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Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding illegal nursing home charges in so far as it applies to persons who were not considered [i]compos mentis[/i]; if she will confirm that the Statute of Limitations does not apply to such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12293/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to ensure that home help service providers are being fairly treated in respect of their contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12294/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for Our lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12343/06]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason elderly medical card holders are being required to pay for certificates from doctors in order to avail of sporting facilities; if she will make a statement on the matter of elderly people being therefore disincentivised to participate in activities in which really they ought to be participating owing to the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if public servants paying full PRSI whose pension is integrated with their occupational pension will, upon reaching 66 years of age, be entitled to receive the household benefits package; and if not, the reason therefore. [12296/06]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made with regard to Garda clearance for child care workers; if he has satisfied himself that the situation provides adequate assurances for the children who are cared for by child care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12307/06]

Social Welfare Benefits. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: One of my constituents, a young lady, was in receipt of a blind pension in this country until she went to study in Edinburgh University. She has problems with glaucoma and cataracts and has undergone a cornea transplant. As she failed to get into the course she wanted to do in this country, she enrolled in college in Edinburgh last September. Her blind pension has been stopped as she was told...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion this evening. With the Ceann Comhairle's permission, I want to share time with Deputy Penrose.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: The Minister asked the House, as he introduced the Criminal Justice Bill for its Second Reading in February 2005, to accept the bona fides of his motivation in seeking to introduce a Bill substantively different on its Second Reading from what first came before the House. Now a year later we are being asked to approve a measure which will force a committee of this House to consider...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: That is all right. One of the main criticisms of this Government has been levelled, in particular, as regards the inadequate resourcing of Garda powers already in existence. This is primarily responsible for the increasing intensity in violent crime since this Government has been in power. One of the main reasons for my interest in the detail of the legislation is some of the events in my...

Food Safety Standards. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the areas in which there is not real equivalence between Irish standards of traceability, animal health and welfare and consumer protection and those which obtain in other EU and non-EU WTO member countries; and the form which her previously stated intention (details supplied) shall take. [12228/06]

Food Safety Standards. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but it is the same as the reply I received before. I wish to make two important points. I refer to the significance of equivalence. Ireland imported 6,500 tonnes of Brazilian beef directly and almost 170,000 tonnes of Brazilian beef was imported into the European Union. I refer to an FVO report on Brazil for the period August to September 2005. I...

Food Safety Standards. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: I will make a final point. I am glad this issue has been raised at EU level. However, the Minister of State will agree it is putting Irish producers at a significant disadvantage. The issue with regard to inspection is that it was meant to be a review of promises made the previous year by Brazil. However, despite some improvements, there is a long list of unacceptable practices in Brazil from...

Food Safety Standards. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: This beef is an unacceptable product. There is a tariff issue and a financial issue in this regard but there is also a health and safety issue if such practices continue. A factory would more than likely be closed down in this country if similar practices prevailed.

Food Safety Standards. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: The incidents to which I referred are a small part of the problems that prevail in those countries. There is a significant risk to the consumer arising from those practices as well as to trade.

Written Answers — European Conventions: European Conventions (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has yet to ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes; when Ireland will ratify same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11940/06]

Written Answers — European Conventions: European Conventions (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has yet to sign or ratify the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine; when Ireland will sign and ratify same, together with its protocols; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to halt the rise in experiments without anaesthetic on animals in Irish universities; if she will make a statement regarding the amount which has been spent by her Department in each of the past five years on the enforcement of legislation governing the experimentation on animals here; and if...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will agree to retain ownership of a listed building (details supplied) and restore same to its original condition;. [12083/06]

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works attention has been drawn to the deteriorating condition of a cromlech (details supplied); if he will arrange to have the status of the cromlech reviewed. [12084/06]