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Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (27 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: The letter I received states that the number of applications received in 2012 was 2,495, in 2013 it was 2,572 and in 2014 it was 2,609 while the number of reader approvals was 1826, 1,678 and 1,695, respectively. There has been a very slight increase in the number of applications, of approximately 100 over the three years, but the number of approvals has dropped and the number of refusals...

Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (27 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I raise an issue which affects approximately 1,000 students who are due to sit the leaving certificate examination in the coming week. They have special needs and applied through the Department to the State Examinations Commission for a reader to assist them in reading the examination papers in order that they will be able to answer the questions to the best of their ability. Many of them...

Midland Regional Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue and thank my party colleague, Deputy Kelleher, for tabling the Private Member's motion on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party. The main points of our motion are as follows:Dáil Éireann: extends its deepest sympathies to the parents and families of babies that died at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; condemns the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has had discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the provision of a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; the conclusions or outcome of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20639/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has given consideration to providing a pension fund for community employment scheme supervisors from within existing funds for community employment scheme supervision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of organisations that have been informed that their funding will be removed or cut by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; the amounts involved in each case; if he will re-examine these, with a view to having the funds re-instated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19923/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be reinstated to an organisation (details supplied) that was informed in recent days that its funding will be withdrawn from 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19924/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 592. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19828/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the clear referral pathways for specialist mental health services for self-harming or suicidal adolescents in County Laois and County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19891/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons requiring occupational therapy in County Laois and County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons requiring speech and language therapy in Counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the speech and language treatment facilities available in special needs schools and specific autism spectrum disorder classes in County Laois and County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19889/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapy treatment facilities available in special needs schools and specific autism spectrum disorder classes in Counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19890/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied there is adequate delivery of service for persons with autism in Counties Laois and Offaly and if this complies with what has been stated in the service statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19894/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need that were delivered within the statutory timetable in County Laois and County Offaly in 2014; the number that were delivered outside of this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19898/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the residential respite houses in Counties Laois and Offaly available for children with autism spectrum disorder; the number of persons who used these facilities in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19888/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for psychological assessment for children on the autism spectrum disorder spectrum in Counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 622. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and a clear time frame to clear the backlog of waiting lists for children with autism who require speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in County Laois and County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended the maternity unit at Portlaoise general hospital, County Laois in each of the past five years that were transferred to other maternity hospitals, such as the Coombe and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19919/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 May 2015)

Seán Fleming: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of regional and senior management in the Health Service Executive who were aware of the serious difficulties in Portlaoise hospital, County Laois, over the past seven years; the number of these persons who were promoted since; if he is satisfied that this practice continues to occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19926/15]