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Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: We are spending approximately 80% of Dáil time this week on the spring statement but, in reality, we are just regurgitating material discussed at the last budget. For the past six months, we have underperformed dramatically, to be honest, in the delivery of what was set out in the programme for Government, which is over four years old now. I would have expected better statements and...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: We got some platitudes last night in the statement from the Minister of State who was here. He is a very able man but we really needed the Taoiseach and senior Ministers.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: That would have showed respect for the motion before the House.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: These are just a few issues. There is another crisis out there which we have not really addressed in any manner, and that is the jobs crisis. Statistics published this week by EUROSTAT indicate that one in four Irish people with jobs is working part-time.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: There are 130,000 people who want more working hours. This is an indictment of jobs policies.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: The rate of youth unemployment is totally unacceptable. Approximately 25% of young people aged between 18 and 35 years are unemployed. This figure does not include those who have emigrated, who would account for 7% or 8% of that age group, thus giving an overall youth unemployment rate of 33% or one third. Many young people are participating in training schemes. Improvements are required...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 91. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for lower limb amputations on diabetic patients; the arrangements made to carry out these procedures in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16864/15]

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: I compliment Deputy Stephen Donnelly on bringing forward these rational and logical proposals. They offer practical measures to resolve the greatest scourge facing people in recent years. We have not seen the likes of this catastrophic situation in any facet of Irish life. It is a problem that is spiralling out of control at a rapid pace and affecting thousands of people. Up to 117,000...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that additional relevant medical information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16350/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently review an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16835/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the issue whereby some local authorities are imposing rates on private turbines attached to enterprises that are providing valuable employment and have invested in their turbines to lesson their energy costs and stay viable, in view of the fact this is an anti-jobs measure; if he will act immediately; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the blind welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact the unnecessary cut of €5.70 per week is affecting that person's quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients who test positive for Lyme disease in other European Union countries are not given access to treatment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 264. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a meeting on Lyme disease by the Oireachtas health committee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16387/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive regarding the hundreds of notifications by the executive to elderly, vulnerable recipients of home help in County Kerry; if he will ensure the necessary funding is provided to offset these severe cuts to already diminished services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16615/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, as the national liver transplant centre of excellence and continue the utilisation of expertise by the specialist team in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for an extension to the library at Mary Immaculate College, County Limerick, in view of the fact that the number of study spaces has been reduced from 250, that is, a ratio of 1:3, to 210, that is, a ratio of 16:1, due to remedial works in 2010 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will initiate the Trinity early screening test in reading and writing for dyslexic students in view of the fact that this test is designed to help teachers identify five and six year olds who may experience literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16762/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (23 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review and reverse the proposal to abolish the local companies for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (details supplied), the proposal which is to replace service with a number of new quangos, based either regionally or nationally, in view of the fact that this is a further attack on local democracy and active citizenship, and as a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (23 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the centralisation of purchasing, and aggregation of requirements, resulting in bigger contracts, thereby excluding small and medium size enterprises from the tendering process; his plans to amend the policy of dealing with fewer suppliers as part of public purchases, which is hugely detrimental to small businesses;...