Results 201-220 of 3,791 for speaker:Tom Fleming

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (15 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the capital funding for the replacement facilities necessary to complete the closure of St Finan's Hospital, Killarney, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34716/11]

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: I will illustrate the situation at a local level in my constituency of Kerry South which mirrors the national situation. There is a continuing exodus of nursing staff from Kerry mental health services which has resulted in the loss of over 50 nursing posts over the past three years. There are a further 30 retirements expected before the end of February 2012. This will leave the service...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri-environmental options scheme payment will be forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35168/11]

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives, policies and or steps he has taken or will take to tackle the unemployment crisis in County Kerry which currently boasts a worrying unemployment rate of approximately 20%; the action he will take to address the loss of jobs due to the phased closure of a company (details supplied) in Castleisland; the...

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: In the past few years County Kerry has become a commercial and industrial wasteland. That is the honest reality; we have lost numerous companies in the last ten to 20 years. In my motion I mentioned Pretty Polly which at its peak employed 1,100 people. There were 1,000 jobs lost in Burlington in Tralee and another 500 in Denny.

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: I am trying to give an insight to what is happening in the county. Liebig in Killorglin has closed, while Aetna Company has been the subject of a phased closure in recent months. I urge the Minister to redouble his efforts to find a suitable employer for that facility. Castleisland has been seriously neglected. Moral is at a low level because of these job losses. The company indicated to...

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: I thank the Minister and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for facilitating a meeting with Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in recent months. We hope the rewards will be reaped and that a substantial number of jobs will be provided in the pharmaceutical centre proposed for Tralee. The Pretty Polly site is an ideal location. Pretty Polly employed up to 1,100 people at one...

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of May 2011, when he will address the health and safety issues pertaining to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in which 120 students have to cross a very busy regional road every 40 minutes to attend class by providing the necessary funding for a new school. [35769/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 12 May 2011, when he will provide a replacement school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35771/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the existing primary school bus service to persons (details supplied). [36125/11]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry as a provider of long-stay care by reclassifying the hospital similar to public providers thus ensuring an increased level of State funding per bed which will make the service sustainable into the future. [35770/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36135/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry [36136/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36137/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the over 70 medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36217/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [36521/11]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give priority consideration to the necessary funding for a club (details supplied). [36661/11]

Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: When will legislation be introduced in the House regarding the single tier health system proposed in the programme for Government? I note it is also proposed to establish a hospital fund within that system. Both yesterday evening and this morning there has been devastating breaking news about hospitals and one major nursing home, St. Columbanus Home in Killarney.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)

Tom Fleming: Moreover, three district hospitals-----