Results 521-540 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) will be exempted from the public sector pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7968/10]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (16 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that some parents who are employed are no longer able to afford community child care and are removing their children from child care services due to the increase in fees; her further views on the fact that fee increase is creating a poverty trap and if this is counterproductive; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in receipt of all their proper entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7861/10]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be considered for inclusion in a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7352/10]

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: I recently obtained some figures from the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews as part of a reply to a parliamentary question, regarding sports organisations and the vetting of employees and volunteers. Some of these were very good and indicated that a very high number had gone through the process, but quite a number had not. Will the Tánaiste say when the national vetting bureau Bill...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (10 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the new role for the National Roads Authority as the manager of the non-national road network on a non-statutory basis; the powers that have been removed from the local authorities in this regard; the way the NRA will implement its new control oversight of these roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6430/10]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (10 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport if preclearance facilities are now fully operational at Shannon Airport; the security measures that are in place to monitor private aircraft using the preclearance facilities; when they will also be fully operational at Dublin Airport; his views on the introduction of body scanners at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the pension payment will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7037/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the conditions for eligibility for the back to education allowance; the options for funding available to a person who has no means and will be unable to continue in education unless the back to education allowance and a maintenance allowance are available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7097/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a casual social welfare payment will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7114/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the processing of medical card applications for persons over 70 years is taking a long time; the further reason the system is not made easier for elderly applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6386/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is in receipt of their correct payments and entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6393/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 525: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in receipt of all their proper entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6766/10]

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: It is not agreed. It was agreed at the committee during the week that we would fund the horse and greyhound fund for the coming year. However, the intention of the legislation was that the funding would come from the tax on gambling. In 2002, after changing the legislation, Exchequer funding was provided linked to the consumer price index to top up that fund. To continue to do this is...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Assistant Commissioner, who was appointed to examine the Garda investigation file into the 1970 murder of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has yet reported. [5617/10]

Written Answers — Garda Powers: Garda Powers (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all sections of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act, 2009, have been brought into operation; the number of occasions on which the powers contained in the Act have been used since its enactment; the number of prosecutions transferred to the Special Criminal Court under the provisions of Section 8 of the Act; the number...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to ensure that persons in the age group 18 to 25 years, that are in education or training and availing of jobseeker's allowance, will be able to proceed to either further training, education, or employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5928/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the carbon tax in 2010; the amount of this money that has been ring fenced to improve energy efficiency, alleviate fuel poverty and promote rural transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5918/10]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if, as part of his extension of the State's protection to the banking industry here, he will demand that banks who wish to be regulated should be required to focus on either classic retail functions or on market actions; his views on whether such a distinction in the previous decade would have meant that the National Asset Management Agency would...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time it will take to process an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5816/10]