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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cataract surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant an exemption from generic substitution for anti-epileptic drugs in the upcoming Health Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Bill (details supplied); if he will take into consideration that an exclusion for AEDs is supported by the entire epilepsy community and the health care professionals who treat and care for people with epilepsy; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an area (details supplied) in County Kerry is adequately served with an ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7166/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (12 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a new sports capital programme in 2013 to assist clubs and organisations that wish to develop projects in their areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7160/13]

Other Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she will justify salaries for the new position of head of organisation at €186,000 in the new section of her Department being devolved from the Health Service Executive, salaries of more than €100,000 for directors of services and a fixed term appointment for three year contract at €150,000 a year which is in...

Other Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I thank the Minister for her reply. I submitted this question to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin. In the course of her reply the Minister said that he played a role in at least one of these appointments. Given the economic climate and the level of debt in this country it is hard for the Government to justify transferring a person from the HSE at such an...

Other Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I wish the Minister well with her added responsibilities. There are several salaried positions offered at over €100,000, for example for director of services. I presume that these people were formerly in the HSE where at the other end of the scale nurses are being recruited at 20% less than the standard salary these people are being offered. Many of them are mature students. There...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the delays in the processing of student grant applications, the number of student grant applications that have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland; the number that have been processed, awarded, refused, awaiting decisions to date, the number of applications that were received from County Kerry and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7666/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I also welcome the witnesses from the National Roads Authority. I agree with previous speakers in regard to the testing of tractors. Already there is an obligation on farmers in respect of agricultural vehicles under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. It places a legal duty on all farmers and their employees to prepare and work to a safety statement. The current proposal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: There is no participation by any agricultural vehicles in the building trade at present, as the boom is over. That is another factor that should be taken into account. Another matter concerns roadworthiness testing for cars over three years. There is a certain sector of society, for whom I take the criteria to be qualification for a medical card, in which there is an easing of means...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: Is there any such test elsewhere in Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I welcome the witnesses. There are proposals in the taxi legislation currently being examined in the Dáil to prohibit vehicles that are more than nine years old being used by operators in the taxi trade. This would pose a huge burden on many taxi drivers who find it hard to manage their business and to make a viable living from it. What are the witnesses' views on the proposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I wish to ask a further question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: In terms of road safety regulations to be complied with where road construction is ongoing, which is the responsible body? Is it the local authority, the council or the contractors or subcontractors who have been engaged in the work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Proposals on Roadworthiness Testing: Discussion with Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: What is the responsible body where a fatality or serious accidents occur and there is a deficiency in complying with road safety regulations?

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: The much-awaited deal on the promissory notes gives us some restricted breathing space for economic growth. I hope it will give us a break from the crippling austerity measures of the last five or six years. However, it still leaves the country with a mountain to climb. While there is a positive side to this long-running saga, the reality is that we will not begin to pay off the principal...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I wish to share time with Deputy Joan Collins.