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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (28 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review and update a general practitioner card to a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25321/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 664. 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. [25618/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (28 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 718. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the Wild Atlantic Way; if the route is finalised; if there are spur routes adjacent to various attractions on the main route signposted; if there is funding available to promote and market the route; if local communities are involved in the promotion and marketing in their own areas; and if he...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: I understand but he is well away from us in Finland. It is very relevant because his name and all the names I have mentioned are very much involved in the whole debacle.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: I know. In respect of the sheer volume of work involved in the Nyberg report and the timeframe of six months, there was something in the region of over 1,500 documents per day on average to be perused and clinically and microscopically examined. Disappointingly, the author of the Nyberg report said assigning the blame to a particular individual was not within his remit. He chose not to...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: After 18 months of procrastination on the Bill, I welcome that it is before the House. The referendum on granting more powers to the Oireachtas and compelling witnesses to come forward was lost in November 2011. This was unfortunate in that it would have advanced the timing of this legislation. At the time, the Minister, Deputy Howlin, carried out an investigation as to the reasons the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance following on from the decision to reduce the VAT rate from 13% to 9% and the significance of this reduction to the tourism sector here and the positive implications it has had on the industry in creating and maintaining jobs, giving value for money and so on, if he will keep the VAT rate at 9% to ensure a strong and competitive tourism industry; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to previous Parliamentary Questions in respect of homes that have been and are at risk of flooding from the Cullavaw river in Rathmore, County Kerry, if he will now make the necessary funding available to protect the homes of those families that are at risk; if officials from the Office of Public Works have investigated the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has taken to address the unacceptable waiting lists for invalidity pension appeals; the timeframe to process these appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24824/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has taken to address the unacceptable waiting lists for carer's allowance applicants; the timescale to process these applications; the number of applications received for each of the past three years; the number that were granted, refused and under appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24827/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is fair and reasonable for carer's allowance applicants to have to wait up to 12 months to have their claims processed; her views on whether it is fair and reasonable for applicants who have given up their job to care for someone on a full time basis to have to wait more than 12 month to enter payment; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24838/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the processing of applications for aquaculture licences in Castlemaine Harbour, County Kerry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these delays are hindering investment in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24822/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of providing a dedicated, specialised Alzheimer's unit in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 219. 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 County Kerry during the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24953/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: VAT Rates Reductions (23 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following on from the decision to reduce the VAT rate from 13 % to 9% and the significance of this reduction to the tourism sector here and the positive implications it has had on the industry in creating and maintaining jobs, giving value for money and so on, if he will support the calls to keep the VAT rate at 9% and ensure a strong...

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: Prior to the Maastricht treaty the creation of the European monetary system in 1979 functioned fairly well due to the residual capital controls and the frequent exchange rate alignments. After 1987, however, the system became far more rigid while capital controls were abolished as a result of the Single Market programme. Countries were increasingly obliged to follow the German interest rate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: The director general, Mr. Curran, made some comments in reply to a question on the "Prime Time Investigates: Mission to Prey" programme and the editor of news. Mr. Curran has provided an explanation today but I said it was a sacking issue. Effectively, it was a sacking by another name. I will leave it to the public to decide but that is the perception everyone had. I believe the wrong...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: In the aftermath of "A Mission to Prey", has RTE consulted other national broadcasting organisations to learn what safety measures and protocols they implement? Is RTE happy with current reforms to ensure that there is no repeat? Will a vetting system be put in place? It was a humiliating, terrible and extraordinary ordeal for the person concerned, his family and community. The programme...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disability Act Employment Targets (22 May 2013)

Tom Fleming: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target of his Department and subsidiary offices throughout the country regarding employment of persons in the special category with disabilities and if the target being achieved; the total number of employees in that category currently and the percentage of the total workforce in his Department that it represents; and...