Results 1,061-1,080 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is technically feasible to proceed with an idea (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12647/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an idea (details supplied) from a legal perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12648/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an idea (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an idea (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12649/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 on the pension levy as it affects research staff in universities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12689/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12687/09]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill which is long over due. I am glad it has come to the House to be debated. The issues raised in it are very important and in a constituency such as the one I represent, many of them are hugely important and need to be addressed immediately, if that could be done. We have a long waiting list for...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 26 February 2009, when the contract for his Department's new payroll system was first drafted; the length of time it took to draft this contract; the cost of the contract to date; the estimated final cost for the contract when the payroll system becomes operational in September 2009; the...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 26 February 2009, the reason the new payroll system in his Department is not due to begin operating until September 2009; the categories of teaching and non-teaching staff who will benefit from the use of the new payroll system; if this will include part-time, full-time and substitute...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (25 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding the sports capital scheme received from the national lottery in each of the past five years; the reason the scheme could not have been run on national lottery funding alone in the event that there is no money available from the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/09]

Special Educational Needs. (24 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak again on this issue this evening and I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this topic. The decision to suspend classes for children with mild general learning disability is seriously regressive. It is, again, hitting the most at risk children in the community and I am afraid that the mantra that the most vulnerable are to be protected is one...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the renewal of the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia will be finalised to allow intercountry adoptions between Ireland and Russia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10983/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 798: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a jobseeker's payment will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11145/09]

Written Answers — School Funding: School Funding (24 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be released to rectify a safety hazard in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10967/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding the submission by a group (details supplied) that Eircom should be acquired by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10530/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a further reduction in the cut off point for the artists exemption scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the rules regarding the tax exemption scheme for artists, specifically the definition of arts; the person who decides whether someone is eligible or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to update the sports tax relief scheme to encompass current as well as capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10637/09]

Written Answers — Copyright Law: Copyright Law (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns raised in a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10759/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total allocated to the horse and greyhound fund in each of the past five years; the amount raised by betting revenue during each of these years; if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10638/09]