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Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (11 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish a National Transplant Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40876/09]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (11 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish a National Organ Transplant Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40877/09]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (11 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish National Organ Donor registry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40878/09]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (11 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the optimum number of double lung transplants are being carried out at the National heart lung transplant facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40879/09]

Irish Language. (17 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to obtain savings in the operation of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41650/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main proposals he has made for savings in the submission made to the Special Group on Public Services Numbers and Expenditure Programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41647/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the section 481 tax reliefs to the gaming industry to encourage the development of Ireland as a global centre of excellence for gaming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41419/09]

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (17 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the possibility of establishing a cycle path from Dublin to Galway along the Grand Canal; his views on whether this could be an important tourist and commuter cycling route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 3 November 2009, the number of qualified economists in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41417/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (17 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 3 November 2009, the number of prosecutions in respect of persons found to be claiming disability benefit fraudulently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41420/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Tamils detained in Sri Lanka; if aid agencies, in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Crescent, have had access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41925/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41924/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will consider instructing bodies under her aegis such as Enterprise Ireland to present the work of Irish visual artists as part of their international work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42298/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 13 October 2009, if each publicly funded hospital is allocated a quota for referral to the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if so, the quota for each hospital; if it is the case that a person may apply to the NTPF, thus bypassing the hospital quota arrangement; if such is in place, the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will put a system in place which makes allowances for the sporadic nature of income of visual artists so that they are not penalised for inconsistent PRSI contributions and are able to access State benefits such as old age pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42300/09]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Discipline: Defence Forces Discipline (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who have been removed from membership for being in contravention of the Defence Forces policy on drugs and substance abuse or misuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42173/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 8 October 2009, the reports he has received in regard to violence against refugee women in eastern Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42174/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is on course to comply with the EU Directives on waste management that require a reduction in the amount of organic waste going to landfill here by 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42963/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the issues which must be addressed here in order to implement the EU Directive on Public Participation; the stage he is at in addressing the outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42964/09]

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received pre-budget submissions from an organisation (details supplied); the action she plans to take to address the issue of this sector which is under threat due to the high cost base here and the fall off in tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43092/09]