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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Tom Fleming: 1654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assurance that in the reform of rural transport over the coming months any revised plan for County Kerry will ensure and guarantee that all existing routes that cater for the rural population of County Kerry will be maintained and enhanced as is, since the commencement of this service (details supplied); and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: I welcome the CIE group. We are being painted a grim picture of the written report. Let us be fair - if CIE was a medical patient, it would be confined to intensive care. What business studies of CIE's workings and future have been undertaken? We need an independent international study group to perform a microscopic analysis in order to provide guidance and outline a way forward for the...

Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: My question comes under the Irish human rights and equality commission Bill and follows the announcement by the Minister for Justice and Equality on Garda recruitment. There is great concern among the people who had successfully applied before the Government embargo was imposed in 2009.

Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: They past all eligibility levels at interview and examination and they are fully qualified in every way and have been accepted by the Department of Justice and Equality. I would like to see that their positions would be honoured and they would get the first call for any recruitment.

Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: Will the Tánaiste ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to look at these immediately?

Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: It is.

Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: I did not get an answer.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently examine and award a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will intervene immediately with Student Universal Support Ireland to resolve the prolonged process that they have been put through and ensure that this grant is made at an early date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set up a tourism training division in conjunction with SOLAS to address the demand in the tourism and hospitality sectors (details supplied). [36759/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the names and location of the IDA Ireland supported foreign direct investment companies here; the country of origin of each company and the total up to date work force by each of these companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he outline the IDA Ireland supported jobs created by foreign direct investment companies from 1 January 2013 to 30 of June 2013; the location of each of these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36564/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Missing Children (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 632. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give a detailed progress report in respect of the missing children's hotline; and if she allocated adequate resources in place to deal with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35965/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and overturn his decision to discontinue medical cards for cancer patients (details supplied). [36758/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided for the ambulance services in County Kerry for each of the following years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [36152/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in numbers and percentages of ambulance activities in County Kerry from 1 January to 30 June 2013, including interhospital transfers, general practitioner initiated calls and the category of calls, 999 calls and the category of calls, the personnel engaged in the service in County Kerry and the number of ambulance and rapid...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (17 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: I hope the Minister will be able to bring good news regarding the Shannon LNG project to Kerry when he arrives in the county for his annual holidays. I presume the Minister and the Ceann Comhairle will be visiting us again this year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (17 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: I would like to mention some of the figures that are on the record. It is estimated that there are over 1.7 billion barrels in the Providence company's Barryroe field, which is south of the County Cork coast. It appears that 270 million barrels can be pumped in a viable manner. The Minister mentioned the Dunquin field, which is also very promising. These estimated figures are significant...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (17 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review and revise the royalties and levies agreement that allow supra-normal profits on any future oil and gas finds off our coast as evidence of recent test drillings are very positive and the speculation is that locations of these drills may prove to be most viable and lucrative; if he will provide an update...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (17 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: In a recent study worldwide it was ascertained that Ireland has the second lowest tax in the world - the Cameroons has the lowest tax - on royalty benefits to the State. This is alarming because it has also been reckoned that there is the equivalent of 10 billion barrels of oil reserves off our west coast alone. As the Minister said, much of this is non-viable but if we could extract a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (17 Jul 2013)

Tom Fleming: A closely related matter is the Shannon LNG project, which has been approved by An Bord Pleanála. I ask the Minister to use his good offices to expedite it. There is procrastination about it. That project is of enormous value to Count Kerry. As we are well aware, from €500 million to €1 billion, in rough figures, has been mentioned in terms of investment by that...