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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a physiological assessment will be arranged for a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11082/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will arrange a meeting of all interested parties to discuss and progress the issue of remote gambling and taxation, to include organisations (details supplied) and any other appropriate parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11516/10]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: I wish to share time with Deputies Brian O'Shea, Jan O'Sullivan, Seán Sherlock and Joe Costello. Businesses in Ireland have been placed under enormous stress since 2008. Despite plenty of warnings, the Government has taken little or no action to prevent major employers such as Dell, Waterford Crystal or SR Technics from leaving Ireland, the result being thousands of redundancies. As a...

Architectural Heritage. (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue, but I had hoped that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government would have been here. The 19th century chapel on the grounds of Saint James's Hospital was recommended by Dublin City Council for addition to the record of protected structures. The following recommendation was presented to the area committee on 20 April 2008...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on reports that the amount of loans to be transferred from Anglo Irish Bank to the National Asset Management Agency has increased from the €28 billion originally envisaged to at least €32 billion; if the estimates for loans to be transferred from the other institutions to NAMA have been revised upwards or downwards; if the...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the rent demands by commercial landlords, particularly in the retail sector, undermine efforts to restore competitiveness and pose an ongoing and significant risk to economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11656/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11814/10]

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the concerns of a mortgage holder from a sub-prime lender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11754/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report, One Size Doesn't Fit All, prepared by an organisation (details supplied); if he plans to implement any of the recommendations in this document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to carry out an audit on his policy of direct provision and dispersal of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he plans to give asylum seekers a more direct input into any review of the direct provision and dispersal system for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11838/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to ensure that persons on social welfare and who are entitled to the fuel allowance will be assisted with the payment of their fuel bills which have been unusually high, arising from the recent weather conditions which continues to cause a serious drain on their resources; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will arrange for an extension of the fuel allowance for an additional month, due to the hardship caused to many elderly persons in particular, as a consequence of the sustained weather conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11779/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time for asylum seekers' appeals for those who are resident in direct provision accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11839/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to increase the direct provision allowance for asylum seekers who are waiting on a decision on their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11840/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (10 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11841/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (11 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12094/10]

Tourism Industry: Motion (23 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: With the permission of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I wish to share time with Deputies Ferris, Broughan and Jan O'Sullivan.

Tourism Industry: Motion (23 Mar 2010)

Mary Upton: The Labour Party will support this Opposition motion. Both my colleague, Deputy Broughan, and I have been opposed to this tax since it was first mooted. Despite the Taoiseach's shuffling of the deckchairs earlier today, it is clear that the importance of the tourism sector has never been appreciated by the present Government or any other Government led by Fianna Fáil over the past 30...