Results 341-360 of 3,791 for speaker:Tom Fleming

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently examine an application for an invalidity pension from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as the person has submitted all relevant information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33469/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of persons who have applied for the back-to-work enterprise allowance; the number who were successful; the number who have launched their own business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33519/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the increase in youth unemployment from 19.9% to 20.2% to set out the impact of the new measures introduced by her Department to address the urgent need to accommodate the young people of Ireland in the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33524/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the current distressed mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33508/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Asthma Programme (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funds for the immediate implementation of the Health Service Executive national clinical programme for asthma in the forthcoming budget, which will provide equitable access to treatment for everyone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33557/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provision in the upcoming budget for a reduction in the cost of medication for those persons with asthma, as the cost of medication is prohibitively high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33560/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have applied for the Momentum ignite programme; the number who were successful; who completed the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33518/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (30 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an application for a sports capital grant by CastleIsland Athletic Football Club in County Kerry to enable it to upgrade the senior and junior pitches (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Services (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the proposals by the Central Bank of Ireland for a savings limit of €100,000 per credit union member, as these limits will force the affected members to withdraw their savings and business from credit unions and place their funds on deposit with the main banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine and reduce the employers' pay related social insurance, PRSI, rate of 10.75% to 8.5% for employees earning up to €400 per week, in the event of an increase in the minimum wage of 50 cent; his plans to widen the PRSI weekly band to alleviate the unbalanced cost attributed to the employer; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-instate the inheritance threshold of €542,544 which was set for early 2009, given that the threshold of €225,000 is too low; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33248/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the value added tax rate on natural no-sugar-added juices, for example, apple, orange, wheat grass, kale, and spinach-based, that is juices made from 100% product and containing nothing else, from 23% to 0%, in order to make them more affordable and accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33249/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that have been closed in the past five years; the difference between the number of available public hospital beds currently, and five years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33220/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Bus Éireann to provide a bus shelter in sráidbhaile Baile an Fheiréartaigh in Corca Dhuibhne in Contae Chiarrai, which is a prime tourist area, with Bus Éireann transport crucial to the local population and to visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (29 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 648. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will arrange to have urgent repairs carried out to the Muckross House Demesne Road and the Reen to Ross Castle Road in Killarney in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33457/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (24 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a disability allowance on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has submitted all relevant information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (24 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 232. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support the Heritage Council's investment in projects (details supplied) which set out its needs for 2016, and increase its capacity to support local communities through these grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32562/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: We are stuck within a health service where lengthy waiting lists appear to be a permanent feature. Approximately 400,000, which is one in 12, are currently on the outpatient waiting lists while well over 50,000 are waiting for procedures. It is recognised that the care provided by staff once a patient gets into hospital is generally of a very high standard. Why the mismatch in access to...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: I welcome the Bill, which proposes to address the many anomalies in all aspects of the transport network. A major deficiency in the Road Traffic Act 1961 is being addressed, whereby an amendment to section 106 will correct the implicit contradiction in its provision relating to duties on occurrence of an accident. The new hit-and-run indictable offences introduced in 2014 through amendments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Chairperson Designate (23 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: I also welcome the chairman designate of IFI. Does IFI co-operate and liaise with Fáilte Ireland? Mr. Gorman mentioned the depletion of stocks, of which I am very well aware in my own county of Kerry, as is Deputy Patrick O'Donovan in his area. Stock rates are falling dramatically in the Feale, Laune, Maine and Flesk rivers, among others. In the adjoining county of Cork there are...