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Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. The value of the community employment schemes cannot be underestimated. They have allowed communities to remain vibrant and empowered people to carry out vital projects, deliver services and provide support for voluntary centres, carers, crèches, elderly day care centres, tidy towns, meals on wheels and numerous other activities. The...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: I will carry on where I left off. I believe the household charge should be means tested at the very least. For instance, people with mortgage debt, senior citizens and disabled people should be completely exempt from this charge, but the categories proposed for exemptions do not include any of these. The proposal that the District Court be the final adjudicator in an exemption appeal is...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: The introduction of the local government household charge will only compound the plight of many householders who are already stretched to the limit to exist in any kind of reasonable comfort. Until the intended property tax levy on households and water tax in 2014, it seems this €100 household charge is only an interim measure. This charge and its implementation will set the standard for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 32: To ask the Ministerfor Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for lone parents in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [39259/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [39260/11]

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Unfortunately owing to our straitjacket restriction within the confines of the IMF framework agreement, there was not too much room for manoeuvre to make decisions that would be more favourable and palatable for the majority of our citizens. I give credit to the Ministers and the Government for retaining most of the social welfare payments, increasing the exemption from the universal social...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on all applications received for new primary schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39082/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on all applications received for new secondary schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39083/11]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the grant aid available to persons re-entering education on part time courses at third level. [39130/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure town councillors are included in the representation of proposed ten local authority members on the new education and training boards, which will replace vocational education committees. [39131/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of having a school (details supplied) in County Kerry open, with no pupils attending, for the term after the summer holidays until its recent closure. [39132/11]

Written Answers — Skills Shortages: Skills Shortages (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fact that there is a global skills shortage in micro-electronics circuit design and that Ireland has the opportunity to position itself as a location of choice for global players through focussing increased resources on micro-electronics circuit design research in universities and institutes. [39194/11]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the strategy he has to progress the growing craft industry here. [39198/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently process a jobseeker's appeal or review application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [39175/11]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider locating a National centre of genealogy in Killarney house, which is to be refurbished in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39199/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will cover the cost of replacing or upgrading septic tanks, when households are not in a position to do so themselves. [39090/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person who will cover the cost of replacing or upgrading septic tanks, when households are not in a position to do so themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39091/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grants will be made available to cover the cost of replacing or upgrading septic tanks in view of the fact that many households will not be in a position to do so themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39092/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he proposes to address the volume of applications for local authority housing throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39176/11]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Dec 2011)

Tom Fleming: Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the submissions made by Kerry County Council to his Department regarding proposals for Scartaglen village sewerage scheme in the past 30 years, preliminary reports for the scheme and identification of a suitable site; the stage of priority it has been on in any programmes submitted to his Department in that...