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Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: Post offices play a crucial role in the social and economic life of our communities throughout Ireland. Recently, we have seen the closure of small shops, schools, Garda stations and other community focus points, particularly in the rural areas. Post offices are the largest retail network in the country, with 1,150 post offices employing 3,700 people. Some 1,100 of those post offices are...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: ------in that people are being encouraged to receive their payments directly to their bank accounts rather than collecting them in the post office. We are all well aware that more than 30% of the post office business is social welfare payments and taking those crucial services from post offices will only accelerate closures.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: Also, many people do not realise that they will pay the banks for this service while there is no cost for the service in the post office. Will the Taoiseach talk to the Tánaiste and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, about this and intervene directly? This should not be allowed to continue. Will the Taoiseach recognise that the post...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: -----motor tax, hospital charges etc.-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: -----and secure the role of the post offices in delivering all social welfare payments into the future.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: That is not what I am hearing about in public meetings in my county. People are at the end of their tether and they are worried and concerned about the attitude of An Post to the local communities. Another retrograde step is that several services have been transferred to multiples on the edges of towns. People can post parcels and buy stamps at PostPoint outlets and they can pay their...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: The move was kept under wraps and there was no transparency for local people. This should not be allowed to happen under the public procurement criteria. I ask the Taoiseach to ensure this will not be allowed to happen again. There should be public consultation in future because this was done by stealth. It should not be allowed to happen. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene so that there...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11526/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have an automatic deduction at source from social welfare to the person who has custody of a child, in view of the fact that this would lower the one-parent family payment and the family income supplement bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the tax relief scheme for first time buyers who purchased their houses in the boom period from 2004 to 2008, in order to extend the ceiling rate of €20,000 to the year 2017 in line with the 30% rate, as failure to do this will result in more families losing their homes with a drop in the tax relief scheme of over €200 per...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the tax relief scheme payment for persons who built their family home at the end of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11869/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Maintenance Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the maintenance of children court led services in order that there is an automatic deduction at source from wages while freeing up court hearings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure that adequate affordable child care places are available for the approximately 33,000 one-parent families who in July 2015 will no longer be in receipt of the one-parent family payment, in order to ensure that this sector will not be excluded from the workplace and forced into poverty; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 535. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will act to ensure the adequate provision of social workers to ensure the needs of the 3,000 plus children at risk are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11654/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for dental braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine home-help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for emergency funding for roof-slate which is disintegrating rapidly, as there is an immediate need to replace it under the emergency fund scheme and as inaction will escalate the condition of the roof; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (24 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: 957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in conjunction with the Road Safety Authority, he will provide a CVRT test centre in the south Kerry region in view of the fact that Tralee and Macroom are a substantial distance to carry out required tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11847/15]

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Fleming: The mishandling of the setting up of Irish Water is affecting the whole economy, particularly over the past 12 months. Consumer confidence has taken a battering, due to the prospect of additional charges and taxes following a raft of financial burdens over the past six years. Many people just cannot afford more pressure on their household budgets. The revelation made in the early stages...