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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: Before the tendering process commences there must be a complete reappraisal of all the matters raised today in order that there can be full clarification on all of them.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: This week's PwC report also pointed out that out of 34 countries surveyed in Europe, Ireland is ranked at No. 29. The league scores individual countries on their youth unemployment rates and their performance, for instance, in the vocational training to which the Minister referred. It is an indictment of our system that we are not catching up with the rest of the developed countries in...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: We must meet the needs in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: I am sure the Ministers to whom I referred are working together as cohesively as possible but we must step it up to a higher level. The Government must ensure that a survey is carried out on how certain European countries are getting such good results. We are lagging behind at the bottom end of the 34 countries surveyed.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: That is a very bad and sad reflection on us that we have such a high percentage of youth unemployment and that we are not addressing the matter in a proper fashion. I urge the Government to look at the European experience and see whether we can learn from the likes of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the other efficient countries.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: Youth unemployment is still double the rate it was at the start of the recession in 2008. The latest EU labour force figures show that Ireland is one of the ten European countries where youth unemployment exceeds 20%. The EU survey also shows that 15% of Ireland's youth were not in employment, education or training last year. If we take into account the thousands who were forced to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who applied in July 2015, given that mislaid documents submitted with the original application have now been resubmitted; if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Afforestation Programme (5 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 264. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expedite the clarification process for forestry planting on hen harrier land and eliminate any unnecessary restrictions to enable the affected farmers get approval for the locally led agri-environment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38739/15]

Travellers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: The tragic deaths of the two young Traveller families at the Carrickmines halting site has sadly brought a serious problem to national attention. There are 29,000 Travellers in Ireland and 4% of them are living in halting sites. The concept of halting sites as temporary is misleading and erroneous. Providing safe and acceptable sites, with running water, sanitation and electricity, is...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: While I welcome the general increases in the Social Welfare Bill 2015, they do very little to alleviate the very difficult situations in which some of Ireland's most vulnerable people find themselves. Some 160,000 people have turned 65 since the recessionary 2009 budget and yet since then the telephone allowance has been abolished, the fuel allowance season has been cut by six weeks and the...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: Many people are anxious to see this finally getting approval and to being enacted in the lifetime of this Dáil. I ask that the Taoiseach would expedite it.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: Will the Taoiseach arrange the finalising of the legal services regulation Bill 2011? This is most important legislation. Unfortunately, it has been going around both the Upper House and the Lower House for the past four years. At this stage, it has been extensively prolonged. As we know, it is very important to set up the legal services regulatory authority, the legal practitioners...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange for all outstanding payments for all applicants under the basic payment scheme to be made at an early date. [38647/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the remote sensing eligibility inspection and the application under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will ensure that payments are made at an early date, as the person is currently under financial pressure, with low...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (4 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programme of works and funding per year to be expended on the Digital Strategy for primary schools and for secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (3 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the Disability Activation Project and Training Options Programme, providing training and skills upgrades to persons with disabilities, in tabular form; the number of persons, who participated in each county; who completed the process; the number of employers who provided work experience; the job success rate;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (3 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will favourably examine an appeal by persons (details supplied), and allow for various costs such as mortgage interest management fees, in calculating the amount of rental income, and take cognisance that since 2006, both persons have been entitled to a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that this application has been prolonged, and all the relevant comprehensive remedial information has been forwarded for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37301/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37372/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (3 Nov 2015)

Tom Fleming: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted. [37417/15]