
200. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as all relevant details, including medical, have been submitted to the primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/15]
186. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the contracting out of relevant elective surgeries to hospitals in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, which should be able to provide at least the same quality of service as here, and probably at a more cost-effective rate per person, and this would eliminate the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9649/15]
230. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine and address a matter (details supplied) regarding the public service obligation levy and standing charge which is an excessive and anti-business cost to this and other likewise small electricity consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9482/15]
17. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the current void in the financial support for rural projects, if he will urgently resume the Leader programme; if he will ensure the existing partnership companies will be given the substantial role to continue in delivering vital services to rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6681/15]
6. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the implementation process for the report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas and the specific Departments that will be involved; the funds available to implement this report in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6682/15]
584. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 27 January 2015, if assistance will be provided to the organisation concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8818/15]
566. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the extension of the slurry and fertiliser spreading dates; his plans to introduce a more practical system than the calendar farming system that currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6683/15]
421. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at Mallow General Hospital, County Cork, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9203/15]