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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 940: To ask the Minister for Health the number of new medical cards and general practitioner visit card applications were received in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 from applicants in County Kerry; the number granted and refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27008/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 941: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card and general practitioner visit card renewals new applications are currently being processed nationally; the number being processed in respect of County Kerry applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27009/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 953: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding reduced home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [27147/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 964: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the filter product macrolane that has been found to interfere with the diagnosis of breast cancer; if all the women treated with this product have been contacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27275/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 972: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting lists for prosthetics in counties Kerry and Cork in which up to 120 persons are currently on the waiting list, some of whom are waiting up to six /seven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27361/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 987: To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to end the two tier system in this country by putting in place a system of universal health insurance, thus ensuring access for all patients on the basis of need rather than on the basis of means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27489/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 988: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 217 of the 9 May 2012, if he will clarify the status of Air Ambulance Ireland with regard to him providing paramedics to be assigned from his Department to enable this organisation to provide the comprehensive service it has proposed. [27492/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 989: To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently investigate the reduction of home help hours in County Kerry to the elderly and some who are severely disabled in view of the fact that these measures are putting these patients and their families in a state of distress. [27497/12]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the upgrading of 300 meters of the final stretch of public access road L8007 to a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry. [27495/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (6 Jun 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the development of Loop Head Lighthouse, County Clare, his plans to develop lighthouses as tourist visitor centres whereby they would be a source of education, tourism and marine heritage and if he will also insure that the architectural integrity of these structures would be protected. [27496/12]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently undertake the forensic financial review of the cost of care for the section 39 funded residential units at Valentia Hospital, County Kerry, to enable him to put funding arrangements in place for this hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26049/12]

Written Answers — International Trade: International Trade (23 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline, in tabular form, the total amount and names of countries that Ireland has export or import trade with; the type of goods and appliances in exports or imports with each country; and the total cost in exports or imports in each type of goods and appliances. [25845/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25754/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25841/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (23 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health if he will add the drug Sativex to the controlled drug schedule to enable it to be available to persons with Multiple Sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/12]

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: I wish to share time with Deputies Clare Daly and Mattie McGrath.

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: The establishment of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland is a progressive step. It will combine the existing National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, NQAI, the Further Education and Training Awards Council, FETAC, and the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, HETAC, into a single cohesive body. This should ensure that we are competitive in terms of the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will process a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry that is ongoing since last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25677/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (17 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the uptake for the specific skills long term scheme 1000 places to be available on a County basis and is the success rate of participants in accessing full-time employment. [24684/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (17 May 2012)

Tom Fleming: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the uptake for the specific skills training short term 5000 places to be available on a County basis and the success rate of participants in accessing full-time employment. [24685/12]