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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an appointment for an assessment; the reason for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7129/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an early intervention team, under the Disability Act 2005, serving Dublin north, will be in place and fully operational; the reason for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7130/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make funding available to a social services centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to carry out essential repairs so the centre can continue to provide its valuable services to the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/09]

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

Mary Upton: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a job facilitator post is in place at all social welfare offices; the availability of such persons to those seeking employment; the average waiting time for an interested party to receive access to a job facilitator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7142/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to remove the provision of a special class teacher from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [7046/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that, following the State's guarantee of six financial institutions in September 2008, Ireland's rate for loans on the international market has risen sharply; if there is an escalator clause in this agreement with the banks to ensure that the fee charged to these banks covers the increased cost in lending which the State has...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the Adoption Bill 2009, she will ensure that the legislation introduced will promote the development of adoption counselling and post adoption services here and will allow for a tracing service for persons who wish to avail of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6792/09]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on an assertion (details supplied) in regard to the Adoption Bill 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6793/09]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the cut to overseas aid as announced earlier this month; if it is his intention to achieve a total aid budget of 0.7%; when he projects that this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6790/09]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way the Irish Aid budget is to be cut; the way a decision was reached on the areas to cut from the Irish Aid budget; if he expects the Irish Aid budget to be cut further again later in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6791/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W where the loss of two teachers will have a negative impact on the ability of the school to deliver the quality of education required by students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is appropriate that each of the nine primary schools in the Dublin 10 area will lose a learning support teacher, and one school will lose two teachers; his further views on the impact this decision will have on the pupils and teachers in these schools which all have DEIS status. [6703/09]

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Yesterday in my constituency there were two events, one violent and the other potentially violent. In one case a man was gunned down in cold blood — the sixth gun murder so far this year. In the second one a viable explosive device was found under a car with the potential to explode and cause serious damage or death. Are there any plans to increase the Garda's power of surveillance or...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (18 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the funding given towards the Irish Sports Council and the Arts Council which comes from the National Lottery; if he will express this figure as a percentage of the total funding in respect of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/09]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (18 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is required to bid for National Lottery funding against other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2251/09]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available for a person who wishes to train or access up-skilling as a building energy rating assessor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6458/09]

Written Answers — Traffic Law Enforcement: Traffic Law Enforcement (18 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 12 February 2009, the number of cyclists who have been prosecuted and the fines that have been imposed for not being correctly lit up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/09]

Written Answers — Traffic Law Enforcement: Traffic Law Enforcement (18 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cyclists who have been prosecuted for breaching traffic lights in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6531/09]

Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: We were told over and over again that when the economic downturn came there would be a soft landing. Now we are being told that we are all in it together. Neither statement is true. It was a crash landing with debris scattered all over the place and nobody who has the responsibility for managing it is ready to step up to the plate and take on that responsibility. There is nobody to tidy...

Written Answers — End-of-Life Vehicles: End-of-Life Vehicles (17 Feb 2009)

Mary Upton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on roads here which have been identified to date; the action he will take to reform the national vehicle driver file to address the dangerous problem of car write-offs; if he will introduce a compulsory reporting system for car write-offs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....