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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the cutbacks introduced in the area of arts, sport and tourism under the supplementary budget on 7 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to remove a language support teacher from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16194/09]

Written Answers — Post Leaving Certificate Courses: Post Leaving Certificate Courses (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to cap the number of student places in the post leaving certificate sector in view of the 7 April 2009 budget decision and the need for more education and training opportunities for school leavers and others, the impact the cap will have on the number of teachers in PLC colleges and the need for...

Other Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: I wish to raise a number of points on this issue. The Minister's predecessor, the late Mr. Séamus Brennan, stated that the issue has been debated and discussed for several years and that as the Minister with responsibility for sport, he took the view that it was important to end the continuing uncertainty and to bring finality to the matter. Everyone was pleased there was what we believed...

Other Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: The GPA has been in touch with all of us. It makes the point that it would agree to take a proportionate cut similar to any other organisation and it has no difficulty with that. Does the Minister not believe it is somewhat unfair that last year it had money guaranteed and now it would appear the players are in total limbo again and there is no commitment from anyone that they will be given...

Other Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: There was a protracted and difficult process before a resolution was reached but we arrived at a resolution. The Irish Sports Council did not ask to be the agency to deliver the money. It did not volunteer to do so, but that role was foisted upon it. In 2007, the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism stated that an amount of €3.5 million would be provided in 2008 to fund such schemes....

Tourism Industry. (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: One of the big complaints still being made relates to the cost of eating out and other cost factors in Ireland. These are having a negative impact on people. What initiatives are in place to ensure those costs are reduced and to encourage more tourists, local and international?

Departmental Agencies. (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether it is appropriate that two different bodies which receive funding from his Department both produced external reports on the Beijing Olympics at a cost to the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16367/09]

Departmental Agencies. (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: I hope the Minister had a tad more clarity following his meetings with these two organisations than I have had from meetings and correspondence with them. It seems ridiculous that two reports were written about the Beijing Olympics. The report of the Irish Sports Council cost €30,000, while the Olympic Council of Ireland told me it had spent €6,231 and stated: "This was paid from our...

Departmental Agencies. (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: I ask the Minister to knock heads together. Is there some way to bring these two organisations together so they can co-operate? We would not then have this totally unnecessary duplication. Each organisation engaged a highly reputable consultant but, reading the two reports produced, one would think they were about two different sets of games as there was much discrepancy between them. We...

Departmental Agencies. (28 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: I thank the Minister for his reply. I have calculated that more than €36,000 was spent in producing these two reports, yet one is little wiser after reading either of them. How are we to know which is the substantive report that spells the situation out as it really is? The Minister knows better than I that this €36,000, for which we can deduce that little value has been obtained,...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: I want to ask about legislation that has disappeared from the list, namely, the Irish Sports Council (Amendment) Bill, which was promised. What status will the Institute of Sport have if that legislation is dropped?

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: The Minister should stop picking on the weakest in society. The cutting of the Christmas bonus has caused an unprecedented public response and not only among those who will lose it; other people who are employed refer to it as a miserable act. The Government amendment states that €223 million is needed to fill the gap, a substantial amount. Government speakers all say that this must come...

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the campaign by the undocumented Irish community in the USA to have their status legalised; the efforts he has made and will make to promote this campaign; the steps under way at the present time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15365/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the reports that seven members of the Baha'i community have been imprisoned under false allegations in Iran; and his views on the efforts he can make to promote the rights of the Baha'i community. [15366/09]

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of applicants for the reserve currently in training; if he is satisfied with the rate of recruitment; when he expects that the full complement of 1,500 will be in place; if restrictions have been placed...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the capacity of the preferred bidder to deliver the Thornton Hall prison project; the progress made on the project since the enactment of the Prison Development (Confirmation of Regulations) Act, 2008; the estimated date for the commencement and the completion of the project; the estimated...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will ensure that employers are reimbursed the 60% rebate of statutory redundancy payments to which they are entitled within the timeframe set out on her Department website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15234/09]

Written Answers — National Archives: National Archives (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the space in the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15266/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Apr 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of the community child care workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15114/09]