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Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Hedgerows are an integral part of the scheme.

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Drug addiction is a scourge in every townland and hamlet in this country. The national drugs strategy task force established approximately ten years ago has made a significant impact on addressing the drugs problem throughout Ireland. The national drugs misuse report needs to be revisited, reviewed, tidied up administratively, followed up and implemented. In addition, all new funding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and take into consideration the exceptional medical circumstances and grant a discretionary medical card as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will immediately address the detrimental effect the cutting of guidance counselling in schools across County Kerry will have on our young people as they struggle to cope with the myriad of personal and family problems that permeate all sectors of modern communities; his views on whether it will take a tragedy before he sees the damage that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an appeal in relation to a rural development Leader funding application for a feasibility study to develop a recreational facility for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42487/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42437/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42405/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the effects the €130 million package of health cuts will have for maintaining and continuing the delivery of services in both hospitals and in the community in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42436/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain, develop and enhance home care front line services in order to keep people at home longer and lesson the financial burden on our hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42438/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report in respect of the orthopaedic waiting lists in Counties Kerry and Cork; the number of patients currently on the waiting list; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the number of home helps in County Kerry; the number of applicants for home help in Kerry waiting a decision on their application; the number of applicants in Kerry whose hours have been reduced in the past 12 months; the total number of hours cut in County Kerry during the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42483/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is consistently cutting home help hours in County Kerry; his views on the implications that these cuts are having on the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, the sick and the disabled; his views on whether these cuts are driving more people into hospitals in view of the fact that they are no longer being adequately cared for; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the number of home helps in County Kerry; the number of applicants for home help in County Kerry awaiting a decision on their application; the number of applicants in County Kerry whose hours have been reduced in the past 12 months; the total number of hours cut in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the unacceptable waiting lists and waiting times in audiology services in County Kerry in view of the fact that these long delays are impacting on the quality of life of those on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/12]

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Agriculture and the food industry make up the leading indigenous sector of the Irish economy and they play a key role in Ireland's export-led economic recovery with positive growth in the sector over the past two to three years and with output growth in primary agricultural and agrifood exports far outpacing the rest of the economy. The economic and social benefits of this growth are widely...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Like Deputy Martin Ferris, I welcome the announcement of jobs by Kerry Group. However, I am very disappointed because Kerry Group has created nearly 24,000 jobs outside of County Kerry and outside of the State. It is a most successful company and I wish it the best for the future but the people of Kerry have been let down. The people and the farmers of Kerry set up the co-op and it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as there is undue delay in the processing of the application since March 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43210/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (9 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid replacement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [42850/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a document (details supplied) in respect of reforming and saving costs in the Health Service Executive and social services; his views on this document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42932/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (9 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his decision to remove gluten free products from the medical card list as this decision is causing great distress and hardship for a very large number of coeliacs all over the country [43478/12]