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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: What progress has there been with electric vehicles? As there is a shortage of power dispensing points, more such plug-in junctions would be desirable.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: On a point of information, the Kells Greenway is on the Ring of Kerry programme. As it has already been approved in full, I presume there is no Supplementary Estimate for it.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: Is the bicycle scheme under this heading?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: Yes, and other urban areas where schemes are located. The scheme in Galway does not seem to be very successful.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: Is there any progress on the Bertie bowl?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: Based on the list in front of us and what the Minister has said today, all of the projects are very much Dublin-based, apart from Rosmuc. Projects seem to be centred in Dublin city, in particular. I presume there is nothing left for the rest of rural Ireland.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: The Wild Atlantic way is one initiative. I refer to the end of the paragraph.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: There is a mechanism whereby a review could be carried out at a later stage. Some scenic routes in isolated coastal areas were omitted from the original map and plan. They involve coastal routes in isolated areas such as Cloghane in the Dingle peninsula. It was a major omission to leave it out because it is a naturally scenic area. It has been bypassed. There are other areas other such...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rights of the Child (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the child-related issues he will address prior to the examination on 14 January 2016 by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child of Ireland's progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42774/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rights of the Child (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: What child-related issues will the Minister address prior to the examination on 14 January 2016 by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child of Ireland's progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rights of the Child (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: I certainly welcome the range of issues the Minister intends to address prior to the UN committee meeting and I hope the legislative process will be finalised before then. I very much welcome what is being done on the issue of corporal punishment. We are well aware that the State has taken no steps to implement the UN committee's recommendation that there be a comprehensive legal...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rights of the Child (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: There is one area on which we are still falling down and where there is huge neglect regarding children and I hope we can do something about it in the short to medium term. This is the situation where children are continuing to experience difficulties in accessing primary and community health services, as the Minister is aware. There is a major problem with regard to waiting times for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is undertaking work with the Department of Social Protection and other relevant Departments to address the unacceptably high rate of child poverty [42775/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: In a recent on-line behaviour and attitudes survey involving 408 teachers 41% said the number of children going to school hungry had increased since this time last year. We are all aware of the fact that this deficit in society is increasing rapidly. It is estimated that in the region of 140,000 children attend school hungry and that they are hungry at home also. A number of schools...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: Child poverty can have a significant effect and long-term consequences on growing children, particularly on their concentration in school. For instance, it affects their physical and mental health. Their future job opportunities are also being significantly affected. Child poverty is one of the most critical issues facing children today. The statistics are stark. For example, one in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide Kerry Diocesan Youth Service with the necessary funding to further develop its comprehensive work programme for 2016 and with the capital funding to progress its extensive facilities throughout County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42677/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied that Tusla - Child and Family Agency has support resources to adequately fund and manage its remit regarding family resource centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42678/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he and Tusla - Child and Family Agency are taking to ensure that adequate child protection and welfare measures are in place in emergency homeless accommodation. [42676/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home-based crisis teams; the work they perform; the location of each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43077/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (2 Dec 2015)

Tom Fleming: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Ireland's application to the European Union for community-led local development funding for rural areas; when this funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/15]