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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to incorporate the recently introduced EU victims directive into the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41709/15]

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

Tom Fleming: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the distribution of funds for the emergency department task force; the allocation provided to each public hospital and public residential home; the number of additional beds sustained in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41282/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the positive impact the suspension of the Health Information and Quality Authority regulations have had on the enhancement of the bed complement for this winter season in regard to Kerry General Hospital in Daingean Uí Chúis, Listowel, Kenmare and Killarney community hospitals and in the St. Columbanus home in Killarney; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will protect the titles of "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" as the level of service physiotherapists and physical therapists provide is completely different (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41820/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will favourably examine an application for a lottery grant to his Department by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry which is providing excellent and essential services to the youth of County Kerry, regarding all aspects of health and social well being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41409/15]

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

Tom Fleming: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41467/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in the 2016 mental health budget (details supplied) in compliance with A Vision for Change, the mental health services report for 2006, which recommended that a minimum of 8.5% of the health budget should be allocated to mental health to implement its recommendations, including a comprehensive 24 hour, seven day community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 11 March 2015, the progress in developing a new integrated primary languages curriculum; if this initiative will lead to further extending this programme to incorporate some continental languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41542/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the 2015 National Skills Bulletin Report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, which identified a skills shortage in a number of areas, mostly in the information and technology sector, but also in the engineering, science and health sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41587/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently examine and expedite a grant review by Student Universal Support Ireland for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41819/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to enable the reintroduction of bedsits into the rental housing stock, to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (24 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding the State expended on research into hydraulic fracturing, which is environmentally damaging and commercially non-viable; the results of the research in regard to the effects on human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41700/15]

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: There is a major disparity between the pace of development and job growth in Dublin, other centres along the east coast and other large urban areas vis-à-visthat in rural Ireland. This was illustrated in a parliamentary question reply I received from the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, yesterday, in which he said, of the total foreign direct investment, FDI,...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: We are all very optimistic that economic growth will continue. However, we are still faced with the reality that, as of the beginning of November, 203,000 people are jobless. The Taoiseach mentioned my county, Kerry, where we are fortunate to have a buoyant tourism industry. However, it is seasonal. We are very hopeful that the Wild Atlantic Way will contribute and will add very much to...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: We still have to face the whole matter here. It is very much mirrored in the Kerry situation as well. Some 55% of those who are unemployed are long-term unemployed. That is a very frightening figure, to be honest about it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: The rate of long-term unemployment increased from 1.5% in 2005 to 6.7% in 2014. The current rate is the highest in Europe. It is 1.6% above the EU average.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: I will conclude by making the point that the longer people stay on the unemployed register, the harder it is for them to get back into the workforce. We need to address the matter of rural renewal to get a bit of life back into our villages and towns. We should incentivise small-time employers by giving every possible support to them. We need to take a serious look at the rates situation.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: The exorbitant rates in this country are putting people out of business. We certainly have to implement the budget measures.