723. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a pilot scheme for electrical or hybrid transport system for the State transport companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32160/13]
709. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 14 May 2013, if he will provide the National Roads Authority's response to same in respect of the blackspot bend on the Miltown/Castlemaine road at Cloonmore-Rathpook, County Kerry; his views on the response regarding urgent provision of funding to address ongoing hazards to the public on this highly trafficked road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31603/13]
702. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding and resources for the Cherryfield facility in Killarney, County Kerry, to ensure the required upgrading of the facility can proceed at an early date. [32283/13]
659. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will review the recent decision to downgrade the full medical cards of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31704/13]
649. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will review the new centralisation of ambulance control centres following a series of incidents in response to calls for patients with serious medical conditions; if mistaken addresses and communication difficulties from the new centralised control system in Tallaght will need to be immediately reviewed to eliminate these failures; if he will re-introduce the local control systems and staff at least on a temporary basis to back up the centralised control centre to ensure that all emergency ambulance responses are effective, efficient and timely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31590/13]
494. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the necessary funding to upgrade the windows, doors and roof of Killarney library, Killarney, County Kerry and if he will arrange for immediate improvements to disability access to enable the library to comply with regulations of the Barcelona agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31497/13]
430. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cooperation his Department is providing to Killarney Town Council to develop and attract jobs to the Pretty Polly industrial complex which formerly, in its peak, employed up to 1,000 workers; the possibilities there are to subdivide this vast area of plant space and locate suitable work units for investors; when he envisages that this will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32161/13]
264. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a referral to Cork University Hospital for cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/13]
257. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1778 of 18 September 2012, if he will immediately consider reinstating the existing ambulance control centre at Kerry General Hospital even on a temporary basis as a back-up service in view of the fact that the local knowledge by staff in this control centre and the local knowledge at the community hospital bases is invaluable in the introduction of the new ambulance control centre in Dublin; if he will now accept the fact that there is no longer an input from local staff, that this is having very serious repercussions for the health and safety of the general public in County Kerry and throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31286/13]
246. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a decision to refuse a medical card following a review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/13]
244. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [31177/13]
229. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31186/13]
202. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [31273/13]
131. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will prioritise the rerouting of a bus that brings children to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry and that services the Kilsarcon area; if he will take into consideration the circumstances of this case and the fact that the proposed route is the more natural circuit and that there will be little or no extra cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/13]
97. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will expedite a VAT refund payment on a specially adapted car in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31323/13]
5. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date international response regarding The Gathering; the number of visitors from January to June 2013 in comparison to January to June 2012; the number of The Gathering events that have been organised nationally; his plans to target the lucrative British and German markets; the marketing strategy and plans he has to address this major issue for Irish tourism for the remainder of 2013 and in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/13]
162. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite an application for a fishing licence to fish on the River Maine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30916/13]
144. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the cut to the respite care grant of almost 20% as this cut is having serious implications on the most vunerable the most needy and the most deserving in society; if she will reverse this decision and reinstate the full grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31004/13]
143. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/13]
664. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to provide a bus shelter in Glenbeigh Village, County Kerry, in view of the fact that locals and visitors alike have to stand waiting for buses under appalling weather conditions; if he will take into consideration that this is a tourist area on the Ring of Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30541/13]
645. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30850/13]
594. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 690 of 12 February 2013 and No. 623 of 14 May 2013, if he will provide a detailed progress report on the Kenmare and south Kerry ambulance service; if he will ensure that the Kenmare Ambulance Service, County Kerry, is not downgraded; if he will provide a progress report on the meetings between the local communities in Kenmare and surrounding areas, all interested parties and the Health Service Executive/National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30518/13]
558. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30169/13]
554. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral for orthotic shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that the person is priority one on the waiting list; if he will expedite the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30148/13]
532. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine an application by a child care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30213/13]
463. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will enforce the ban on the possession of knives with limited exceptions, that is, trades people in the work place, such as fishermen, and so on, in view of the fact that there has been an increase in knife crime, murders, stabbings and assaults here; if he will take into consideration the lifelong physical and psychological scars suffered by victims and their families and also the significant cost to the medical services, the Garda authorities and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30463/13]
319. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 164 of 27 February 2013 and 542 of 16 April 2013, if he will expedite the transaction with Kerry County Council regarding the provision of a site for the proposed new cemetery on the grounds of Derrynane Abbey, Derrynane, County Kerry; if he will contact the Chief State Solicitor's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30258/13]
258. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30263/13]
256. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine an application to Student Universal Support Ireland for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry with whom there is undue delay and repetitive requests seeking further information which they have already supplied a number of times previously to SUSI; if he will intervene with SUSI to resolve the prolonged process that they have been put through; and if he will ensure that this grant is paid at an early date. [30249/13]
243. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and allow for orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29846/13]
99. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the advantages of keenly priced books by a company (details supplied) in comparison to those of traditional school book publishers and taking into consideration the excellent quality and the fact that they are meeting the required standards set out by his Department; if he will take into consideration the current situation being faced by parents all over the country with rising costs and increased overheads and the difference that can be made to students and parents during their school life time with the savings that can be easily achieved; if he will consider the resulting economic gain and the valuable new jobs that can be realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29881/13]
214. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral for orthotic shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29531/13]
205. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/13]
128. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a supplementary welfare allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will ensure that this application is processed and payment issued at the earliest possible date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29537/13]
562. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/13]
548. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in negotiations with the manufacturers of the drug pirfenidone (details supplied); and when the drug will be available for reimbursement under the medical card scheme. [29132/13]
547. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the savings that are being targeted in cuts to essential incontinence pads and other sanitary appliances in the Health Service Executive Southern Region (details supplied); if he will intervene and redress the issue by restoring the reduction to essential appliances to the amounts formerly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29131/13]
507. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28676/13]
504. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/13]
498. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [29042/13]
467. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29408/13]
461. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the current seven-month retention of farm animals for disadvantaged area scheme purposes to at least the former retention timeframe of six months in view of the fodder crisis, caused by adverse climatic conditions over the past few years which have led to severe hardship and financial losses to many farmers and badly affected the welfare of their animals; if he will urgently address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29338/13]
460. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a horse culling scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29335/13]
430. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area scheme appeal that was received on 27 May 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28675/13]
173. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the flooding of homes in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; if a remedial plan will be put in place under the minor floods mitigation works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29337/13]
236. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 7 April 2011, if he will support the development of the Irish Cultural/GAA Museum at Fitzgerald stadium, Killarney, County Kerry; if he acknowledges the potential this multi-million project has for tourism in County Kerry; if he will request Fáilte Ireland to support and provide funding for this important project in 2013 that has the potential to be one of Ireland's greatest tourist attractions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28523/13]
223. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will include the national asthma programme in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan, as asthma affects more than one in ten of the population (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28561/13]
212. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange an urgent appointment with the audiology department, Health Service Executive, Edwards Court, County Kerry, for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/13]
204. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to roll out bowel cancer screening throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28452/13]
202. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials will meet a delegation from a home (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28448/13]