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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 502. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52725/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to provide the necessary funding as a matter of priority to address a very dangerous stretch of road between Curraheen and Derrymore on the Tralee to Camp road, County Kerry; if he will request the Road Safety Authority to immediately investigate this health and safety issue; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his efforts to address the land eligibility problems farmers are facing; the concession he will apply; and the argument he has put to the EU Commissioner to prevent the imposition of retrospective single farm payment penalties on farmers as a result of the land eligibility issue. [53362/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: Will the Minister outline his efforts to address the land eligibility problems farmers are facing, the concession he will apply, and the argument he has put to the EU Commissioner to prevent the imposition of retrospective single farm payment penalties on farmers as a result of the land eligibility issue?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: It is totally unacceptable that the Department is now claiming retrospectively on lands that were approved as far back as 2008. What occurred was all done in good faith and on the basis of a good understanding between farmers and farm inspectors. We all know of the very challenging times farmers have experienced in recent years, particularly in the past three because of the weather...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: The great majority of affected farmers are family farmers working on poorer land, and many have grazing on commonages. They are the custodians of that land and keep it in as good a condition as possible agriculturally and environmentally. Let me refer to the duplication of nitrates inspections by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of the Environment,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding reinstating a third teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [53638/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the level of national co-financing in the current RDP 2007-2013; if he will confirm his proposals for national co-financing in RDP 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53411/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (12 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has put in place to address the serious income problems arising for farmers who are leaving REP scheme 4 at the end of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53412/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way passports can be obtained in the event of an emergency for family members that have to travel abroad at short notice; if he will take into consideration that a number of persons do not have a passport or it may have expired and may need to travel abroad to bring home the remains of a loved one or may wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in respect of the thousands of undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54357/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clearly provide details of the tax breaks for home owners who carry out renovations to their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54076/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent budget decision to introduce a flat rate fee for apprentices for attending institutes of technologies during their apprenticeship; if he will overturn this decision to impose these crippling fees on these young workers whom our future industry, economy and communities rely on; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent budget decision to introduce a flat rate fee for apprentices for attending institutes of technologies during their apprenticeship; if he will overturn this decision to impose these crippling fees on these young workers whom our future industry, economy and communities rely on; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will award a student grant top up appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of higher education grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2013-14 college year; the number of grants that have been approved and finalised to date; the number still at processing stage in tabular form for each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for third level grants in County Kerry; the number of students that have been awarded grants and college fees to date; the number that were refused; the number that are still being processed; the number of students who sought an appeal in County Kerry; the number that have been awarded; the number that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to the fact that in 2012 some 20% of all jobs advertised were information technology based and that currently over 4,000 jobs available in IT sector are not being filled because of severely limited supply of suitably skilled applicants and a recent study based on a survey of 38 IT multinationals and small and medium enterprises, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (17 Dec 2013)

Tom Fleming: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on revelations by the National Skills Bulletin 2013, produced by the expert group on future skills, which revealed a persistence of skills shortages in areas of information and communications technology, high technology, manufacturing, agri-food sales, marketing, business finance and health care; his plans to address these...