Parliamentary questions

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Tom Fleming

222. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the 4000 properties identified by the National Assets Management Agency for social housing; the number of transactions that have taken place to date; the number of these properties that are in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44795/12]

Mobile Telephony

Tom Fleming

395. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the poor mobile phone reception in the Kenmare area of County Kerry with particular emphasis given to the Lauragh and Bonane area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44785/12]

Fire Service Issues

Tom Fleming

438. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding fire charges whereby the fire brigade is called out by someone other than the property owner and the property owner subsequently ends up being billed for the call out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44782/12]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Tom Fleming

440. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the 4000 properties identified by the National Assets Management Agency for social housing; the number of transactions that have taken place to date; the number of these properties that are in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44796/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

519. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in relation to a disadvantaged area scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44317/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

522. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

523. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

526. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in relation to a disadvantaged area scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44492/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

534. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44663/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Tom Fleming

697. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will review the Health Service Executive grant to a foundation (details supplied) who are in urgent need of assistance towards the cost of running their services, providing intensive home nursing care, funding and support to the families of children under four years of age with brain damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44791/12]

Road Maintenance

Tom Fleming

732. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to provide the necessary funding at the earliest possible date for the resurfacing of the road through Sneem Village, County Kerry and for the provision of new footpaths in the village (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44772/12]

Driving Licence Issues

Tom Fleming

733. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the case of learner drivers who must by virtue of their employment drive to work unaccompanied, thus breaking the law; if this can be addressed by producing a letter from the employer stating the specified time of coming and going to work; if legislation will be introduced in order that young drivers who have a job can drive to work without breaking the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44783/12]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Tom Fleming

68. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation whereby trades persons who formerly worked in the construction industry and who need to re-skill on FETAC courses and maximise opportunities to gain alternative employment are excluded from qualifying for the back to education allowance due to previous FÁS training which is classified as level 6 (details supplied). [43991/12]

Pension Provisions

Tom Fleming

78. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a submission (details supplied) by the Retired Nurses Association, Kerry Branch. [43907/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

98. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as there is undue delay in the processing of their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43986/12]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Tom Fleming

100. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the situation whereby trades persons who formerly worked in the construction industry and who need to re-skill on FETAC courses and maximise opportunities to gain alternative employment are excluded form qualifying for the back to education allowance due to previous FÁS training which is classified as level 6 (details supplied). [43990/12]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Tom Fleming

142. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if funding is currently available for sheltered housing projects, housing projects for returning emigrants; if so, where one may apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43929/12]

Water Services Funding

Tom Fleming

147. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide the necessary funding for the replacement of water mains in the Mid Kerry regional water supply, County Kerry as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43999/12]

Fisheries Protection

Tom Fleming

176. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when he will address the practice of dumping millions of euros worth of fish into the Irish Sea every year, bearing in mind that Ireland is in a financial crises with many families finding it very difficult to put food on the table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44001/12]

Medical Card Eligibility

Tom Fleming

223. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if persons who are eligible for medical cards/general practitioner visit cards and through no fault of their own incurred medical costs which should have been covered by the medical card/GP visit card scheme, are now entitled to claim a refund for medical expenses incurred due to a Health Service Executive delay or mix up; the process for making a claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43516/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

360. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as there is undue delay in the processing of the application since March 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43210/12]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Tom Fleming

603. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid replacement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [42850/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Tom Fleming

617. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a document (details supplied) in respect of reforming and saving costs in the Health Service Executive and social services; his views on this document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42932/12]

Medical Card Drugs

Tom Fleming

694. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his decision to remove gluten free products from the medical card list as this decision is causing great distress and hardship for a very large number of coeliacs all over the country [43478/12]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Tom Fleming

705. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will make a sports capital grant available to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42931/12]

School Services Staff

Tom Fleming

99. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will immediately address the detrimental effect the cutting of guidance counselling in schools across County Kerry will have on our young people as they struggle to cope with the myriad of personal and family problems that permeate all sectors of modern communities; his views on whether it will take a tragedy before he sees the damage that has been done to the education system by reducing or eradicating the access that students have had to the support of a professionally trained guidance counsellor when they need it in secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42463/12]

Rural Development Policy

Tom Fleming

166. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the position regarding an appeal in relation to a rural development Leader funding application for a feasibility study to develop a recreational facility for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42487/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

203. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42437/12]

Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

223. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42405/12]

Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

230. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the effects the €130 million package of health cuts will have for maintaining and continuing the delivery of services in both hospitals and in the community in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42436/12]

Home Care Packages

Tom Fleming

231. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will maintain, develop and enhance home care front line services in order to keep people at home longer and lesson the financial burden on our hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42438/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Tom Fleming

232. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report in respect of the orthopaedic waiting lists in Counties Kerry and Cork; the number of patients currently on the waiting list; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Tom Fleming

247. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of home helps in County Kerry; the number of applicants for home help in Kerry waiting a decision on their application; the number of applicants in Kerry whose hours have been reduced in the past 12 months; the total number of hours cut in County Kerry during the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42483/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Tom Fleming

248. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason he is consistently cutting home help hours in County Kerry; his views on the implications that these cuts are having on the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, the sick and the disabled; his views on whether these cuts are driving more people into hospitals in view of the fact that they are no longer being adequately cared for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Tom Fleming

249. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will address the unacceptable waiting lists and waiting times in audiology services in County Kerry in view of the fact that these long delays are impacting on the quality of life of those on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Tom Fleming

250. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of home helps in County Kerry; the number of applicants for home help in County Kerry awaiting a decision on their application; the number of applicants in County Kerry whose hours have been reduced in the past 12 months; the total number of hours cut in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/12]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

197. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and take into consideration the exceptional medical circumstances and grant a discretionary medical card as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/12]

School Curriculum

Tom Fleming

169. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revive the modern languages in primary schools initiative in view of statistics that only 4% of primary students here learn a foreign language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/12]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Tom Fleming

206. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Governments recently announced €2.25 billion capital investment programme; the number of jobs to be created; the timeframe for same; and the sources of the required €2.25 billion funding. [41702/12]

Drainage Schemes Status

Tom Fleming

211. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the Office of Public Works to investigate and examine the need for the dredging of part of the Cordal River adjacent to Cordal GAA grounds, County Kerry, in view of the fact that the playing area is affected when the river floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41318/12]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

292. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [41719/12]

Broadband Services Provision

Tom Fleming

341. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the provision of uncongested high speed broadband to industry as in some areas where large scale employers are located (details supplied) and in view of the fact that these companies have not got required Mbps speeds; and if he will examine these two locations as pilot areas [41952/12]

Broadband Services Provision

Tom Fleming

342. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland participate in the National mapping exercise being conducted in the National Broadband Plan to identify priority areas for upgrading to uncongested high speed broadband where currently there are existing employers whose businesses are severely hindered by deficiencies in existing service. [41953/12]

Live Exports

Tom Fleming

452. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the position regarding the restoration of live trade to Egypt, Lebanon and Libya which is vital for additional outlets for stock and price competition; and when he expects trade to open in these markets. [41317/12]

Live Exports

Tom Fleming

453. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on veterinary certificates and designated boats for the live export trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41319/12]

Agriculture Schemes Expenditure

Tom Fleming

471. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will acknowledges that due to disproportionate cuts of 17% on farm schemes in Budget 2012 which was nearly five times the 3.5% cut made across all Government Departments and allied to this a combination of disastrous weather, soaring import costs and falling prices, if he will prioritise the maintenance of funding for farm schemes in Budget 2013. [41703/12]

Aquaculture Licences Applications

Tom Fleming

477. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the bays in County Kerry that are awaiting aquaculture licences; the status of each of these applications; and when is the approval for licences envisaged for each application. [41951/12]

Aquaculture Licences Applications

Tom Fleming

478. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences for commercial processing of sea-food produce have been applied for in County Kerry; the number that have been approved; the number of applicants awaiting approval as each license granted has the potential to create up to 20 jobs; if he will expedite the processing of these applications [41955/12]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

514. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for upgrading of a general practitioner visit card to a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41320/12]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

544. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will expedite same [41696/12]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

545. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will expedite same [41697/12]

Medical Card Delays

Tom Fleming

546. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [41699/12]

Medical Card Appeals

Tom Fleming

547. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the decision to grant a general practitioner only card instead of a full medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [41700/12]

Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

575. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine undue delays in treatment of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [41954/12]

Redundancy Payments

Tom Fleming

82. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41068/12]

Energy Schemes Issues

Tom Fleming

113. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the application to Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for the better energy warmer homes scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41132/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Tom Fleming

184. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is awaiting a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40811/12]

Aquaculture Licences Applications

Tom Fleming

50. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding licensing of bays for aquaculture around our coast; the number of bays that have already been licensed and the names of these bays; when he expects the remaining bays to be licensed; the number of aquaculture licenses that are pending in his Department; the number that have been granted; and his plan to develop the potential of aquaculture around our coastline. [40624/12]

Job Protection

Tom Fleming

185. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will, in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland intervene in the threatened closure of a company (details supplied) in County Kerry with a view to prioritising necessary supports and assistance to help the company continue to operate; and if all fails, if he will have arrangements made that an alternative employer be secured to replace the jobs that are currently under threat. [40620/12]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Tom Fleming

474. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the total cost of providing crutches and walking aids to the Health Service Executive patients in County Kerry in each of the past ten years and in view of the fact that these appliances are non returnable, if he will consider this policy to be an area of financial waste; if he will change this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/12]

Pension Provisions

Tom Fleming

111. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify with regard to recent cuts which financially seriously affect new claimants for contributory old age pensions and the State transition pension and will she enable these persons affected to sign on for credited PRSI contributions, in view of the fact that many of these persons were not aware of any pending changes that took effect on the 1st September. [39840/12]

Broadcasting Service Provision

Tom Fleming

134. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will carry out upgrading and retrofit to existing TV transmission masts in pockets of areas in County Kerry, particularly the east, south and west of the county, in view of the fact that decommissioning of these transmitters in conjunction with Saorview on 24 October 2012, will leave thousands of people in these areas without any TV coverage; and if he will act immediately to address the anomaly and deficiency in the infrastructure for providing equality to all householders in the country in the changeover to digital TV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39839/12]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Tom Fleming

245. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate the necessary procedures immediately, to make Savitex drug available to multiple sclerosis patients, in view of the fact that it is highly successful for the treatment of spasticity and it is available in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39838/12]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Tom Fleming

139. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the family income supplement for working one parent families adversely affected by her budget cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39570/12]

Broadband Services Provision

Tom Fleming

147. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will upgrade the inferior broadband in Ballydesmond to uncongested high speed broadband (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39553/12]

Medicinal Products Supply

Tom Fleming

214. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to remove the cholesterol treatment drug Omacor from the general medical services list of approved drugs for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39551/12]

Fuel Prices

Tom Fleming

320. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address the impact of rising costs of oil, petrol, gas and diesel on households and businesses which are struggling to meet their bills throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38723/12]

Tax Code

Tom Fleming

343. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a non-complex system of a 5% income tax increase on those earning in excess of €125,000 in view of the fact that he has already ascertained in a reply to a parliamentary question that the projected figure of half a billion euro generated from this initiative would be equivalent to the revenue generated by a property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39163/12]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Tom Fleming

389. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the productive assets of farm families and other self employed families are not factored into the assessment of income for the purpose of third level maintenance grants; if he will acknowledge the fundamental role played by the student grant schemes in supporting families by refraining from increasing fees and reducing grants as most families today are under huge financial pressures and should be assisted in every way possible so that their children will access third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37780/12]

Teaching Contracts

Tom Fleming

437. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to address the dilemma that exists at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry and ensure that this school continues to provide education for the children of the parish for many years to come. [38500/12]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals

Tom Fleming

701. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection If she will expedite an appeal for mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37903/12]

Social Welfare Code Review

Tom Fleming

702. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will streamline the current situation where people coming off FÁS courses are left without a direct continuation of welfare payment while seeking work, as if they are unable to obtain work in the meantime, it can take up to five to six weeks before a jobseeker's payment is resumed; if she will implement a smooth and direct transition to the appropriate welfare payment rather than the existing system whereby these people have to apply for a supplementary welfare payment in the interim, as this is causing additional administration time delays in the welfare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37904/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

811. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the delay in processing a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38686/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

824. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is fair and reasonable for carer's allowance applicants to wait over 12 months to have their claims processed; her views on whether it is fair and reasonable for applicants who have given up their job to care for someone on a full-time basis to have to wait over 12 months for payment; her plans to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38744/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

856. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [38970/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

860. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [38979/12]

Arts Funding

Tom Fleming

929. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will make funding available as a matter of urgency in respect of an arts centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38128/12]

Digital Television Service Fees

Tom Fleming

992. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will put in place a waiver system for hardship cases who will not be able to afford the cost of switching over to Saorview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38685/12]

Gas and Electricity Disconnections

Tom Fleming

993. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the impact of rising costs of oil, petrol, gas and diesel on households and businesses which are struggling to meet their household bills throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38724/12]

Property Taxation Application

Tom Fleming

1012. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals for a property tax based on a person's or household's ability to pay rather than on the size or value of their property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39163/12]

Housing Grant Payments

Tom Fleming

1109. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will make additional funding available to Kerry County Council for the following grant schemes: housing aid for older persons, mobility aids, housing grant scheme, and housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability, as the 2012 allocation notified by the Department has been fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38941/12]

Crime Prevention

Tom Fleming

1158. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will initiate a national leaflet campaign in conjunction with the policing committees in each county (details supplied). [37152/12]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues

Tom Fleming

1255. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give approval for DNA testing on recent skull and bone finds off the coast of County Wexford in view of the fact that these finds are in the vicinity of Hook Head where there were a number of fisherman fatalities in 2007; if he will allow the test to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38642/12]

Aquaculture Development

Tom Fleming

1386. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will acknowledge the potential for job creation, investment and expansion in the aquaculture industry by expediting the processing of applications for aquaculture licences in Castlemaine Harbour, County Kerry as the appropriate assessment has now been completed for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37897/12]

Stocking Densities

Tom Fleming

1413. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will review the decision to change the minimum stocking density requirements for qualification for the disadvantaged area scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38627/12]

Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

1431. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when the balance of a 2011 GSS payment will be issued in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39224/12]

Family Support Services

Tom Fleming

1443. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide representation to the family resource centres on the family services committee currently being developed in acknowledgement of the vital and outstanding work that they are carrying out. [36989/12]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

1516. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will include Behcet's Syndrome on the list of long-term illnesses. [37056/12]

Mental Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

1680. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 499 of 13 December 2011 and No. 161 of 20 June 2012 and following on from the proposal to close a hostel (details supplied) in County Kerry, if he will now intervene and address the huge concerns of residents, their families and relatives, staff, the Iveragh Mental Health Association and the entire Iveragh peninsula community by including a representative of each of these groups in the team responsible for the preparation of a detailed plan for mental health services in the south Kerry area in line with best practice and a Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37849/12]

Ambulance Service Provision

Tom Fleming

1778. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the envisaged date for the opening of the new national ambulance control centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he is satisfied that this new central headquarters will prove to be efficient and satisfactory service for County Kerry; if he will consider retaining the existing control centre at Kerry General Hospital, even on a temporary basis as a back up service in view of the fact that the local knowledge by staff in this control centre and the local knowledge at the community hospital bases will be invaluable in the introduction of the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38680/12]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

1843. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will grant a discretionary medical card application as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39194/12]

Irish Coast Guard Issues

Tom Fleming

1906. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will acknowledge the work carried out over many years by both Valentia and Malin Coast Guard marine rescue coordination centres by confirming that both stations remain open and operational and fully resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/12]

Job Creation

Tom Fleming

216 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address the rising unemployment figures in County Kerry by requesting Enterprise Ireland to increase their efforts in attracting jobs to the County; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34426/12]

Job Creation

Tom Fleming

218 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs created in County Kerry in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34428/12]

Job Creation

Tom Fleming

219 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs created in County Kerry in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34429/12]

Job Creation

Tom Fleming

217 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address the rising unemployment figures in County Kerry by requesting the Industrial Development Agency to increase their efforts in attracting jobs to the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34427/12]

Job Creation

Tom Fleming

220 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the number of Industrial Development Agency jobs created in County Kerry in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34457/12]

Job Creation

Tom Fleming

221 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency jobs created in County Kerry in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34458/12]

Enterprise Support Services

Tom Fleming

234 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria that was applied in determining that for feasibility grants for micro enterprise firms in County Kerry, 50% of the investment is the maximum grant while in border, midlands and western region it is 60% of the investment; his views on whether this is job creation discrimination to local entrepreneurs and that it is a follow on to the policy regarding grant aid for foreign direct investment which is nationally variable and nil grant aid category to County Kerry; and if he will review the system which is anti-job creation for County Kerry regarding micro enterprise and FDI.
[35323/12]

Social Welfare Benefits

Tom Fleming

330 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to improve the length of time it takes to process supplementary welfare allowance appeals; if she is satisfied with the current turn-around time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[35097/12]