Results 321-340 of 3,100 for speaker:Tom Fleming in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the loss of a teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will take cognisance of a petition (details supplied) which outlines the current dilemma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31170/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an appeal by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the need for replacing the third teacher in the all-boys school which is located in the Gaeltacht with a delivering equality of opportunity in schools Band 2 status and where there is no allowance for the weighted system; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on discussions held between the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry and development officials in respect of the urgent need for alterations to some existing landscaping plans to enable a school bus turning area and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with a submission by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for a new school due to the deterioration of the existing school's structural condition, which is a mid-19th century build; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31646/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the need for time free from class teaching for primary school principals and allow at least one day a week with substitute cover, which would allow these principals the time to concentrate on the leading of teaching and learning in their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32139/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the current school funding for primary schools from 92 cent per pupil up to the secondary school level rate of €1.77 per student, due to increasing running costs for insurance, electrical, and so on and the financial demands and burdens it places on boards of management and parents; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will continue to pursue primary school smaller class sizes to address the situation whereby class sizes are the highest in the eurozone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32173/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse, in the forthcoming budget, the trend of high road tax which is the highest in Europe and drastic depreciation of motor vehicles in view of the fact that this is imposing considerable financial burdens on motorists and businesses and is contributing to the closure of garages and subsequent loss of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will urgently introduce the new tenant purchase scheme, as due to recent local authority rent reviews and subsequent increases, many tenants wish to avail of opportunities to purchase a house at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the potential economic benefits of the community development programme, which provides local action groups with access to funding from EU social and regional funding; if he will urgently make submission to the EU for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30913/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the potential economic benefits of the community development LED local development programme, which provides local action groups with access to funding from EU social and regional funding; if he will urgently make a submission to the EU for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include County Kerry in the €2 million funded rural economic development zone pilot scheme, in order to encourage and promote local enterprise and development, and provide sustainable jobs, due to the lack of industrial development agency-led investment in the county; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of homeless persons in each county as of 30 August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31001/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the emergency provision of pre-fabricated buildings as an interim measure to facilitate some of the most urgent cases of persons who are currently accommodated in hotels, beds and breakfasts, hostels and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31002/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent scheme proposals that have been investigated and considered; the number that have been approved to date; and if he will provide each county details in tabular form. [31112/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the need for quality broadband in Dingle town and the Corca Dhuibhne peninsula, County Kerry as the existing service is impeding the local economy of this prime tourist area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31113/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed Macroom bypass (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31107/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding inclusions in the map of the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31255/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an application by a sports club (details supplied) in County Kerry for a sports capital grant to develop an all weather pitch on the complex as the club is totally inclusive to the community's needs and are catering equally for male and female sports and current grounds is unable to cope with the demand all the year...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Sep 2015)

Tom Fleming: 1620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the National Roads Authority and Iarnród Éireann regarding the urgency of remedial measures to eliminate the ongoing discomfort and potentially hazardous conditions for commuters at the level crossing at Minish, east of Killarney, County Kerry, on N72; and if he will make a statement on the matter....