Results 2,061-2,080 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are grants available to provide closed circuit television cameras for a school (details supplied) where ongoing damage is being caused to the property and to teachers' cars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9460/07]

Written Answers — Students' Medication: Students' Medication (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place for teachers when dealing with children who might need medication to be delivered or administered during school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9461/07]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the recent survey by a company (details supplied) of 17,000 consumers that found that 80% of respondents found traffic light labelling more comprehensible than guideline daily amount labelling; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that neither the recent Review of Food Labelling Legislation nor the EU's Nutrition...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the obstacles preventing the implementation of the Food Labelling Group's recommendation in relation to its definition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9088/07]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she or her officials have held either informal or formal discussions directly with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland or with her colleague the Minister for Health and Children regarding the phenomenon of food fraud; if her attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by the UK Food Standards Agency in the area of food...

Food Labelling. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has held either informal or formal discussions directly with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland or with the Department of Health and Children regarding the implementation of the country of origin labelling of beef at catering level; and if she will make a statement on her views of its implementation to date. [9212/07]

Food Labelling. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. There are 9,000 caterers and that is a fairly substantial number for the FSAI to inspect on what he described as a routine basis. How frequently would they be inspected and how many of those 9,000 would be inspected on an annual basis? I understand from the reply that checks on compliance with country of origin regulations are incorporated into...

Food Labelling. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: I saw on the website yesterday where seven closure orders were applied against food outlets of one kind or another. I put it to the Minister of State that while it is not his direct responsibility to engage the enforcement people, it is still a significant matter from the point of view of the food, which we either eat or export. What communications would he send to the FSAI and perhaps,...

Farm Inspection Scheme. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the farm inspection scheme; if she is satisfied that the extensive paperwork associated with it is appropriate; her plans to review the requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9213/07]

Farm Inspection Scheme. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: My colleague, Deputy Penrose, tabled a question last week in which he stated that the document consists of 66 pages covering 1,450 different questions, sections and permutations and that it requires the inspector's signature in 28 different places. I accept what the Minister of State said that the document is to be completed and signed off by her inspectors but there is much reading to be...

Genetically Modified Organisms. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: My question is essentially the same as Deputy Naughten's. The study from Teagasc did not consider a scenario in which 100% of crop and livestock producers were not engaged in GMO production.

Genetically Modified Organisms. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Why was this not considered as a positive advantage for Ireland as a marketing tool? Were we in a position to state that if crops were produced without reference to GMO, there would be opportunities and improved market conditions.

Fur Farming. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister and look forward to receiving that report from the veterinary experts working on it. Very little reason exists to justify fur farming in this country. Economically, it is of extremely small significance. It raises animal welfare issues and if we examine it we see it is only a fashion statement in terms of the provision of animal fur rather than of any significant...

Fur Farming. (8 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Fur farming is already banned in the UK, Austria and Luxembourg and precedents exist within the European Union. It appears other countries do not have a significant uptake. Consequently, I put it to the Minister that banning it in Ireland will not have a knock-on effect whereby other countries take it up by virtue of our non-production of mink fur.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a system will be put in place to enable people, particularly the elderly, to purchase cemetery plots at a price they can afford; if a grant system will be put in place to enable people to purchase such plots without undue hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9030/07]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (6 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to the Minister of State for Labour Affairs constituency office, whether based at his Department's offices or at a location in the Minister of State's constituency; the salary cost of the constituency offices of the Minister of State; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will include a school (details supplied) in County Cork in the revised Book of Estimates. [8289/07]

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (1 Mar 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her Department's response to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 13 February 2007, the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 might be able themselves to refuse or accept an offer of a long-term care home place; the way the person communicated their refusal to be transferred to a nursing home in...

Written Answers — Teanga Gaeilge: Teanga Gaeilge (28 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 112: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó scéim teanga faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 atá glactha anois; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [7712/07]

Written Answers — Teanga Gaeilge: Teanga Gaeilge (28 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 132: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó dréachtscéim teanga faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 atá os a chomhair anois; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [7713/07]