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Film Industry Development (24 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: We would all find ourselves in agreement with the very positive responses to this question. Has anybody considered the video game sector and is there an equivalent to section 481 that should apply to the industry? The potential is enormous and there are similar prospects for spinning off, albeit in a slightly different way. There is a major element of intellectual property associated with...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: I wish to share time with Deputies Costello and Ó Snodaigh.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and a number of developments within it which are intended to reform and streamline the Department which deals with the most vulnerable and those most at risk in society. I have some concerns but it has taken so long to implement some of what I would consider to be very obvious reforms. There is huge expenditure on rent supplement and it is...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (24 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in view of the continuing decline in overseas visitors to Ireland according to the Central Statistics Office figures for the first nine months of the year, the efforts that are being made to halt the decline in tourist numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44229/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (25 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plan to phase out the existing tenant purchase scheme and if so when; the direction being given to local authorities to inform tenants that this scheme will no longer available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44393/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the geographical inconsistency in the percentage of planning applications overturned on appeal to An Bord Pleanála, for example 59.5% of appeals in Donegal were overturned while only 12% of appeals in the Longford local area were reversed; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (30 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to recommend to the Commission for Energy Regulation to implement a zero disconnection policy here; his views on the zero disconnection policy in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44979/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (30 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of schools in Ireland that have 100Mb/s broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44977/10]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (30 Nov 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44801/10]

Written Answers — Beef Industry: Beef Industry (1 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have now completed training courses for the suckler welfare training scheme; the number of farmers still awaiting training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45191/10]

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (1 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of outstanding applications for aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45210/10]

Written Answers — Property Services Providers: Property Services Providers (1 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if members of the public can confirm with the Revenue Commissioners if an estate agent or letting agent is licensed as required by the Auctioneers and House Agents Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45612/10]

Written Answers — National Recovery Plan: National Recovery Plan (2 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way he intends to achieve the savings of €2.4 million in funding for science, technology and innovation, set out in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/10]

Written Answers — National Recovery Plan: National Recovery Plan (2 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way he intends to achieve the savings in his Department's Vote set out in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45530/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46345/10]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (7 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the plans she has to support the traditional music industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46319/10]

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: The most striking aspect of this Bill and the budget is how much effort has been put into politically proofing it and how little attention has been given to considering the true effects of its proposals on the daily lives of ordinary people. Families, the unemployed, low and middle income earners, carers, the less well-off, the self-employed and those struggling just to get by, were all...

National Minimum Wage: Motion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. The Government's measure makes no social or economic sense. There is no social argument, based on fairness or anything else, that justifies cutting the incomes of the lowest earners in society. Instead, it has been framed as an argument about competitiveness that is influenced by a certain ideology, which believes that those on the lowest...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of national lottery funding available in 2011; the way this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47446/10]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Dec 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose for which the national lottery money was intended; if he is satisfied that the money has been allocated as prescribed in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47447/10]