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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (5 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to axe the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant that will have an adverse impact and is an attack on persons with disabilities and goes right to the very core of their independence; his views on the Ombudsman's report which found the Government to be in breach of equality legislation because eligibility for the schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (5 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (5 Mar 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 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. [11239/13]

Other Questions: Croke Park Agreement (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: Croke Park is not completely equitable for workers in all sectors.

Other Questions: Croke Park Agreement (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: The incomes of people earning over €80,000 have not been sufficiently reduced in comparison to people earning below €65,000 who are taking an excessive hit in terms of the reductions. Could the Minister alleviate the position of those in the lower sectors of our public sector, such as nurses, hospital staff, gardaí and firefighters? They are facing a cut of 8% but those...

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...

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

Tom Fleming: The Minister needs to cap the fees by setting a maximum fee for senior counsel and junior counsel. I hope the Minister will advertise publicly for the services of senior counsel and solicitors who will be placed on a panel to act for the State. We recently learned that child services were being fleeced in terms of legal fees at a time of great financial scarcity in that sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse a decision to remove a resource teaching post for the 2013/2014 school year at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will take into consideration the obligation to provide fully for the needs of all pupils in this school [10513/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will expedite the transaction with Kerry County Council regarding provision of a site for proposed new cemetery on the grounds of the Derrynane Abbey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10732/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address youth unemployment in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10682/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (27 Feb 2013)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans she has in place to address long-term unemployment in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10686/13]

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...

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...

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]