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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with the centralisation of paediatric medicine in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9396/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding given to fee paying private schools in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; his views on the impact of funding and fees being available to the schools; if he has plans to review his Department's funding for these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9395/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on establishing a website on which members of the public can suggest ways to solve the problems in the economy and identify ways to reduce waste in Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9526/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels at nursing homes (details supplied) in relation to patient numbers in these nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9529/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 regarding the Leas Cross Nursing Home Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9686/09]

Written Answers — Community Service Orders: Community Service Orders (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on suggestions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on suggestions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9527/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will launch the sections of the national insulation scheme which relate to local government housing and other social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will arrange for clustering of two schools for purposes of special classes for children with mild learning disabilities in respect of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9793/09]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (10 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there are anomalies in the criteria for an Irish exemption between children progressing to secondary school from private schools and from mainstream schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9525/09]

Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Despite the outpouring of documentation from the Government in the form of various action plans, programmes for recovery, etc., nothing has been done to stem the haemorrhage of jobs out of the economy. Large and small businesses across every sector are being affected by the current crisis relating to the loss of jobs. I join previous...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation, including top up, under the aid to the elderly scheme and the disabled person's grant scheme in 2008; the amount that will be allocated to each local authority in 2009 under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 8% reduction in payments for professional services will apply to adjudicators and mediators engaged by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if the same reduction will be applied to payments made to members of the dispute resolution committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10158/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding the submission by a group (details supplied) that Eircom should be acquired by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10530/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a further reduction in the cut off point for the artists exemption scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the rules regarding the tax exemption scheme for artists, specifically the definition of arts; the person who decides whether someone is eligible or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to update the sports tax relief scheme to encompass current as well as capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10637/09]

Written Answers — Copyright Law: Copyright Law (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns raised in a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10759/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total allocated to the horse and greyhound fund in each of the past five years; the amount raised by betting revenue during each of these years; if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10638/09]

Special Educational Needs. (24 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak again on this issue this evening and I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this topic. The decision to suspend classes for children with mild general learning disability is seriously regressive. It is, again, hitting the most at risk children in the community and I am afraid that the mantra that the most vulnerable are to be protected is one...