Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Tom Fleming

1144. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a matter regarding retirement forms in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/15]

School Transport Tendering

Tom Fleming

1191. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and amend the new tendering process adapted by Bus Éireann which is causing concern to parents of special needs children and the small bus contractors transporting these special needs children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30734/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Tom Fleming

1221. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-introduce the CERT Course for Apprentice Training for the Hospitality Industry, and locate the new training centre in Killarney, County Kerry where the centre was formerly based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30914/15]

School Staff

Tom Fleming

1247. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Schools Health and Safety

Tom Fleming

1307. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Tom Fleming

1309. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

School Staff

Tom Fleming

1310. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [31650/15]

Schools Amalgamation

Tom Fleming

1316. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to facilitate a meeting between her Department officials and the Board of Management of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding progressing the proposed amalgamation of these schools which is imperative for the future needs of education in this Gaeltacht area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31849/15]

School Management

Tom Fleming

1339. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

School Funding

Tom Fleming

1343. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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 statement on the matter. [32146/15]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Tom Fleming

1346. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Motor Tax Rates

Tom Fleming

1377. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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 employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31144/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Tom Fleming

1405. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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]

Community Development Projects

Tom Fleming

1406. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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]

Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas

Tom Fleming

1407. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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 the matter. [30915/15]

Community Development Projects

Tom Fleming

1408. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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. [30919/15]

Homeless Persons Data

Tom Fleming

1411. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Tom Fleming

1412. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications Data

Tom Fleming

1425. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the 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]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Tom Fleming

1542. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]