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Written Answers — Regulation of Legal Profession: Regulation of Legal Profession (4 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the effective regulation of solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8992/08]

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (4 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2007; the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8991/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will cut the rate of VAT on defibrillators in order to assist voluntary sporting organisations and community groups to better afford this potentially life saving equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9450/08]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (4 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of the arts budget which is allocated to social inclusion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9451/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for funding for a building project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8824/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the personal health check promised in the Programme for Government will be rolled out. [9322/08]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (5 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it will take 110 months from the awarding of a contract to construct a new national paediatric hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9321/08]

Written Answers — Transport Action Plan: Transport Action Plan (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify his position on congestion charges for Dublin; his views on the introduction of charges once Transport 21 has come on stream; when he estimates is the earliest time that public transport alternatives will be present throughout the mid-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent in total on the One Small Step campaign; the amount spent per annum on the campaign since its inception; the targets and monitoring systems in place to assess the successful delivery of the objectives of the campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9623/08]

Capitation Grants: Motion (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: I welcome this opportunity to speak on my party's motion on doubling the capitation grant for primary schools from September of this year. This motion was laid before the House by the Labour Party on behalf of overburdened parents, teachers and, most importantly, schoolchildren nationwide, all of whom are acutely aware of the serious funding shortfall which burdens our education system,...

Capitation Grants: Motion (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: That was 11 years ago. Times have changed.

Capitation Grants: Motion (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: We have sensible priorities.

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent actions of a Russian gas supplier (details supplied), whose chairperson has recently been elected Russian president, in halving gas supplies to Ukraine; his further views on the consequences of same for European energy supplies; the discussions that have emanated at EU level in response to this step; and if he will...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on efforts undertaken by Ireland with regard to stabilising and securing future energy supplies throughout the European Union in response to the ongoing insecurity relating to Russian-Ukrainian energy disputes. [10285/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the limits applied for eligibility for the medical card and the general practitioner visit card are realistic in view of the spiralling cost of living at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10040/08]

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to papers relating to a children's detention centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if the papers contain a letter in the second half of 1996 from the Garda Commissioner to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science relating to co-operation by that Department in the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the visa application for a person (details supplied) who is in danger in their own country can be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10387/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application for permission to remain for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will be processed quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10417/08]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the visa applications for persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/08]

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Support the motion.