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Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (11 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures which are in place to monitor the standard of accommodation provided by private landlords whose tenants are in receipt of rent supplement; if he has satisfied himself that tenants in receipt of rent supplement are placed in suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that social welfare payments awarded via a bank account are delayed by one day when a Monday bank holiday occurs; his views on whether this delay in payment causes hardship to social welfare recipients; if this delay will be removed in future; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — National Concert Hall: National Concert Hall (10 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the proposed redevelopment of the National Concert Hall, including the development of a new 2,000 seat auditorium recently proposed by the chairperson of the board and of the NCH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15015/05]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (5 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the role which wind energy can play in meeting energy requirements here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14397/05]

Written Answers — Digital Hub: Digital Hub (5 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress made with regard to the consultation process with a view to establishing a new research entity at the former MediaLab Europe premises in the digital hub; when he expects that the process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/05]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (5 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the age restrictions on eligibility of farmers as transferees of agricultural land; her views on whether the current age limit is ageist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14776/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (5 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if visa applications for Kyrgyz officials (details supplied) will be urgently processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14599/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented; the number in respect of which the implementation date has passed; the steps being taken to ensure that all such directives are implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14168/05]

Written Answers — Farmer Numbers: Farmer Numbers (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who have left full-time farming since 1997; her views on the fall in the number of full-time farmers; the steps she is taking to deal with the drift from the land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14167/05]

Written Answers — Wheelchair Access: Wheelchair Access (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the accessibility of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to persons who are wheelchair-bound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14126/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will seek that the EU work with the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries either to achieve at the WTO an extension of the Cotonou waiver or to change GATT Article XXIV in order that Europe can continue to give preferential access to poor countries; and his views on whether, in view of the fact that the EU 25 plus...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assessment which the Government has undertaken of the impact upon industrial and agricultural producers in Ireland's priority aid countries of the entry into force of EPAs which the EU proposes will include full liberalisation of 90% of trade with the poorest countries. [14154/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications, meetings and other representations his Department has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the EU requests for opening of markets under the proposed EPAs; the number and date of each; and if he will make documents from these meetings available to Dáil Éireann. [14155/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the concerns his Department has raised with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of the opening up of priority country markets to EU competition; and the areas of these markets which his Department has suggested be excluded from liberalisation. [14156/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representation his Department has had at EU 133 committee meetings considering liberalisation of trade with priority countries under EPAs in view of the fact that EPAs are being framed in the context of the Cotonou partnership for development co-operation. [14157/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the consultations his Department has had with priority country Governments, the business community and civil society regarding their defensive interests in the EPA trade negotiations; the areas of concern which were highlighted through such consultations; the steps which have been taken by his Department to ensure that these interests are...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the concerns his Department has regarding the regional groupings being established under EPAs; his views on whether Zambia, an Irish priority aid country, is forced by this process to decide between the two regional groups in which it has invested years of energy; his further views on whether it is appropriate for Europe, through EPAs, to...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether there are parallels between, on one hand, the 19th century colonial exercise of the 1884 redivision of Africa and the simultaneous America for the Americans doctrine and, on the other, the contemporary redrawing of the economic map of Africa in EPAs and the parallel negotiation by the US of the free trade areas of the...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has made an assessment of industries in each of Ireland's priority countries which will most come under pressure through the liberalisation envisaged in EPAs; if he will identify these industries; the number of persons they employ; the capacity they have to adjust to competition from European exports inside the transition...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the industries in Mozambique which can sustain full opening up to competition from South Africa; the way in which this can be envisaged as a poverty reduction strategy consistent with the objectives of the Cotonou Agreement. [14162/05]