Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]