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Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (24 Jun 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions in place to track early school leavers; the numbers of students who have left school early in the academic years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24692/08]

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (24 Jun 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist in putting in place an energy audit for all primary and post-primary schools in order to assist schools in tackling increasing energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will publish the findings of the pilot studies in Kilkenny and Coolock relating to reforms of the social welfare code as it relates to lone parents; and when she expects to act on these findings. [24790/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Department will publish proposals revising those in its discussion document proposals for supporting lone parents in order that all poverty traps are eliminated. [24791/08]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (26 Jun 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Foreign Affairs in regard to the use of the Irish language as an official working language of the European Union; the number of official meetings he has had in regard to the Gaeltacht and the Irish language in each of the past three months; the business in each case;...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the delay in providing results of tests (details supplied) to persons who are waiting for a number of months for these results; if her attention has been drawn to the effect this wait and uncertainty is having on their lives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25935/08]

Written Answers — Information and Communications Technology: Information and Communications Technology (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to remove information and communication technology advisors from schools; if he will specifically address the needs of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25913/08]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will have the decision to halt the promised extension at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W reviewed; if he will ensure that the work of this extension commences as promised in Summer 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25919/08]

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a file that was opened in the Department of Education and Science early in 1988 to deal with letters of concern from a childrens' detention centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the date on which papers from the file were provided to the gardaí to assist in their investigations into...

Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (2 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the person who will be the owner of the Abbey Theatre once it is completed as a public private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that between his Department and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism funding for some form of undergraduate acting programme will be guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to reinstate an undergraduate acting programme here in view of the fact that the programme run by Trinity College has been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/08]

Public Private Partnerships: Motion. (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this debate. I want to highlight the many difficulties that arise from a lack of coherent policy for the city of Dublin. These range from the impact of the public private partnerships to the need for integration, the need for the provision of homes, not just houses, and the effect of poor housing on the lives of those who experience it. I take this...

Public Private Partnerships: Motion. (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: On a point of order——

Public Private Partnerships: Motion. (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: On a point of order, some of the contracts were not signed but they were so advanced that the residents and everybody engaged in the process were at the point where it was their understanding that a regeneration project was about to go ahead. In that case, the developer, as I understand it, was able to walk away from the project without incurring the imposition of sanctions or penalties.

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason those provisions of the Children Act 2001, which were designed to help combat juvenile crime by ensuring that parents took responsibility for children involved in acts of crime and vandalism, have never been used in the seven years since the Act was passed, specifically sections 91, 111, 113 and 114; and if he...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 82: 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. [27048/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will commence their essential orthodontic treatment in November 2008, as indicated at their assessment; if she will confirm that there is no embargo on treatment for new orthodontic patients within the Health Service Executive dental service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 541: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if income from FÁS training schemes counts as income when assessing family income supplement entitlements; if it is counted as income, when this rule was introduced; if it was ever the case that income from a FÁS training scheme was exempt as income for FIS purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27003/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (8 Jul 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to release the Land Commission records in view of the fact that they are an irreplaceable historical repository; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26746/08]