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Written Answers — Importation of Birds: Importation of Birds (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the imports of caged birds here since the extended controls were applied in relation to avian flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7239/06]

Written Answers — Importation of Birds: Importation of Birds (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of inspectors employed to check the import of caged-exotic birds here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7240/06]

Written Answers — Importation of Birds: Importation of Birds (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps her Department has taken to ensure that caged-exotic birds are not illegally imported here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7241/06]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he is considering in relation to the development of wave and tidal power; the timeframe for the launch of the new national energy policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6736/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that statements made by his Department over the period 1988 to 1997 regarding a person (details supplied) were accurate and comprehensive; if not, his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6584/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which has been raised by selling an Office of Public Works property in an area (details supplied); where the money thus received by the Government is allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7128/06]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants which are sponsored by his Department that would be appropriate to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person reaching the age of 65 years in June 2042 will still be eligible for the perks available to those in receipt of the old age pension in 2006, for example the household benefits package. [6484/06]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants which are sponsored by his Department that would be appropriate to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6857/06]

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grants available from her Department for pet farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6540/06]

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the orders made in 1963 under section 7 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 to give a group (details supplied) the status of probation officers; the names of the presidia of the group whose members were given the status of probation officers by virtue of the orders in question; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Abuse Allegations: Abuse Allegations (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a letter dated 26 June 1999 from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the steps which were taken in 1999 to investigate the issues raised in this letter; the reason there was no reply to the letter. [6582/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the structures and personnel that will be in place for any investigation she establishes to give effect to the commitment she gave in her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1216 of 25 January 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6583/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide all legally relevant documentary evidence that the European Union institutions are of the view that S.I. 788 of 2005 wholly or partly transposes the nitrates directive into Irish law and therefore fulfils either wholly or partly Ireland's EU obligations in respect of transposing that directive; if S.I. 788 of 2005...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide copies of correspondence between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government which refer to the implementation of the nitrates directive since 1 January 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5923/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has held with farming organisations and on what dates about the nitrates directive since 1 January 2006; her response to some farmers' organisations' provisional withdrawal from the partnership talks; her views on the potential impact this will have on the overall partnership arrangements; the action she is taking...

EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Will the Minister ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish in full the Teagasc advice on nitrates and phosphates so that Teagasc clients can see the differences between the existing REPS and what is recommended in the directive?

Alternative Energy Projects. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister for the detailed reply. It was disappointing to hear Greencore's chairman say it would not be seeking to develop the biofuel business. This is a golden opportunity to do that and one that is being neglected. What type of information is being given to farmers to encourage them at least to examine the options in biofuels? Is an information and marketing programme being made...

Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: The report to which Deputy Naughten referred is of considerable concern to all of us with an interest in protecting the Irish food industry and the Irish consumer. While the Food Safety Authority is not under the banner of the Minister of State in terms of funding, is it acceptable that there are only five auditors to deal with 43,000 food businesses and that when a small sample of 90 was...

Beef Exports. (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether a guarantee that equivalent standards apply in a non-EU country is equivalent to the standards that apply in EU countries with regard to traceability; the action she has taken to determine the exact nature of, and the degree of compliance with, such standards as are guaranteed by a non-EU country, for example,...