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Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will seek support for the establishment of a secretariat to assist and progress, from time to time, such proposals as may be made for the realisation of peace in the Middle East, and to work in the interim at retaining such momentum of dialogue between the parties as may emerge. [1937/09]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps a foreign national who is on a one year working visa can take if they lose their job; if they are entitled to apply for new employment up until their visa expires; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1821/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance if, under the new income levy scheme introduced in budget 2009, a married couple of pensionable age have the 1% levy taken after €20,000, the same limit as for a single person, and are then instructed to claim a rebate for the additional €20,000 allowance at the end of the year; the reason the scheme operates in this way; his views on whether...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tighten up the regulatory environment in the banking sector here and the business sector as a whole; if he has plans to introduce harsher judicial sanctions for those found guilty of so-called white collar crime, including liability for losses being extended to include a person's personal assets; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which led to the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank; the reason that Anglo Irish could not be allowed to fail in view of the fact that a large majority of its loans was extended to developers, many in respect of developments not even occurring here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1829/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the payment to chiropodists for persons with medical cards; the reason that these persons are being asked to subsidise the medical card payment to the chiropodist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1990/09]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per year of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; her plans for the future of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1811/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Inspections: Nursing Home Inspections (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an inspection system for public nursing homes comparable to that operating in private nursing homes will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1812/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive employs case managers to oversee the transfer of patients from a hospital to subsequent care, a non-acute area or in the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1813/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be reviewed; if funding will be supplied for a transfer to a local area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1820/09]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions directed to her Department for 2008 which have been subsequently redirected to the Health Service Executive for reply; the total number of questions submitted to her Department in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1823/09]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time for a reply to a parliamentary question to the Health Service Executive in 2007 and 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1824/09]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí located at stations (details supplied) in County Dublin in 2007 and at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1817/09]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 910: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will roll out the dial-to-stop drug dealing initiative in the Dublin south central area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1814/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of occasions on which section 35 amendment of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 and 2006 has been used by planning authorities since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1815/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the planning legislation to support the homezones concept which has been introduced in a number of European cities and which strikes a balance between traffic and other street users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1816/09]

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to reopen the home energy saving scheme; the level of funding which will be available for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1091/09]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes in funding and resources that will apply to DEIS schools; if it is the case that schools with DEIS status will retain their full pupil teacher ratio as existed prior to budget 2009 announcements; if it is the case as described by him on a number of occasions that schools in DEIS areas will not be disadvantaged by the...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the funding and resources for second level schools in DEIS areas and the persons who provide the leaving certificate applied courses will be affected by budget 2009 announcements; if the full pupil teacher ratio and special allowances for these courses will remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1750/09]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is graded as DEIS band two in view of the fact that all other primary schools in the locality have DEIS band one status; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the catchment is broadly the same for all of these schools and that the same social disadvantages apply to this...