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Other Questions: Child Poverty (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: I ask the Minister to set out his strategy for addressing the growing problems of child poverty and food poverty.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: Due to the financial shortfall, KDYS has experienced job losses over the past few years, in particular, and the organisation is trying to maintain services, protect, in particular, core services and create new programmes as they emerge. Current State funding is restricting progress and future development. The cuts are destabilising and they undermine the positive plans KDYS has to advance...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide adequate funding to the Kerry Diocesan Youth Service to enable the organisation maintain and develop their extensive network of youth facilities in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: I ask the Minister if he will provide adequate funding to the Kerry Diocesan Youth Service to enable the organisation to maintain and develop its extensive network of youth facilities in the county.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: Kerry Diocesan Youth Service is a model organisation and an example of what can be done in dealing with youth in areas with significant social problems and where well-supervised recreational facilities are needed. Over the past 25 years, Kerry Diocesan Youth Service has built an extensive network of facilities and social services. The organisation has its headquarters in Killarney and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Workers Recruitment (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: Recent statistics from the Child and Family Agency are alarming. Some 3,250 high priority cases identified over the summer are awaiting a response. Some 4,700 cases were deemed to be of medium priority while 1,500 were listed as low priority. The number of children at risk received by social services increased by 98% over the past seven years, from 21,000 to 41,600 in 2013. This gives...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Workers Recruitment (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: Front-line services are struggling to deal with the heavy case loads. Resources are scarce. HIQA estimated that some social work teams are operating at 70% of their intended staffing levels and that was having a serious negative effect on the delivery of social services. The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, recently pointed out that she had raised concerns about how continued resource...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Workers Recruitment (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the necessary number of social workers for services for children and youth. [36155/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Workers Recruitment (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: I congratulate the Minister and wish him well in his new Ministry. There is a major task ahead, as illustrated by our questions today. I welcome the fact that 100 social workers are to be recruited.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment Measures (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will co-ordinate a programme of action between the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Education and Skills to address the escalating youth unemployment issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Suspension (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the discontinuation of the minor works scheme and grant approval to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to carry out essential repairs and improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36252/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the town and village sewerage scheme proposals from each local authority; the plan status of each scheme; the type of treatment plant proposed; the schemes where sites are purchased; the estimated cost to develop each scheme proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36334/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (25 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the feasibility of reed bed treatment plants for public sewerage schemes on an environment friendly, energy saving and overall cost benefit basis and if he will be pursuing a policy of promoting these type proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36373/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: We are all aware there was no intent on the part of the vast majority of farmers who are affected by these regulations to break any sort of rule. Everything was done in good faith. The new satellite imagery system was introduced mainly to deal with marginal land. Much of this is questionable in terms of what the satellite has ascertained. Farmers consider they have grassland, even though...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: I acknowledge that the Minister is making his best effort with the European Commission but I ask him to go back to the table, particularly in regard to retrospective payments. A large number of farmers will be forced out of business if they have to go back over five years, as is being threatened. This is not an acceptable situation. It is well known that surveys are being carried out in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding issues that farmers face on the land eligibility penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35260/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: The question relates to issues in regard to land eligibility. This is a very serious matter. It seems more than 33,000 land parcels are affected. Eligibility or ineligibility is a very grey area and I ask that the Minister makes every effort to minimise the impact on the Irish farmers affected.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: It is also essential that the Minister ensures all rules and regulations are tied up within a short time and that the scheme is expedited to give the planners an opportunity. It must also be sent to the EU Commission as speedily as possible to ensure farmers qualify for their payments at an early date in the new year. Sustaining viability in farming is dependent on the success of GLAS and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: I wish to ask the Minister the position regarding the issues farmers are facing with regard to land eligibility penalties.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Fleming: Given the dilemma facing farmers because of the Russian sanctions on food and a general reduction in their incomes, I take it that the Minister is sincere in his efforts to advance the scheme as quickly as possible. I ask him to keep a focus on it and ensure farmers receive their rightful moneys at an early stage.