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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Staff Issues (26 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the dissatisfaction of the staff in psychiatric services in the Killarney area, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15334/13]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: This Bill sets out to achieve savings of €24 million annually. It is envisaged that €12 million will be saved in the second half of this year if the Bill is passed. The overall budget for the medical card system is €750 million. The €24 million being saved is nitpicking in the overall context. Statistics show older people make more use of their medical cards...

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: I ask the Minister for Social Protection to address this matter.

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: I will start on a positive note. In recent years, a new direction has been brought about by a number of policy developments concerning disability. The most notable of these is the national disability strategy which reflects the social partnership agreement Towards 2016 and various programmes for Government, including the current one of 2011. These developments will impact on the work of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Expenditure (21 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding issued by Enterprise Ireland to each company in County Kerry for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14520/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (21 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection If she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14389/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 Mar 2013)

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 Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14567/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the plight of the undocumented Irish in the US with President Obama and senior American politicians during his visit to Washington; if any progress was made; the outcome of these discussions; the persons that attended these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13913/13]

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

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a student grant as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13900/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with the Kerry Oireachtas Members and a delegation from Kerry County Council as a matter of urgency to discuss the 2013 housing grants allocation that has been reduced by 56% on the 2012 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: 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. [13687/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Aid (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new farm grants scheme to assist farmers who need to carry out drainage works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reimburse medical costs in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health his views on research carried out by the National Coalition for Vision Health here which indicates that the 220,000 already suffering sight loss could rise to 272,000 by 2020 and that the majority of these cases may be medically managed to prevent sight loss moving to total blindness; if he will make the additional resources required available as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (20 Mar 2013)

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. [14018/13]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (14 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: Yes.

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (14 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: We must certainly strike a balance in any conclusions we reach in this new CAP agreement. I plead with the Minister regarding small farmers and mountain landholders who must be supported to help them maintain their family holdings which are pivotal in the social fabric of rural Ireland. These families have eked out a living for generations, in many instances, completely against the grain and...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: The Irish Human Rights Commission has produced a considered and reasoned analysis of the Bill. I am glad that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, has taken cognisance of many of its observations and proposals, a number of which have been included in the legislation, as drafted. The Bill has the capacity to deter criminality, detect crime when it is committed,...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: I believe there has been a serious infringement of equality legislation in the context of the recent allocation for grants for people with disabilities and mobility problems, as well as grants for older people for the refurbishment of their houses to ensure they can live in reasonably comfortable homes. We are breaking the law seriously. Deputy Healy Rae and I are well aware that hundreds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Line Rental Charges: Discussion with Commission for Communications Regulation (14 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: I agree with other speakers on the urban rural divide in respect of the provision of broadband services. What is happening under the watch of ComReg is anti-rural. We are well aware it is a Third World service in many rural areas. It is discriminatory, anti-business and anti-education for the youth of rural areas. I find it hard to fathom some of the statements made at the committee...