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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been approved, refused, under consideration or appeal in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme in 2012; the amounts of funding involved; the figures for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been approved, refused, under consideration or appeal in respect of the single farm payment scheme in 2012; the amounts of funding involved; the figures for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52031/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 Nov 2012)

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. [52009/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (21 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the farm safety campaign will be extended to include school children and older farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51694/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (21 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will restore the live trade to Libya, Egypt and the Lebanon which will provide vital price competition and outlets for stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51691/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (21 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist farmers, where in some sectors their incomes will be down as much as 30% as a result of the bad weather, rising feed costs, rising fertiliser costs and rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (20 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reject out of hand the policy document on the future management of commonage land here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in any efforts by the Higher Education Authority to remove home economics initial teacher education from a campus (details supplied) in County Sligo and relocating same to NUI Galway Campus; if he acknowledges that the college has a highly reputable international standing within home economics and home economics teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (15 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the qualification criteria currently being applied and process all student grant applications as a matter of urgency; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 66,000 applications have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland and to date only 18,000 have been processed, 9,000 of these have been approved,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (15 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the development of the Irish Cultural/GAA Museum at Fitzgerald's stadium, Killarney, County Kerry; if he acknowledges the potential this €3 million project has for tourism in the County; if he will request Fáilte Ireland to support and provide funding for this project in 2013 that has the potential to be one...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: The credit union movement in this country has made a huge contribution to society. It has provided a culture of savings and prudent management of finance to thousands of individuals and families since it was set up by Nora Herlihy and her fellow pioneers and promoters of the Irish League of Credit Unions from its infancy. The movement has developed to its current number of approximately 400...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: It is all national. I have noticed when travelling on the highway between Limerick or Cork and Dublin that an unusually high quantity of water remains on the road surface after rainfalls. Is the drainage standard of the road sufficient to cope with the abnormally heavy rainfalls of the past few years? Larger vehicles produce a significant amount of spray, thereby creating a safety hazard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: The NRA has gone back to the drawing board for the Tralee-Dingle route. Is there a consultative process prior to plans being submitted to An Bord Pleanála? It would be prudent to reach general agreement on a preliminary draft in order to avoid deadlock on finalised plans. I commend the NRA on the Ring of Kerry road and ask it to expedite the Macroom-Killarney and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment with the audiology department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50552/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to appoint a replacement doctor to the dispensary in Sneem, County Kerry even on a temporary basis of two mornings and two evenings a week in view of the fact that the discontinuation of this service in the dispensary over the past 12 months has caused much inconvenience to local residents; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (14 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an application in respect of a pre-school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [50565/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (13 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49700/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when the promised podiatry post at Kerry General Hospital that was sanctioned in April 2012 be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50080/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the number of elderly persons in the region of 80 years of age living alone, with serious illness, who had their home help hours reduced by more than two hours per week in the most recent cutbacks in each of the following areas in County Kerry, Tralee, Killarney, Kenmare, Rathmore, Castleisland, Dingle, Listowel and Killorglin; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (13 Nov 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Failte Ireland to support and provide funding to four festivals in County Kerry (details supplied); if he will ask Failte Ireland to take into consideration the importance of these festivals to tourism in the county and the very special effort that they are making for the Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement...