Results 2,621-2,640 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the allocation of the €40 million to be provided under the DEIS; the amount which will be provided for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32782/05]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the standardised approach to identification of disadvantage planned under the DEIS action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32783/05]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which was allocated in 2005 to implementing the national youth work development plan; the amount which has been drawn down and applied to fulfilling the objectives contained in the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32240/05]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason only a small portion of the funding allocated in budget 2005 for implementing the objectives of year one, 2004, and year two, 2005, of the national youth work development plan has been used in meeting these objectives; the further reason these objectives have yet to be met; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to be included in their parents' entitlement to the drugs refund scheme will be reviewed. [31650/05]

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will review the structures for the award of grants to ER community groups (details supplied) for provision of security devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31651/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the discussions he has had on this issue; the reason for the delay in its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30933/05]

Written Answers — Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge: Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge (26 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 100: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bhFoclóir Béarla-Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [30721/05]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the review of her Department's policy on those holding non-vocational postgraduate degrees in law seeking higher education grants for the vocational barrister-at-law degree at the King's Inns which she referred to in her answers to Questions Nos. 149 of 14 April 2005, 397 of 16 April 2005 and 607 of 30 June 2005 is...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (25 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to provide long-term accommodation solutions for those who are homeless as opposed to the current emphasis which is on emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30383/05]

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (25 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the regulations introduced under the WEEE directive in view of the fact that the operation of the current regulations has placed the greater proportion of the recycling cost of electric and electronic equipment on to the consumer and not on the producer; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (25 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it has taken the regional chief executive of the Eastern Health Board until 30 September 2005 to answer Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 20 October 2004 (details supplied), which she told Dáil Éireann on 20 October 2004 she was referring to the regional chief executive;...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (25 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the grant of €100,000 which was provisionally allocated under the 2004 sports capital programme to Dublin City Council towards the provision of a skateboarding park in Bushy Park is still available for that purpose, given that the skateboarding park has yet to be built; the provisional allocation which this is dependent upon;...

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (25 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the statement which was made to the child abuse commission in July 2004 on behalf of the De La Salle Order; if she will confirm that a complaint was made in 1992 regarding physical abuse in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the date on which her attention was drawn to the complaint; and if...

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (25 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Cabinet sub-committee which was established in 1998 to deal with the abuse of children in care was made aware of instances where persons expressed concerns to Government Departments regarding the welfare of children in institutions; the number of such cases which were brought to the attention of the Cabinet sub-committee; the...

Social Welfare Benefits. (20 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Anne is not entitled, because having been in the care of the State since she arrived in Ireland, has not been able to build up the kind of relationship with the social welfare system that would enable her to conform to the length of time in receipt of benefits criteria stipulated under the VTOS, BTEA and ETD schemes. Worse, when Anne was discharged from the residential care home, she was...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Minister for Health and Children abandons the proposed Alcohol Advertising Bill which is due to be published before the end of 2005, will he take ownership of the Bill, publish it when it is ready and process it through the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29757/05]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made towards drafting new defamation legislation; if such legislation is conditional on the introduction of prior privacy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/05]

Social Welfare Benefits. (20 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter on the Adjournment. I am disappointed that the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is not present to listen to it. Three of my constituents who are homeless have managed to secure places at college. One, to whom I will refer as Anne is 19 and has just enrolled in Liberties College for a one-year child care course....

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport the target date for the establishment of a national public transport commission; and his decision in respect of the arrangements that will apply to the greater Dublin area. [29083/05]