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Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will elucidate the options that exist within the current visa regime for a Turkish national with a C visa and Irish born children to upgrade their visa status in order that they would no longer need to leave the State every three months in order to remain here and look after their children. [11879/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to a direct response to this Deputy following a parliamentary question she will provide documentary evidence that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 refused a place in a nursing home on behalf of their son; and if she will provide written evidence that the nursing home accepts patients who need to be fed through a peg...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will establish the National Advisory Forum on Next Generation Networks; the persons who will be a member of the Forum and the Forum's mandate; the regularity with which the Forum will meet; the timeframe for the publication of its first report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11354/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on his new indicative target of 700,000 broadband subscribers by the end of 2007; the targets the Government should set for broadband roll-out to 2010; the measures he will introduce to achieve this objective; if he has had contact with broadband service providers in relation to achieving the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the serious concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11090/07]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision of his Department which led to a deportation order dated 6 May 2005 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [11668/07]

Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: I concur with what Deputy Hogan has said. I, too, have had representations on the very same points. It certainly raises issues about the travel industry and the implications therefor. In the submission to me the point is made that there is the risk of a knock-on effect for consumers. Those who pay by alternative methods other than direct debit may become victims in that regard. I would...

Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: The ITAA has made the point that one of the consequences is that there will be a higher price for everybody. This is the Consumer Protection Bill. From that perspective perhaps there is a consumer aspect to it, particularly in the light of what the travel agents argue. They maintain they will suffer greatly as a consequence and perhaps there is a consumer element within their argument...

Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: The Small Claims Court has an important role to play in this area. It could be utilised by people who want to avoid the increased costs of a substantial case to be made in a higher court. I support the amendment.

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the funding needs of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person [details supplied] in Dublin 10 had completed their acute care episode at the time they were transferred to a nursing home outside of the county of their residence against the wishes of their family; if they had completed their acute care episode, the reason they needed to be admitted into a hospital near that nursing home...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the files that accompanied a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 when they were transferred from a Dublin hospital to a nursing home in County Kildare; the extent to which the nursing home in County Kildare was aware of the persons medical condition at the time of their transfer; the reason the person had to wait without a bed for...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide documentary evidence that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 refused a place in a nursing home on behalf of their son; and if she will provide written evidence that the nursing home accepts patients who need to be fed through a peg or who have MRSA. [10929/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a family meeting with the multi-disciplinary team and the family took place on 9 February 2007, as distinct from 7 February 2007; if she will provide documentary evidence of the statement in the response that the family accepted the person (details supplied) needed to be discharged to a nursing home. [10930/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of individuals in need of long term care who have been moved directly from Dublin hospitals to non-acute care homes outside the county of Dublin during each of the past 12 months; and the number of those moved who were incapable of expressing consent or withholding consent to medical procedures and operations under the...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the outcome of the recent assembly elections in Northern Ireland; if the outcome makes the challenge of re-establishing the political institutions created under the Good Friday Agreement more difficult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10505/07]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; the issues that were discussed at the meeting; if the matter of British/Irish partnership arrangements to govern Northern Ireland were discussed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10504/07]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the precise legal basis upon which a certificate of competence under the European Communities (Animal Transport and Control Post) Regulations 2006 will be issued in relation to the transport of non-equine, non-bovine, non-ovine, non-caprine, or non-porcine animal or non-poultry animals such as greyhounds; if it is necessary or...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty and approximate VAT charge on a litre of home heating oil in the domestic market in February 2007; the amount of excise duty and VAT included in the cost of a typical delivery of 1000 litres of home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10248/07]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that another interest rate increase will place Ireland in the high risk category of experiencing a sharp house price reversal; if his Department has conducted an assessment of the implications of a house price reversal for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/07]