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Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has ever granted funding to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12 under the sports capital scheme; the occasions this funding was granted; the amount of same; if all this funding was drawn down; if any of the funding not drawn down is still available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8835/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a system will be put in place to ease the pressure on social welfare local office staff in regard to the signing on of part-time and temporary workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8743/09]

Sports Capital Programme. (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will reopen the sports capital scheme in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/09]

Sports Capital Programme. (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Like Deputy Mitchell, I am glad the Minister was not obliged to engage in any high-risk sports such as hang-gliding or parachuting yesterday. We are glad no serous injuries occurred as a consequence of the incident. As I understand it, no new sports capital funding is provided for 2009. Is there any reason that national lottery funding cannot be allocated in order to facilitate new...

Sports Capital Programme. (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: Some €56 million or 57% was given to support the sports capital programme from the national lottery funding. Is there some reason this cannot be ring-fenced for new capital investment for 2009?

Arts Funding. (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: I agree with everything the Minister said in both parts of his reply, which is basically all about the importance of the arts. I fully subscribe to that and agree with the Minister. My concern is that there will be job losses in the industry, which the Minister has acknowledged. It is almost inevitable. There is no reason this, no more than any other industry, should be insulated from...

Arts Funding. (3 Mar 2009)

Mary Upton: I was not referring to only the film industry but the wider sector.

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when each property was transferred to State ownership in respect of the 64 individual properties, which were included in the indemnity agreement reached with the religious congregations in 2002; the properties which have since been sold; if sold, the amount for which each property was sold; the use and status of all of the properties...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (26 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is correct for a bank or lending institution to change the interest rate charged on an account without clearly and adequately informing their customer as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8084/09]

Written Answers — Park and Ride Facilities: Park and Ride Facilities (26 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding has been provided for park and ride facilities in an area (details supplied); if he has received an application for funding for a park and ride facility in the same area; if his attention has been drawn to the need in the said area for park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8082/09]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (26 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he plans to open the sports capital programme in 2009; if he will consider the application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8083/09]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the incentives in place for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who are anxious to get back to work and off the unemployment register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8139/09]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (25 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if plans for an appropriate Garda headquarters to serve the Garda divisional area of Tallaght have been shelved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7612/09]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (25 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied in relation to the capacity of the preferred bidder to deliver the Thornton Hall prison project; the progress that has been 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;...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (25 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7788/09]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (25 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Defence the military equipment Ireland purchases from Israel; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7820/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals to restore classes for those mild general learning disability students who would be affected by his recent announcement to remove some of those classes; if he has plans to meet with teachers from those schools affected by his recent decision to consider options to restore such classes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (24 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to implement the commitment in the programme for Government that steps would be taken to ensure that consumer codes of conduct are published by businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7283/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (24 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will implement the recommendations contained in the report of the advisory group on media mergers published on 2 January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7284/09]

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

Mary Upton: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the renewal of the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam will be finalised to allow inter-country adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam to continue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7476/09]