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Implementation of National Dementia Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60% to 80% of cases. Its onset is most common in individuals aged 65 years and older, although people in their 40s and 50s can also develop early onset Alzheimer's disease. Although it is one of the leading causes of death, there is, unfortunately, no way to prevent it, cure it or slow its progression. Extensive...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (14 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress with regard to negotiating a bilateral agreement with Russia to enable some of the many thousands of children who remain in State care in that jurisdiction to be adopted legally into loving families here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18932/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review 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. [18906/15]

Order of Business (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: I ask that home care and home help services be revisited under the health equality legislation. Serious issues arise in County Kerry, where home help hours are being slashed without any sympathy for the affected people. Patients want to live in their own homes. It is also an injustice to those who provide home help, who are doing their level best to provide a high-quality service with...

Order of Business (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: I ask that there be some intervention. I inquired about the matter previously during Leaders' Questions. Notices are still going out.

Order of Business (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: People are being provided with diminishing hours. What will happen is that more hospital care will be required and more long-term care.

Order of Business (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: It is good value for money. I would welcome a positive statement from the Minister.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: This June, Ireland will face a United Nations committee in Geneva to account for how it has protected and promoted the fundamental human rights of its people in areas such as social security, health, education, housing and living standards. This committee will be assessing contributions from the Irish Government, from civil society bodies and from the Irish Human Rights and Equality...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently examine a review of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012; if she will expedite the finalisation of this Act to enable organisations who are acquiring staff to have those staff in place in a timely fashion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19722/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will prioritise the volunteer support system for youth organisations (details supplied) in the plans to change the funding model for the vital community services these organisations are delivering, in view of the fact that volunteers require Garda vetting, training and ongoing support to ensure they are confident and skilled to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will intervene with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in regard to proposals to discontinue Sneem Family Resource Centre in County Kerry and the non-viable amalgamation proposal, due to geographical and distance factors, which will pose huge inconvenience for clients of the centre and diminish the role of local officers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact she has submitted all relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19515/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 406. 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 a general purpose room, which will finalise the development project, as per plans submitted to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19165/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (19 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant to finalise Cordal Gaelic Athletic Association's project (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact this is the second and concluding part of transforming its previously unplayable pitch, with the aid of the sports capital grant and local fund-raising; if he will prioritise this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (26 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the full respite care grant in the forthcoming budget as a recognition of the excellent delivery of care to dependent patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (26 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an up-to-date progress report regarding the national carers strategy and its impact on family carers' lives since its launch in July 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (26 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an Invalidity Pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact all relevant medical evidence has been submitted in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20830/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Staff (26 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the apprenticeship opportunities available through the Office of Public Works in carpentry and joinery in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20427/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (26 May 2015)

Tom Fleming: 454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been excessively and unfairly penalised, including with retrospective penalties; if he will review these and the anomalies in his Department's evaluation of the commonage ground that the person and other farmers have been...