Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Tom Fleming

186. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a lung specialist to Kerry General Hospital owing to the increase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as this is the fourth most common cause of death here after lung cancer, heart disease and stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42012/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

121. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that the person has submitted all relevant information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41482/15]

Disability Allowance Data

Tom Fleming

137. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received, granted at initial stages, refused, appealed, and subsequently granted following appeal, by county, from 1 January 2014 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41718/15]

Rural Social Scheme Data

Tom Fleming

148. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of rural social workers in County Kerry participating in community schemes; the schemes they are participating in; if she will extend the numbers engaged in these schemes given their benefit to rural towns and villages, the value of the training to participants and the value in terms of supplementing their low income and the greater community demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41813/15]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Tom Fleming

162. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the status of proposals for the provision of finance to small and medium enterprises from the European Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41412/15]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Tom Fleming

164. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the status of proposals for the provision of finance to small and medium enterprises from the European Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41575/15]

IDA Jobs Data

Tom Fleming

183. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and location of IDA Ireland-led foreign direct investment companies; the number employed by each company; the percentage of firms by county; the percentage employed by these firms, by county, to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41368/15]

Industrial Development

Tom Fleming

185. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to promote County Kerry as a location for foreign direct investment, given the enhanced and regional aid status given to County Kerry as a disadvantaged region; the progress in attracting jobs to the county since this initiative was introduced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41411/15]

Startup Funding

Tom Fleming

189. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the €500,000 competitive start fund in encouraging entrepreneurs and members of the diaspora to set up here; the response to date by start-up enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41573/15]

Job Retention

Tom Fleming

194. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene as a State investor for the stalled liquified gas terminal and combined heat and power plant of Tarbert-Ballylongford, County Kerry due to the withdrawal by the Hess Corporation Investment Company from the project, and as Shannon LNG Limited has spent €63 million on the project to date, it is imperative that the Government would ensure that the viability of this development will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41681/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

269. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine and expedite a single payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/15]

Apiculture Industry

Tom Fleming

275. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will develop native honey production as a food product, given that 90% of honey consumption is imported and given that this product has huge potential for job creation if proper supports and specialist training courses for persons who wish to enter this market are put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41770/15]

EU Directives

Tom Fleming

342. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to incorporate the recently introduced EU victims directive into the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41709/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

367. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Tom Fleming

368. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the distribution of funds for the emergency department task force; the allocation provided to each public hospital and public residential home; the number of additional beds sustained in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41282/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Tom Fleming

369. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the positive impact the suspension of the Health Information and Quality Authority regulations have had on the enhancement of the bed complement for this winter season in regard to Kerry General Hospital in Daingean Uí Chúis, Listowel, Kenmare and Killarney community hospitals and in the St. Columbanus home in Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41283/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Tom Fleming

386. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41408/15]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Tom Fleming

387. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will favourably examine an application for a lottery grant to his Department by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry which is providing excellent and essential services to the youth of County Kerry, regarding all aspects of health and social well being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41409/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

389. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41467/15]

Mental Health Services Funding

Tom Fleming

408. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in the 2016 mental health budget (details supplied) in compliance with A Vision for Change, the mental health services report for 2006, which recommended that a minimum of 8.5% of the health budget should be allocated to mental health to implement its recommendations, including a comprehensive 24 hour, seven day community-based service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41588/15]

Medical Qualifications

Tom Fleming

437. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will protect the titles of "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" as the level of service physiotherapists and physical therapists provide is completely different (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41820/15]

School Curriculum

Tom Fleming

490. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 11 March 2015, the progress in developing a new integrated primary languages curriculum; if this initiative will lead to further extending this programme to incorporate some continental languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41542/15]

Skills Shortages

Tom Fleming

503. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the 2015 National Skills Bulletin Report by the expert group on future skills needs, which identified a skills shortage in a number of areas, mostly in the information and technology sector, but also in the engineering, science and health sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41587/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

525. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently examine and expedite a grant review by Student Universal Support Ireland for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41819/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Standards

Tom Fleming

533. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to enable the reintroduction of bedsits into the rental housing stock, to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/15]

Hydraulic Fracturing

Tom Fleming

571. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding the State expended on research into hydraulic fracturing, which is environmentally damaging and commercially non-viable; the results of the research in regard to the effects on human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41700/15]

Invalidity Pension Eligibility

Tom Fleming

50. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a review of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40810/15]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

150. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40363/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

151. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an appeal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40419/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

167. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for 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. [40556/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Tom Fleming

187. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist granted and refused from 1 January 2015 to date, by county and in tabular form; the average waiting time for decisions on appeal; the number on appeal referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentage of these approved and refused. [40655/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Tom Fleming

191. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement granted and refused; the average waiting time for decisions on appeal; the number on appeal referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentages of these approved and refused, by county and in tabular form, from 1 January 2015 to date. [40735/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Tom Fleming

192. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance granted and refused; the average waiting time for decisions on appeal; the number on appeal referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentages of these approved and refused by county, from 1 January 2015 to date, in tabular form. [40736/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Tom Fleming

193. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance granted and refused; the average waiting time for decisions on appeal; the number on appeal referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentages of these approved and refused, by county from 1 January 2015 to date, in tabular form. [40737/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

375. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40169/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

376. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40170/15]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Tom Fleming

397. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding to upgrade the operating theatre in Kerry General Hospital, given that no funding has been provided to carry out necessary structural improvement to the theatre since the hospital opened in 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40322/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

442. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has submitted all relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Tom Fleming

461. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40640/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

511. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40129/15]

Road Safety

Tom Fleming

631. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to consult with the Road Safety Authority regarding a submission (details supplied) on the advantages of rear-facing children's car seats, as their usage would be a cost-effective way of reducing injury and death, as per statistics in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/15]

National Roads Authority Projects

Tom Fleming

634. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to immediately review the current road works on the N71 Muckross Road in Killarney in County Kerry, due to drastic reductions in the width of the road, which is of major concern to local residents and businesses, and is a highly trafficked tourism transport system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40677/15]

Film Industry Promotion

Tom Fleming

40. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that are being implemented to promote Ireland as a film location and, in particular, to highlight all locations of panoramic and aesthetic significance similar to the way Sceilg Mhichíl was for the Star Wars film; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39259/15]

Social Welfare Schemes

Tom Fleming

55. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for a hearing aid grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39888/15]

Financial Instruments

Tom Fleming

91. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; if he will implement the proposals requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39870/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

109. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide clarification regarding additional top-up moneys from the Exchequer to boost the €13.7 million European Union crisis fund; if he will dispense the funds to enable viability to those engaged in farming regarded as vulnerable who have endured dramatic income losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39872/15]

Citizenship Applications

Tom Fleming

124. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine and expedite an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39829/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Appeals

Tom Fleming

42. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a farm assist appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39697/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Tom Fleming

49. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an overpayment of jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39767/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Tom Fleming

69. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise County Kerry in the broadband intervention strategy, as the county has had significant underinvestment by the State and the market in its telecom infrastructure, which is manifestly obvious from the national broadband plan survey data map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39198/15]

Post Office Network

Tom Fleming

71. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite and implement the recommendations in the report of the post office business development group, chaired by Mr. Bobby Kerr; if he will support, in conjunction with this, the maintenance of social protection payments, the provision of new public services, basic banking and the roll-out of new commercial and financial products delivered through the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39241/15]

Renewable Energy Generation

Tom Fleming

75. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress his Department has made in the development of solar energy; the projected target for solar energy as a percentage of our energy needs by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39028/15]

Building Energy Rating Compliance

Tom Fleming

76. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of houses, business premises, community and public buildings evaluated to date for building energy ratings; the status of the various ratings for these buildings; if he will provide a significant increase in funding in 2016 to dramatically progress retrofit programmes to bring the building stock up to an acceptable level of energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39027/15]

Renewable Energy Generation

Tom Fleming

78. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made regarding research into the development of ocean wave energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39026/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

124. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a review of a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant medical information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39031/15]

Illness Benefit Applications

Tom Fleming

136. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39148/15]

Agriculture Schemes

Tom Fleming

272. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to roll out the locally led agri-environmental scheme to facilitate farmers in hen harrier areas; if he will expedite the design and approval to ensure that long overdue compensation for this cohort of affected farmers is paid as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39224/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

494. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and expedite an application for a non-adjacent rate of maintenance grant to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39334/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Tom Fleming

524. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) which includes positive proposals to progress and accelerate the Government's strategy to address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39147/15]

Waste Management

Tom Fleming

527. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure a functioning return mechanism for end-of-life tyres is provided to operators who pay an environment management charge on truck tyres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39152/15]

Waste Management

Tom Fleming

531. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to amend the waste tyre regime; the added cost to operators for the purchase of tyres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39184/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

175. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Afforestation Programme

Tom Fleming

264. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

99. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Tom Fleming

100. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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 farming income coming into the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/15]

Digital Strategy for Schools

Tom Fleming

228. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Disability Activation Projects

Tom Fleming

156. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37535/15]

Social Welfare Appeals

Tom Fleming

157. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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. [37640/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

163. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Tom Fleming

173. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

179. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Tom Fleming

220. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for invalidity pension 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. [37882/15]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Tom Fleming

237. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the latest European Union labour force survey, which shows Ireland's youth unemployment level at 20%, which is twice what it was in 2008, and that at 15%, Ireland's share of youth who were not in employment, education or in training last year, was one of the highest in the European Union; the action she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38059/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

247. Deputy Tom Fleming asked 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), as all relevant information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38118/15]

Credit Unions

Tom Fleming

293. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will refrain from commencing the recommendcations in Consultation Paper 88 while considering the recommendation of the International Credit Union Regulators' Network report for the review it says is necessary; if he will examine correspondence (details supplied) regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/15]

Legislative Measures

Tom Fleming

348. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review and reverse all cuts under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 and similar emergency cuts imposed because of the imposition of the bank debt onto the public finances for all sections of society that were effected by these draconian cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/15]

Industrial Development

Tom Fleming

357. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will direct the Industrial Development Agency Ireland to refurbish and upgrade the run-down industrial estates in County Kerry and to commence a programme of building new, more advanced properties to attract and locate potential enterprises, in line with the budget announcement to ensure the continuation of the agency's regional advanced facilities programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/15]

Back to Education Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

358. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a back to education allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed, given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37673/15]

Construction Contracts

Tom Fleming

369. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he will take to implement the Construction Contracts Act 2013 at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38165/15]

Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment

Tom Fleming

376. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, to appoint sufficient staff to deal with its remit of promoting the agriculture industry, given the dramatic increase in demands on its existing resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/15]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Payments

Tom Fleming

400. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the current tuberculosis testing charges and exempt farmers from paying for more than one test in a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37354/15]

Exports Data

Tom Fleming

402. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of exports of beef, dairy, fruit, vegetables, and marine products to all countries in each of the years 2010 to 2014, in tabular form; the quantity and value of these exports to each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37324/15]

Imports Data

Tom Fleming

403. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of imports of beef, dairy, fruit, vegetables and marine products from all countries in each of the years 2010 to 2014, in tabular form; the total quantity and value of these imports from each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37325/15]

Dairy Sector

Tom Fleming

411. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the European Union €800 million superlevy package intervention plan to help dairy farmers who have experienced collapsing incomes, regarding proposals to increase the intervention price on milk powders, and the provision of aid to provide private storage for cheese products, until market prices improve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37435/15]

Fishing Industry Development

Tom Fleming

422. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences that have been applied for in the bays along our coast since 1 January 2010, in total; in each bay, by name, the number granted and refused to date; if he will expedite the application process given that many applicants who are currently waiting are being deprived of making a viable business, and given the huge demand for our shellfish produce in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37626/15]

Aquaculture Development

Tom Fleming

423. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the development of the aquaculture industry; if statistics are available on the number of aquaculture businesses; the number of persons employed; the tonnage of fish produced; the percentage of this which was shellfish in each of the years 2010 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37638/15]

GLAS Applications

Tom Fleming

463. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 2 until 20 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38167/15]

Disability Support Services

Tom Fleming

503. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the programme schedule for the roll-out and implementation of the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37533/15]

Naturalisation Applications

Tom Fleming

577. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied), given that there has been an undue delay in processing it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37915/15]

Youth Employment Initiative

Tom Fleming

631. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the youth employability initiative; the funding available; the issues it will address; the age group it will target; the anticipated number of participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38170/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

651. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all the relevant information has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37307/15]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Tom Fleming

675. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the additional funding to be allocated from budget 2016 to enhance home help services and home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37416/15]

Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

678. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans to rescind the proposal by the Health Service Executive to relocate all services from the Lantern Lodge Day Centre on New Road in Killarney in County Kerry to Leawood House on Countess Road in Killarney based on the rational case put forward in documents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37499/15]

Hospital Services

Tom Fleming

680. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health for an update on the nurse care staff levels and restoration of the full bed complement in Kerry General Hospital, in each of the community hospitals in the county, and in St. Columbanus Home in Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37434/15]

Dental Services Provision

Tom Fleming

682. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to address the growing frequency of children's tooth decay and the ongoing lack of a public scheme for diagnosis and treatment at an early age, as this neglect is leading to costly orthodontic corrective procedures; his plans to introduce an early intervention and treatment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37514/15]

Hospital Services

Tom Fleming

686. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the bed complement in use and the number of nursing staff in Kerry General Hospital, all community district hospitals in the county, and St. Columbanus Home in Killarney, Kerry, on 20 December in each of the years 2010 to 2014 and up to 30 September in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37531/15]

Clinical Trials

Tom Fleming

687. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to publish tests and clinical trials to ensure all trials are registered, a summary of results is made publicly available within one year of completion of the trial and full clinical study reports are made available, especially in view of the ongoing concerns of the severe adverse affects of the human papilloma virus-cervical cancer vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37540/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Tom Fleming

753. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37857/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

790. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry, as they have submitted all relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38046/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

792. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that all relevant information has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38054/15]