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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: The NRA has gone back to the drawing board for the Tralee-Dingle route. Is there a consultative process prior to plans being submitted to An Bord Pleanála? It would be prudent to reach general agreement on a preliminary draft in order to avoid deadlock on finalised plans. I commend the NRA on the Ring of Kerry road and ask it to expedite the Macroom-Killarney and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in any efforts by the Higher Education Authority to remove home economics initial teacher education from a campus (details supplied) in County Sligo and relocating same to NUI Galway Campus; if he acknowledges that the college has a highly reputable international standing within home economics and home economics teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (15 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the qualification criteria currently being applied and process all student grant applications as a matter of urgency; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 66,000 applications have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland and to date only 18,000 have been processed, 9,000 of these have been approved,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (15 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the development of the Irish Cultural/GAA Museum at Fitzgerald's stadium, Killarney, County Kerry; if he acknowledges the potential this €3 million project has for tourism in the County; if he will request Fáilte Ireland to support and provide funding for this project in 2013 that has the potential to be one...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (20 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reject out of hand the policy document on the future management of commonage land here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (21 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the farm safety campaign will be extended to include school children and older farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51694/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (21 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will restore the live trade to Libya, Egypt and the Lebanon which will provide vital price competition and outlets for stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51691/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (21 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist farmers, where in some sectors their incomes will be down as much as 30% as a result of the bad weather, rising feed costs, rising fertiliser costs and rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will consider increasing the age limit from 18 to 24 months in respect of heifers requiring a brucellosis pre-movement test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52021/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Stocking Densities (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no genuine farmers are excluded under the unfair retrospective 0.3u/ha stocking rate criteria in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme and that the appeals system works effectively and that no payments are held up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52024/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been approved, refused, under consideration or appeal in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme in 2012; the amounts of funding involved; the figures for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been approved, refused, under consideration or appeal in respect of the single farm payment scheme in 2012; the amounts of funding involved; the figures for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52031/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52009/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (27 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will acknowledge the role played by communities and individuals involved in the Arts throughout the country and ensure that there are no further cuts to the Arts Council budget; if he will ensure that a film festival (details supplied) is adequately funded to enable them to continue to run their vibrant and professional programme...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (27 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will the scheme for families who wish to raise their children through Irish, Clar Tacaiochta Teaglaigh, be rolled out in County Kerry; the number of many families that have availed of this scheme in each Gaeltacht area to date; his views on whether the scheme should be made more attractive; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health If he will consider extending the rapid access clinics that were rolled out to help early detection of prostate cancer to other acute hospitals across the country; if he will take into consideration the success of the new clinics where one in three men referred for rapid assessment of prostate cancer were diagnosed with the disease, thus ensuring that these men...

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: It appears that people interested in the health of the mother and foetus during pregnancy are being categorised into two polar extremes, namely, the so-called pro-abortion constituency and the pro-life constituency. These categorisations are simplistic and are misnomers. The vast majority of people I meet are anxious that, during pregnancy, the life of the mother and foetus be given optimum...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (28 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will acknowledge the role played by Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, County Kerry and ensure that there are no further cuts to the Arts Council budget; if he will acknowledge the benefit of the Arts to Tralee town and surrounding areas; if he will ensure that Siamsa Tíre is adequately funded in order that they can continue to run...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (28 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53135/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (29 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs of consultants hired by the Revenue Commissioners in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and up to the end of October 2012; the name of the consultancy firms hired by Revenue; the Departments to which they were assigned; and the total cost per year of each of these consultancy firms. [53565/12]