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Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 696: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support the appointment of an independent mediator to resolve the issue regarding an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48605/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 739: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that those convicted of social welfare fraud are not given sentences appropriate to the crime of stealing public moneys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48596/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 740: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 16 December 2009, if she will bring forward legislation to discontinue welfare payments in the case of a person who has been found guilty of social welfare fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48598/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 741: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the categories of data and information her Department has supplied the Private Residential Tenancies Board in view of the obligations imposed on the Department by way of section 146 of the Residential Tenancies Act; and if her Department supplies the PRTB with the PPS numbers of landlords in order to facilitate the PRTB's...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 768: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimate by her Department of the level of fraud in each of the areas of payment in percentage and in actual amounts for each year from 2001 to 2009; if she disagrees with figures presented in a recent television programme (details supplied), will she provide the information to refute the assertion in the programme; and if...

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will institute a review of the State's response time and lack of planning during both the recent flood and cold events; his views on the fact that there is an urgency in relation to future planning for weather events, particularly in view of the possible climate change effects; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 859: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a council (details supplied); the steps he has taken to address the issues raised in this correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48601/09]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount he expects to spend on carbon credits for 2009 and 2010; his views on whether it is appropriate to support the purchase of carbon credits at a time when public transport operators have been forced to cut their services due to reduced funding; his further views on whether money would be better...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 986: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sufficient funding will be provided for services (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who provide vital and essential services to the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 1058: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the request for a school extension by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6w; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1164/10]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: We were probably aware of that.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: I wish to share my time with Deputy Ferris.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The recent flooding and the consequences of the freezing temperatures have brought into sharp focus the need for appropriate planning regulations. There has been something of a philosophy of "getting away with it" in regard to the need for meeting standards and observing the regulations in regard to planning and development. Unfortunately...

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: The Government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the banking crisis is nothing short of a disgrace. It is an insult to our intelligence to pretend this is a public inquiry; it is anything but. Anyone with an interest in politics and current affairs has read the many books dealing with how decisions were taken in smoky rooms, almost always by men who claim to know what was best...

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Conducting what is a private inquiry that does not cover September 2008 means we run the serious risk of getting very little real information, not getting all the answers and not learning from our mistakes so we can ensure this will never happen again. The amendment from the Government is designed to provide a convenient smokescreen that edits some of the most important timeframes within...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority employees that have applied for the incentivised early retirement, the incentive career break scheme and the shorter working year scheme; the number approved for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2447/10]

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received for home energy saving schemes to start in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3407/10]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which he intends to support community television and radio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3409/10]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax forgone under the section 481 tax relief in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3036/10]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the section 481 tax relief scheme to the computer game industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3037/10]