Results 2,201-2,220 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Arts Policy. (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: On behalf of the Labour Party and on behalf of myself, I wish to express sympathy to his family. He was an outstanding sportsman. One of the characteristics we remember is that in photographs he was always smiling and happy. It is a great tragedy for his family but also for the boxing fraternity, his friends and colleagues. It was moving to see young boxers lined out on the day of his...

Tourism Industry. (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister for his very extensive reply. Part of my question specifically related to rates and the Minister addressed it to some extent. I understand there is a balance between the local authority needing the rates and the cost to the hotel sector. At present, the hotel sector is considered to be in debt to the order of approximately €6.7 billion; a phenomenal amount of money,...

Tourism Industry. (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: Given that set of circumstances and what one might call NAMA hotels, or hotels at risk of being put into the NAMA system, has the Minister considered asking the Minister for Finance if he will appoint somebody with a knowledge of the tourism or hotel industry to NAMA? The debt is €6.7 billion, which is a substantial amount of money. Somebody with a specific knowledge of, and interest in,...

Departmental Funding. (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: The national development plan set out ambitious targets for the tourism sector. Expenditure for tourism was to reach €800 million and for sports was to reach €991 million. I accept delivery of these targets will not happen due to the current economic circumstances. Will the plan ever be implemented? How significant will the cuts be? Were these ambitious targets just a promise from a...

National History Museum. (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: There has been a substantial drop. A total of €15 million was set aside originally and I think the Minister mentioned a figure of €265,000. That is a huge cut compared with what might have been available. He might have answered the second part of my question about the number of visitors. Did he say it has gone up relative to the number that used to visit, which I think was 150,000 a year?

National History Museum. (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: My question is would some of those visitors have been visiting Collins Barracks anyhow? That would have been a separate cohort of visitors. I presume the Minister is including the total number of visitors. There would have been visitors to Collins Barracks and to the Natural History Museum.

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the National Sports Campus Development Project; the total cost of this development; if the project will be in place to take advantage of the build up to the London Olympics 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32891/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Sep 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the controls that are in place to ensure that necessary expenses incurred by him when he is away on official business are kept to a minimum; if he is planning any reform of the procedures for procuring transport and accommodation for him and others away on official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32327/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the future of the jobs initiative scheme. [33194/09]

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will consider developing a building (details supplied) as a tourist attraction; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that workhouses form an integral part of our history and would be an important tourist attraction, particularly for those with Irish ancestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the complexity of the taxation and relief system here in order to reduce the ability of those with access to the best advice from reducing their tax burden while low and middle income workers cannot avail of these breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33005/09]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by a hospital (details supplied) to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; if she will break these figures down by their area of requirement; the total cost of NTPF surgeries in this hospital since 2007; the number of doctors and specialists working in this hospital...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any consideration has been given towards establishing a pilot family nurse partnership (details supplied); her views that such a project whilst costly to establish and maintain would be beneficial to society and save money in other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33006/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has met the Attorney General regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if she will report to the Houses of the Oireachtas on her discussion and the decision taken with regard to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33007/09]

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their application for the health repayment scheme addressed and responded to promptly and in detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33855/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cuts that have taken place at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, in 2009; the number of wards that have been closed; the number of clinics that have been cut; the number of children awaiting inpatient treatment for more than three months, six months and 12 months; her plans for funding the hospital in 2010; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the entitlement to a medical card of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33932/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 592: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation to ensure that all heavy goods vehicles are required to retrofit cyclops mirrors in view of the recent death of another cyclist ; if he will introduce a tax rebate on retrofitting these mirrors in order to incentivise this life saving mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33008/09]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists who have been prosecuted for dangerous overtaking of cyclists by the Garda in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33009/09]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (6 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 7 July 2009, if he will instruct the Garda to provide an answer which has not yet been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/09]