303 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the unacceptable long delays in the processing of social welfare appeals which is causing added hardship to most applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the reductions in guidance counselling hours in the 27 post primary schools in County Kerry which is forcing school principals and boards of management of Kerry’s post primary schools into making impossible choices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of providing a bus service between Dublin Airport and County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of the penalties applied to farmers by number and by size of penalty under the single farm payment, disadvantaged areas and rural environment protection schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision that will have serious implications for up to 10,000 farmers in respect of the qualifying criteria for the disadvantaged areas scheme whereby a 0.15 stocking rate per hectare for three consecutive months was sufficient in 2011, he is now proposing to increase the 2011 stocking rate to 0.3 units per hectare to qualify for 2012 and 2013; if he will clarify to the matter at the earliest possible date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when will County Kerry receive the same level of broadband connectivity as the east coast, in view of the fact that Kerry is already at a disadvantage due to the county’s omission from the BMW regional status, and the provision of high speed broadband will help the economy, generate investment and create jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll-out of high speed broadband to all second level schools in County Kerry will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will keep the Office of the Irish Language Commissioner independent based in the Gaeltacht and its status and power not be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commence the roll-out of the family support programme and the new scheme from his Department for families from the Gaeltacht attending Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will cancel all cuts in Gaeltacht funding until such time as the 20 year Government strategy is put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason County Kerry was recently omitted from a national project to bring 100 MBPS broadband to secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the roll out of high speed broadband to all second level schools in County Kerry will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of penalties applied to farmers by category of penalty, whether land eligibility or cross compliance; if he will provide a further breakdown by number of farmers penalised and by total value of penalty under both the single farm payment and disadvantaged area schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28866/12]
535 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue on an agri-environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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469 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the next Garda recruitment programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by Listowel Town Council, County Kerry, in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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425 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by Tralee Town Council, County Kerry, in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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424 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by Kerry County Council in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review of community employment schemes will be completed; if she will take into consideration the work being carried out through these schemes and maintain 2011 grant levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the consumer protection code for clients of banks to include members of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address the impact of rising costs of oil, petrol and diesel on households and businesses throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the 2011 Health Service Executive inspection report on private and voluntary children’s homes; her plans to ensure that in future children are better informed of their rights and supports in order that they are aware when they are failed by the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the increase in child poverty here which will increase further with additional austerity measures over the coming months and years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary schools here with literacy and numeracy issues; his plans to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1035 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the development of Loop Head Lighthouse, County Clare, his plans to develop lighthouses as tourist visitor centres whereby they would be a source of education, tourism and marine heritage and if he will also ensure that the architectural integrity of these structures is protected.
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1034 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the upgrading of 300 m of the final stretch of public access road L8007 to a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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989 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently investigate the reduction of home help hours in County Kerry to the elderly and some who are severely disabled in view of the fact that these measures are putting patients and their families in a state of distress.
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988 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 9 May 2012, if he will clarify the status of Air Ambulance Ireland with regard to him providing paramedics to be assigned from his Department to enable this organisation to provide the comprehensive service it has proposed.
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987 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when he plans to end the two-tier system in this country by putting in place a system of universal health insurance, thus ensuring access for all patients on the basis of need rather than means; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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972 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting lists for prosthetics in counties Kerry and Cork in which up to 120 persons are currently on the waiting list, some of whom are waiting up to six or seven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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964 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health his views on the filter product macrolane that has been found to interfere with the diagnosis of breast cancer; if all the women treated with this product have been contacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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953 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding reduced home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry
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941 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card and general practitioner visit card renewals new applications are currently being processed nationally; the number being processed in respect of County Kerry applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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940 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of new medical cards and general practitioner visit card applications were received in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 from applicants in County Kerry; the number granted and refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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938 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner visit cards issued to applicants in County Kerry in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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929 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry
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868 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need to source suitable alternative interim accommodation, which would ensure that the specific needs of the current residents of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry are appropriately met until such time as the new replacement facilitates are completed in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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735 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers may declare riparian zone as they did in the past as other and in claimed area for SPS managed as in the past not topped, having no such specification as to top in REPS 1, 2, 3; declare riparian zone as they did in the past as other and in claimed area for SPS topping as topping is very difficult due to topography of grassland zone; graze the riparian zone as they did pre-REPS, change designation from other to forage in SPS and manage grassland in GAEC; do any of the above or are they limited in their choice to retain land eligibility for SPS; if landscaping around the farmyard option 8a REPS 3 — trees planted eligible for SPS in 2012.
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526 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Gaeltacht areas in County Kerry will come under the LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the issue of funding for Gaeltacht areas in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding to third level institutions that are struggling to cope with increased numbers, are on a reduced budget and will have to face a 30% hike in student numbers in the coming years as per the Hunt report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the productive assets of farm families and other self-employed families are not factored into the assessment of income for the purpose of third level maintenance grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will request the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently undertake the forensic financial review of the cost of care for the section 39 funded residential units at Valentia Hospital, County Kerry, to enable him to put funding arrangements in place for this hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will add the drug Sativex to the controlled drug schedule to enable it to be available to persons with Multiple Sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 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.
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135 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline, in tabular form, the total number and names of countries that Ireland has export or import trade with; the types of goods and appliances in exports or imports with each country; and the total cost in exports or imports for each category of goods and appliances.
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442 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will process a jobseeker’s allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry that has been ongoing since last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of Fáilte Ireland-Tourism Ireland offices internationally; the staff numbers in each of these offices, and the cost of operating each of these offices.
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183 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who following initial dental examination when attending primary school was deemed to be in need of orthodontic treatment and subsequently referred for same but was recently notified that the cut off point for remedial treatment was on reaching 16 years of age; and if he will take into consideration that this criteria may be discriminatory under the current system.
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