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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (20 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a decision on a student grant application 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. [9140/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (20 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Light Pollution (20 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the correspondence (details supplied) regarding the International Darkskyes Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9282/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Funding the Broadcasting Sector: Discussion with Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (20 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I need just 30 seconds. I welcome the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland delegation today. The statistics it provides are most revealing about the huge impact of local radio in this country over the past 24 years. There is great involvement between communities and local presenters as indicated by the huge response I hear on Kerry Radio where there is a great deal of interaction and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (21 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider introducing a scheme to assist homeowners in protecting their properties against coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9333/13]

State Forestry: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: Coillte controls 11% of the landmass of the Republic of Ireland. Our climate is ideal for soft wood trees and we have three times the growth rate of the European continent and Scandinavia, where the average amount of forested land is close to 40% of total landmass. The potential of Coillte is unexploited here. The State has set a target of 17% afforestation by 2035 and Coillte, the forest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9777/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an up to date progress report in relation to the construction of new primary and secondary schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10278/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Cabinet Committee on Job Creation has investigated the jobs crisis in County Kerry; if it will request the Industrial Development Agency to prioritise County Kerry for jobs investment in view of the fact that the county lost Objective 1 Status in 1998 and the fact that the three nearest counties have fared exceptionally better...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland for County Kerry in each of the following years, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10277/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Tourism Promotion (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made by Inland Fisheries Ireland in developing the tourism potential of our inland rivers and lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will invetsigate a derogation case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the application for orthotics in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9648/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting list for occupational therapy intervention in County Kerry; the length of time they are waiting; the number on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy in County Kerry and the length of time they are waiting; when he will address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10238/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately lift the moratorium on staff recruitment in the Health Service Executive and appoint occupational therapists to address the waiting lists for occupational therapy intervention in County Kerry and the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy in the County Kerry; if he will address these waiting lists that are most unreasonable; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kerry; the length of time they are waiting; the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting lists in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion with Irish Rural Dwellers Association (26 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I welcome the witnesses. They have a great deal of experience of working in their local communities, they have diverse occupations and are representative of rural Ireland. Ireland is a small country with a very good quality of life which is envied by many countries. A view expressed by visitors when they come here is that we have an unpolluted countryside and a lovely environment. Our...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Costs (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public bodies that engage the services of legal firms and legal practitioners are compelled to publish annual payments made to each legal firm or legal persons, relating to each calendar year; and the systems in place to monitor this and ensure that public moneys are not being wasted. [10587/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Costs (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: I thank the Minister for his reply. Departments have historically paid exorbitant legal fees. The HSE probably has the highest expenditure to legal firms. The payment of crazy sums of money was recently revealed in The Sunday Business Post on foot of freedom of information requests. Some €71.5 million has been paid to solicitors' firms. One firm received €11.5 million in a...