Results 961-980 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (21 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress since she declared accident and emergency services a national emergency in March 2006; her views on whether current cut-backs will exacerbate the problems in accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20486/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been given an estimate of the number of beds that will be closed to patients in acute hospitals around the country in July and August 2009; if she has been given an estimate of the way this will affect waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20487/09]

Hospital Services. (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the closure of wards at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. The decision to close the wards is totally misguided. The only outcome of the decision will be unnecessary pain and suffering for children, who will be put on the waiting list, and incredible stress for their parents. I am sure the Minister, like all other Members, has received the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that services to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will not be cut; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the loss of this service would place unacceptable hardship on persons availing of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20003/09]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the Irish Sports Council has complete autonomy on the way it spends the money granted to it by the State; if, under the legislation establishing the ISC, it is entitled to withhold funding to organisations under its aegis or veto appointments in non-governing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19807/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of extension plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; if work is scheduled to begin in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20102/09]

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (14 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the two community national schools operating in north County Dublin, the question on the application form for admission regarding the religion of the child is a mandatory question or one that is voluntary and can therefore be left unanswered by the parents of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new post-primary schools that will be required from 2015 onwards when, according to the Central Statistics Office, the student post primary figures will begin to increase rapidly after 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19245/09]

Written Answers — Bank Deposits: Bank Deposits (13 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank report that the deposit base of Irish banks has fallen by €12 billion since the beginning of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18977/09]

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (13 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on the 2009 Exchequer position of the live register reaching 500,000 by the end of 2009; the expected impact on the 2010 Exchequer position, with reference to forecasts made on the occasion of the supplementary budget of 7 April 2009, of the unemployment rate averaging 16.8% in 2010 as forecast by the ESRI; and if he will make...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for ensuring that FÁS trainees will receive adequate funding in respect of training and materials for the coming year; the budgetary changes which will apply to these allowances or grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19151/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns expressed by An Post for its pension fund; if he has met with the chief executive officer of An Post to discuss this issue; if so, the outcome of the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18784/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the workers in Bord na Móna who have been told the State company cannot pay their pension; if he had meetings with the management or with the unions; the discussions that took place at this meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18711/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the inter-country adoptive system whereby the Health Service Executive have been lax in passing on post placement reports to the adoptive board and onwards to the foreign country; the reason an organisation (details supplied) has not been blacklisted by the Russian Federation as has the HSE; the steps being taken...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times by region for assessment of prospective adoptive parents; her views on whether it is acceptable that the waiting period has been so high for such a long period of time; the plans to reduce this waiting time; the average number of new cases processed by quarter by region; the number of post-placement reports...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the inter-country adoption arrangements with Russia; if she will confirm if she places more importance on securing an agreement with the Republic of Vietnam rather than the Russian Federation; the number of children in 2008 placed on the inter-country adoption register from Russia and from Vietnam; the number of persons...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on an e-mail (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18916/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on the proposal to officially recognise the actions of the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian nation in 1915 as genocide; the reason for the official position here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18920/09]

Written Answers — National Stadium: National Stadium (7 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on the National Stadium project at Abbotstown in the period 1999 to 2004 not directly related to the National Aquatic Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18387/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (7 May 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of the arts and education report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18388/09]