Results 921-940 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies for each year from 2002 to date in 2007; the breakdown of these numbers by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2558/07]

Written Answers — Redundancy Claims: Redundancy Claims (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancy claims submitted using the online redundancy claims system on his Department's website for each year since its commencement including 2006; the average time taken to process a claim submitted online; the average time taken to process a claim submitted by other methods; if this system is fully...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 1424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for funding for a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12 under the new options new choices programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43799/06]

Written Answers — Control of Dogs: Control of Dogs (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 1811: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to introduce further legislation regarding the ownership and control of certain breeds of dogs, following reports of the tragic incident in the UK where a young child was mauled to death by a dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/07]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 1797: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the report of the working group on dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43794/06]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 1810: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations of the task force on dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1096/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 1815: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to change the rules for clawback payments on the selling on of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1101/07]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been recent meetings of the interdepartmental working group on emerging planning to prepare for the anticipated arrival of avian flu here; the outcome of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2809/07]

Food Labelling. (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the status, including providing the dates of meetings, of the interdepartmental or agency group set up to progress implementation of the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel in regard to food labelling and food prices; when the recommendations of the panel in regard to food labelling will be implemented;...

Food Labelling. (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister of State for that detailed response, which has answered many of the questions in my original queries and some I had asked previously. I am somewhat concerned that when we raise issues such as traffic light food labelling, this kind of question is kicked back to the Department of Health and Children although the Minister for Agriculture and Food has commented on it. I am...

Animal Diseases. (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: As this is clearly of such significance to the horse industry, are there any changes in the protocol, quality control and quality assurance procedures arising that should be applied to the importing of other batches of that product and similar biological products?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the serious implications for the Irish poultry industry and human health of the discovery in England of an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu which has led to the slaughter of almost 160,000 turkeys at a farm in Suffolk, and the need...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: A number of local authority tenants are very anxious to purchase the flats in which they are living. When will the social housing Bill be published?

Written Answers — Animal Welfare Bodies: Animal Welfare Bodies (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal basis on which she has provided funding to animal health and welfare organisations which are not involved in issues relating to farm animals; if in view of her Department's announcement in December 2006 of funding to many such organisations, she would accept responsibility for ensuring Ireland's signature and ratification...

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to facilitate the substitution of imports of organic food, both processed and non-processed, with indigenously produced and grown organic foods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3739/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a taxi has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to attend their clinics at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital. [3817/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is not entitled to the back to school allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3780/07]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken to ensure that the two approved establishments in the State which do not themselves produce cheese but which have special facilities for removing mould growth before selling the product on for further food uses, including the production of processed cheese are not in contravention of the European Communities...

Written Answers — Tree Felling Licences: Tree Felling Licences (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the consultations that took place between her Department and a person for a tree felling licence at a site (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she is satisfied that the information submitted to her Department is accurate in terms of the tree survey; if she is satisfied that the qualifications of the consultant who carried out...

Written Answers — Maintenance Grant Scheme: Maintenance Grant Scheme (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons for Section 6, 3, 6 of the City of Dublin PLC maintenance grant scheme; if she will review this section to allow persons who ever availed of a grant to be eligible to do so; her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3839/07]