Results 2,861-2,880 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 652: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to ensure the speedy implementation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food's report on the operation of the farmers' early retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11003/05]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 958: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give consideration to an application under the SWS for badly-needed fencing at schools in the Dublin 10 area (details supplied). [10961/05]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 959: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give consideration to an application from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10962/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 961: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to improve the pupil-teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if this school will retain its special needs assistants. [11007/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 1071: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the practice of developers being able to apply for retention permission as this undermines the integrity of the planning system. [10166/05]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to update the official rules of the road handbook, in view of the fact that a new version of the book has not been issued in a decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/05]

Written Answers — Carcinogenic Products: Carcinogenic Products (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to undertake a review of food safety procedures in view of the fact that so many products on sale here have been found to contain the carcinogenic, Sudan Red 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6952/05]

Written Answers — Carcinogenic Products: Carcinogenic Products (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to ensure that all food products containing the banned carcinogenic, Sudan Red 1, are removed from all shops and that consumers are alerted to the dangers from products they may have in their homes containing the substance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7052/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the refund of nursing home charges to patients or their estates; the situation for elderly persons who held or hold medical cards, but who occupy private beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9565/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the estate of a person (details supplied) will receive a refund following the imposition of nursing home charges during the person's lifetime. [9566/05]

Written Answers — Residential Home Charges: Residential Home Charges (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the current practice of residential homes, such as St. Michael's House and St. John of God, taking half of their client's weekly disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9567/05]

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' Bill. I support the Bill. I am intrigued by the response from all the Government speakers. They addressed this issue entirely on economic grounds. Those economic grounds are of the order of approximately €4 million. The figure went from €1.5 million to €2 million to €4 million——

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: It happens overnight; I understand that. We are still talking about a relatively small amount of money, so small that the income from fur farming does not appear in the agricultural statistics. It does not reach the scale of being considered important in the agricultural statistics. Fur farming is the intensive breeding of essentially wild animals and because the animals have to be bred...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person whose sole income is an invalidity pension will not lose their entitlement to the medical card, despite the fact that their full pension is €1.20 above the medical card income guideline for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8539/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 following the nursing home charges illegally imposed on this person's late mother; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8735/05]

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish his Department's report on bullying in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of contributory pensioners on reduced rate pensions, the plans he has to apply annual budget pension increases to all pensioners at the same level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8682/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider expanding the back to education allowance to include part-time courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8871/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the dietary allowance payment; and if he will reverse the current policy of driving the payment into insignificance. [9528/05]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (22 Mar 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 360: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the criteria used in his decision to suspend funding to the Community Workers Co-operative; and if he will reverse the decision in order to allow this organisation resume work. [8717/05]