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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42405/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the effects the €130 million package of health cuts will have for maintaining and continuing the delivery of services in both hospitals and in the community in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42436/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain, develop and enhance home care front line services in order to keep people at home longer and lesson the financial burden on our hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42438/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report in respect of the orthopaedic waiting lists in Counties Kerry and Cork; the number of patients currently on the waiting list; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the number of home helps in County Kerry; the number of applicants for home help in Kerry waiting a decision on their application; the number of applicants in 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. [42483/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is consistently cutting home help hours in County Kerry; his views on the implications that these cuts are having on the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, the sick and the disabled; his views on whether these cuts are driving more people into hospitals in view of the fact that they are no longer being adequately cared for; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: 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 the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the unacceptable waiting lists and waiting times in audiology services in County Kerry in view of the fact that these long delays are impacting on the quality of life of those on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/12]

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Drug addiction is a scourge in every townland and hamlet in this country. The national drugs strategy task force established approximately ten years ago has made a significant impact on addressing the drugs problem throughout Ireland. The national drugs misuse report needs to be revisited, reviewed, tidied up administratively, followed up and implemented. In addition, all new funding...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: With regard to legislation relating to the environment in conjunction with agriculture, everybody welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine last week about the reintroduction of the agri-environment options scheme. However, the exclusion of hedgerows, which was an integral part of the old rural environment protection scheme, from the scheme is a huge...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Hedgerows have always been a feature of our landscape and heritage and agriculture is a huge industry. Will the Minister contact his ministerial colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine and ask them to reconsider the scheme because there will be huge job losses?

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: Hedgerows are an integral part of the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and take into consideration the exceptional medical circumstances and grant a discretionary medical card as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revive the modern languages in primary schools initiative in view of statistics that only 4% of primary students here learn a foreign language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Governments recently announced €2.25 billion capital investment programme; the number of jobs to be created; the timeframe for same; and the sources of the required €2.25 billion funding. [41702/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the Office of Public Works to investigate and examine the need for the dredging of part of the Cordal River adjacent to Cordal GAA grounds, County Kerry, in view of the fact that the playing area is affected when the river floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41318/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [41719/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the provision of uncongested high speed broadband to industry as in some areas where large scale employers are located (details supplied) and in view of the fact that these companies have not got required Mbps speeds; and if he will examine these two locations as pilot areas [41952/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland participate in the National mapping exercise being conducted in the National Broadband Plan to identify priority areas for upgrading to uncongested high speed broadband where currently there are existing employers whose businesses are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (2 Oct 2012)

Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the restoration of live trade to Egypt, Lebanon and Libya which is vital for additional outlets for stock and price competition; and when he expects trade to open in these markets. [41317/12]