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Sports and Public Health. (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: The Minister referred to the obesity taskforce. My understanding is that many of the sections of its report are gathering dust and little progress has been made. It is very important that the Department with a responsibility for sport has an input and that there is interaction with the Department of Health and Children. What is the role of the Department of Education and Science in terms...

Sports and Public Health. (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: I refer to the first part of the Minister's reply and the drop-out rate for 15-19 year olds. The Minister made many soothing noises, which are all very reassuring. He said we must address it, but what exactly will we do, who will do it and when will it happen? This problem has been around for a long time. The drop-put rate remains consistently high, yet nothing has happened. Can we have...

Film Industry Development. (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: If the negotiations are at a delicate stage, I understand that it would not be appropriate to go into detail on the issue. It is very important that we have our film studio and the Minister might be able to comment on issues such as the economies of scale. I am looking for a much wider discussion on the Irish film industry. We need to be able to encourage people to come into this country...

Access to Sporting Facilities. (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: There is a need for joined-up thinking on the interaction with the Department of Education and Science. All of the sporting groups that have recently come before the committee have spoken to us about the duplication of resources in a small town or a parish, where two or three halls might be available. There is a need to put in a place a system where people can find out why the school hall...

Access to Sporting Facilities. (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: I appreciate the points about the future programme of sports capital funding, the interaction between clubs and schools and so on. However, my key point is that facilities are already in existence that have been paid for by the taxpayer but access to them is not available. Very often they are closed at 6 p.m. when many clubs would love to avail of them. Basketball Ireland, for example,...

Access to Sporting Facilities. (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: We must find ways to get over the insurance issues. There must be a way around them.

Written Answers — Departmental Committees: Departmental Committees (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the report by the National Economic and Social Forum, entitled In the Frame or Out of the Picture; his further views on the principal finding that people with lower educational attainment, social class and income are many times less likely than fellow citizens to attend a range of arts events; the steps his Department...

Written Answers — Arts and Sports Funding: Arts and Sports Funding (13 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will amend the relevant legislation regarding arts and sports organisations to ensure that these are required to allocate funding to programmes to promote social and cultural inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/08]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will extend the universal services obligation to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10590/08]

Written Answers — Mining Industry: Mining Industry (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient funding is provided in 2008 to meet Government commitments in relation to the remediation works at Silvermines, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10591/08]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department has taken to actively seek to ensure that every child at both primary and senior cycle is involved in sporting activity in view of the fact that a study published in 2007 (details supplied) has shown that social disadvantage begins to reduce participation in sport at primary school level; and if she will...

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding his Department provides to the library service, specifically funding to support outreach programmes in isolated and disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/08]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the linkages that exist between his Department and local arts offices to which his Department indirectly provides most of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10818/08]

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Support the motion.

Capitation Grants: Motion (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: We have sensible priorities.

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent actions of a Russian gas supplier (details supplied), whose chairperson has recently been elected Russian president, in halving gas supplies to Ukraine; his further views on the consequences of same for European energy supplies; the discussions that have emanated at EU level in response to this step; and if he will...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on efforts undertaken by Ireland with regard to stabilising and securing future energy supplies throughout the European Union in response to the ongoing insecurity relating to Russian-Ukrainian energy disputes. [10285/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the limits applied for eligibility for the medical card and the general practitioner visit card are realistic in view of the spiralling cost of living at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10040/08]

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to papers relating to a children's detention centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if the papers contain a letter in the second half of 1996 from the Garda Commissioner to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science relating to co-operation by that Department in the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the visa application for a person (details supplied) who is in danger in their own country can be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10387/08]