196. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission on small primary schools value for money review in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will ensure that this school is allowed to continue to bring top class educational service to its community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54041/12]
184. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53785/12]
183. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53784/12]
182. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53783/12]
181. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53782/12]
180. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53781/12]
179. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53756/12]
277. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate capital sports grant funding to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry who need to upgrade their existing playing pitches as they are catering for a huge catchment area. [53562/12]
276. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate capital sports grant funding to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry to allow for the development of their new playing pitches and facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53561/12]
273. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to provide a bus shelter in Killorglin town, County Kerry, as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53522/12]
260. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the promise to invest €35 million annually in community mental health service is honoured in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53630/12]
241. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a decision on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53460/12]
66. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the costs of consultants hired by the Revenue Commissioners in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and up to the end of October 2012; the name of the consultancy firms hired by Revenue; the Departments to which they were assigned; and the total cost per year of each of these consultancy firms. [53565/12]
220. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53135/12]
144. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will acknowledge the role played by Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, County Kerry and ensure that there are no further cuts to the Arts Council budget; if he will acknowledge the benefit of the Arts to Tralee town and surrounding areas; if he will ensure that Siamsa Tíre is adequately funded in order that they can continue to run their vibrant and professional programme of events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53280/12]
680. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health If he will consider extending the rapid access clinics that were rolled out to help early detection of prostate cancer to other acute hospitals across the country; if he will take into consideration the success of the new clinics where one in three men referred for rapid assessment of prostate cancer were diagnosed with the disease, thus ensuring that these men are having their cancer diagnosed and treated earlier, which should lead to better outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52761/12]
448. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will the scheme for families who wish to raise their children through Irish, Clar Tacaiochta Teaglaigh, be rolled out in County Kerry; the number of many families that have availed of this scheme in each Gaeltacht area to date; his views on whether the scheme should be made more attractive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52890/12]
445. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will acknowledge the role played by communities and individuals involved in the Arts throughout the country and ensure that there are no further cuts to the Arts Council budget; if he will ensure that a film festival (details supplied) is adequately funded to enable them to continue to run their vibrant and professional programme of events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52341/12]
193. 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. [52009/12]
176. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been approved, refused, under consideration or appeal in respect of the single farm payment scheme in 2012; the amounts of funding involved; the figures for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52031/12]
175. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been approved, refused, under consideration or appeal in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme in 2012; the amounts of funding involved; the figures for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/12]
174. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no genuine farmers are excluded under the unfair retrospective 0.3u/ha stocking rate criteria in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme and that the appeals system works effectively and that no payments are held up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52024/12]
172. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the age limit from 18 to 24 months in respect of heifers requiring a brucellosis pre-movement test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52021/12]
190. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist farmers, where in some sectors their incomes will be down as much as 30% as a result of the bad weather, rising feed costs, rising fertiliser costs and rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/12]
189. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will restore the live trade to Libya, Egypt and the Lebanon which will provide vital price competition and outlets for stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51691/12]
107. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the farm safety campaign will be extended to include school children and older farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51694/12]
540. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reject out of hand the policy document on the future management of commonage land here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/12]
260. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the development of the Irish Cultural-GAA Museum at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, County Kerry; if he acknowledges the potential this €3 million project has for tourism in the county; if he will request Fáilte Ireland to support and provide funding for this 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. [50827/12]
122. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in any efforts by the Higher Education Authority to remove home economics initial teacher education from a campus (details supplied) in County Sligo and relocating same to NUI Galway campus; if he acknowledges that the college has a highly reputable international standing within home economics and home economics teacher education with regard to research and academic subject expertise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50771/12]
113. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the qualification criteria currently being applied and process all student grant applications as a matter of urgency; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 66,000 applications have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, and to date only 18,000 have been processed, 9,000 of these have been approved, a further 9,000 have been refused, leaving 48,000 to be processed and finalised; if he will review the qualification guidelines being applied by SUSI in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50636/12]
286. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an application in respect of a pre-school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [50565/12]
277. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to appoint a replacement doctor to the dispensary in Sneem, County Kerry even on a temporary basis of two mornings and two evenings a week in view of the fact that the discontinuation of this service in the dispensary over the past 12 months has caused much inconvenience to local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50566/12]
274. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment with the audiology department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50552/12]
686. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Failte Ireland to support and provide funding to four festivals in County Kerry (details supplied); if he will ask Failte Ireland to take into consideration the importance of these festivals to tourism in the county and the very special effort that they are making for the Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49760/12]
659. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the promised podiatry post at Kerry General Hospital that was sanctioned in April 2012 be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50080/12]
655. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of elderly persons in the region of 80 years of age living alone, with serious illness, who had their home help hours reduced by more than two hours per week in the most recent cutbacks in each of the following areas in County Kerry, Tralee, Killarney, Kenmare, Rathmore, Castleisland, Dingle, Listowel and Killorglin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50071/12]
366. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49700/12]
348. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an emergency medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49353/12]
137. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applications that have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland; the number that have been processed, awarded, refused or awaiting decision to date; the number of applications received from County Kerry; the number of these that have been processed, awarded, refused or awaiting decision to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49105/12]
179. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the delay in the processing a REP scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48852/12]
178. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the processing of applications for aquaculture licences in Castlemaine harbour, County Kerry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these delays are hindering investment in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48843/12]
1243. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and the National Roads Authority will clarify the uncertainty in relation to the M20 County Cork to County Limerick motorway project as it has added to the delay with the N21 Adare bypass that was recently refused planning permission by an Bord Pleanála and is a major blow to business and tourism in County Kerry; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the major bottleneck of traffic in Adare is having on tourism and job creation in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48730/12]
1232. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48535/12]
1220. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant for the provision of an allweather playing pitch with lights in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48142/12]
1206. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Road Safety Bill that includes roadside tests for drug drivers will be introduced and made law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47649/12]
1188. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if persons who are genuinely entitled to the mobility allowance and who have been deprived of what has always been rightfully theirs are now going to be put into payment; if their payments will be backdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/12]
1187. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a health insurance scheme that is fair and affordable for families and persons at an early date in view of the fact that thousands can no longer afford the rising costs of existing policies that are to be the subject of further increases in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/12]
1186. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will look at the budget for an organisation (details supplied) as a special case; if he will acknowledge the tremendous work that this organisation is carrying out and the truly great success story that it is; if he will reverse the 5% cut to their budget next year that equates to €400,000 in cuts to vital services; his views on whether such a cut, if implemented, will send special needs services in County Kerry back decades; if he will make a special case for special needs services in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48731/12]
1158. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48422/12]
1149. 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. [48371/12]