Results 2,081-2,100 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on an e-mail (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18916/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on the proposal to officially recognise the actions of the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian nation in 1915 as genocide; the reason for the official position here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18920/09]

Written Answers — Bank Deposits: Bank Deposits (13 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank report that the deposit base of Irish banks has fallen by €12 billion since the beginning of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18977/09]

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (13 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on the 2009 Exchequer position of the live register reaching 500,000 by the end of 2009; the expected impact on the 2010 Exchequer position, with reference to forecasts made on the occasion of the supplementary budget of 7 April 2009, of the unemployment rate averaging 16.8% in 2010 as forecast by the ESRI; and if he will make...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for ensuring that FÁS trainees will receive adequate funding in respect of training and materials for the coming year; the budgetary changes which will apply to these allowances or grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19151/09]

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (14 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the two community national schools operating in north County Dublin, the question on the application form for admission regarding the religion of the child is a mandatory question or one that is voluntary and can therefore be left unanswered by the parents of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new post-primary schools that will be required from 2015 onwards when, according to the Central Statistics Office, the student post primary figures will begin to increase rapidly after 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19245/09]

Hospital Services. (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the closure of wards at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. The decision to close the wards is totally misguided. The only outcome of the decision will be unnecessary pain and suffering for children, who will be put on the waiting list, and incredible stress for their parents. I am sure the Minister, like all other Members, has received the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that services to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will not be cut; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the loss of this service would place unacceptable hardship on persons availing of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20003/09]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the Irish Sports Council has complete autonomy on the way it spends the money granted to it by the State; if, under the legislation establishing the ISC, it is entitled to withhold funding to organisations under its aegis or veto appointments in non-governing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19807/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of extension plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; if work is scheduled to begin in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20102/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (21 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national bowel screening programme will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20489/09]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (21 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress since she declared accident and emergency services a national emergency in March 2006; her views on whether current cut-backs will exacerbate the problems in accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20486/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been given an estimate of the number of beds that will be closed to patients in acute hospitals around the country in July and August 2009; if she has been given an estimate of the way this will affect waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20487/09]

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (26 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recently published National Cycling Policy Framework; the reason there are no deadlines for the achievement of actions on the NCPF in the document; when and the amount of funding which will be provided for the implementation of the NCPF; if he will further report on the recently announced national bike week; if he...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (26 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will respond to the Commission on Taxi Regulation's proposals to introduce a subsidy scheme to increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxis in view of the fact that at present as few as 7.5% of a fleet of more than 27,000 are wheelchair accessible; if he will review the recent €5 million reduction in accessibility to public...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 whose child will not benefit from the new child care grant but who will commence school in September 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20938/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifications that will be required of teachers and carers in the schools operating the new preschool child care scheme; the location at which a person (details supplied) can obtain the necessary qualifications and information on suitable courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21403/09]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (26 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has studied a proposal (details supplied); his views on the feasibility of this project; if he will support same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20983/09]

Written Answers — Gaming Regulations: Gaming Regulations (27 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a firm (details supplied) has introduced fixed odds bingo terminals into certain of its betting shops; if, in view of the fact that these terminals are illegal he will ensure that the law will be applied; if he plans that these terminals should be legalised in preparation...