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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive regarding the hundreds of notifications by the executive to elderly, vulnerable recipients of home help in County Kerry; if he will ensure the necessary funding is provided to offset these severe cuts to already diminished services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16615/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, as the national liver transplant centre of excellence and continue the utilisation of expertise by the specialist team in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for an extension to the library at Mary Immaculate College, County Limerick, in view of the fact that the number of study spaces has been reduced from 250, that is, a ratio of 1:3, to 210, that is, a ratio of 16:1, due to remedial works in 2010 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will initiate the Trinity early screening test in reading and writing for dyslexic students in view of the fact that this test is designed to help teachers identify five and six year olds who may experience literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16762/15]

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: We are spending approximately 80% of Dáil time this week on the spring statement but, in reality, we are just regurgitating material discussed at the last budget. For the past six months, we have underperformed dramatically, to be honest, in the delivery of what was set out in the programme for Government, which is over four years old now. I would have expected better statements and...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: We got some platitudes last night in the statement from the Minister of State who was here. He is a very able man but we really needed the Taoiseach and senior Ministers.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: That would have showed respect for the motion before the House.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: These are just a few issues. There is another crisis out there which we have not really addressed in any manner, and that is the jobs crisis. Statistics published this week by EUROSTAT indicate that one in four Irish people with jobs is working part-time.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: There are 130,000 people who want more working hours. This is an indictment of jobs policies.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: The rate of youth unemployment is totally unacceptable. Approximately 25% of young people aged between 18 and 35 years are unemployed. This figure does not include those who have emigrated, who would account for 7% or 8% of that age group, thus giving an overall youth unemployment rate of 33% or one third. Many young people are participating in training schemes. Improvements are required...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: -----given his background as a school teacher. Will he acknowledge that some classes in secondary schools have more than 30 students? This is not right and must be addressed.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: Irish people face the highest crèche bills in Europe. These are preventing people from entering employment. Will the Taoiseach ensure this matter is addressed as it places great financial strain on young married couples with children?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 91. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for lower limb amputations on diabetic patients; the arrangements made to carry out these procedures in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16864/15]

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: This Government was elected at the lowest point economically and socially in the history of this nation since its foundation. It was handed the most difficult task of any country in the European Union, namely, to pick up the pieces and get the country back onto a sound footing. That task was further inhibited by the presence of the troika for a number of years which oversaw every move and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (30 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently appoint the appropriate staff to the national park, Killarney, County Kerry, and to the added new facility of Killarney House and Gardens for the summer tourism season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16746/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (30 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow for an accumulation of sick days to make up the six days needed to qualify for illness benefit for persons with long-term illnesses or receiving treatment for cancer, whereby they may be off sick four days on a repeat cycle, depending on their illness and consequent treatment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (30 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 154. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 24 March 2015, if he will urgently contact the Health Service Executive regarding a reply in respect of orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (30 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept an application for the devolved school work scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, to carry out essential urgent roof replacement which is necessary due to the hazardous condition of the roof and slate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17085/15]

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: The revelations to date regarding Siteserv have only further bewildered the already bothered Irish public about the ancillary activities of Irish Water and the prolonged saga of unanswered questions. Many contradictions have been revealed in the record of Siteserv. It is ironic in the extreme that KPMG is the company appointed by the Government to oversee the comprehensive inquiry which...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: The second individual was appointed by IBRC to represent its interest. The meetings to discuss how to proceed with the sale were held in the Dublin office of KPMG and removed from Siteserv’s office so that news of a possible sale did not leak to staff or competitors. In the subsequent sale the Rutland company offered €10 million more than the O’Brien bid of €45...