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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will allocate funding for the national cycling velodrome and badminton arena, which has planning permission in Abbotstown in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27572/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently investigate and expedite an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the new proposals for the one-parent family payment and rescind the regressive elements of the proposals before the introduction of the amended scheme on 2 July 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26801/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26731/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint the required staff to the cystic fibrosis specialist unit in Cork University Hospital, given that all the facilities provided have been made possible by the substantial funding of a volunteer charitable group (details supplied), the targeted opening date of March 2015 is overdue and the facility is a great necessity for the affected...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make staff available for the €3 million high-observation psychiatric unit at Kerry General Hospital, which was completed in December 2014, as this facility is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26848/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and expedite a remote area grant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry for the 2015-16 school year, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26747/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the merited appeal due to exceptional circumstances and the importance of the retention of a teacher in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26787/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed improvement to the N22 blackspot at Knockaderry Hill, adjacent to the Skahies county road junction on the Farranfore to Killarney road in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (2 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange to have signage urgently erected on the Wild Atlantic Way at the Kilcummin junction entrance to Cloghane and Brandon in County Kerry, as this entrance and roadway is adjacent to the shoreline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26891/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: Our spend in early childhood education is 0.2% of GDP whereas the European average is 0.7% of GDP. This puts it in a nutshell. We are straggling behind almost all developed countries in our investment in this vital sector. The cuts to lone parents without a proper structure of supports will cause devastation and bedlam for the vast majority. The child care to enable many of these...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: There is no doubting the Minister of State's commitment to the project from the very start, but the HSE's ad hocarrangements are unfortunate. It appears that a staff member within the hospital was seconded to oversee the issue of staffing levels. It is mindboggling that, at this late stage, they have fallen down disastrously in failing to put the necessary team together. I understand there...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: I am glad that the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is responding to this issue because I do not think there is anyone better acquainted with the various obstacles and snags that affect health services. She has been very helpful at various stages in addressing the anomalies and issues that arise in dealing with this matter. There is an undue delay in opening the 20 bed adult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Chair-Designate (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: At the outset, I compliment Ms O'Neill on her presentation and wish her well into the future. From listening to her and reading her documentation, she appears to have a very broad vision. Will she state what inhibitions or prohibitions she sees down the road in realising her aims and aspirations in the role she is taking on? Does she believe the role of the Sustainable Energy Authority of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Chair-Designate (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: I asked about Shannon and liquefied natural gas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Chair-Designate (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: One issue that I have little information on is the high-retention new type of brick. It may not be available in this country yet but if I get further information on it I will send it on to Ms O'Neill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Chair-Designate (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: Are there any plans for an awareness campaign in primary schools for energy conservation? It is very important to target the younger generation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, together with the Health Service Executive, include ovarian cancer blood test cancer antigen 125 in a free screening programme, given that early screening is vital to prolonging and saving lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (1 Jul 2015)

Tom Fleming: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a student with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26633/15]

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Tom Fleming: I hope the Taoiseach will take up this matter with his Ministers in the coming week because time is limited. I also hope he will follow up on what he has said here. It is estimated that there are over 600,000 people in this country with some disability. Since the collapse of the banks in 2008, the problem has been exacerbated in the intervening years, bringing fear, consternation and worry...