Results 1,861-1,880 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Dec 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans, in view of the fact that co-location is cited as one of the main reasons that the new paediatric hospital will be situated beside an adult hospital, in place to improve the services for teenagers with congenital heart defects who transfer to the new hospital; if she is satisfied that the current resources at the Mater...
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of registered youth clubs in the Dublin south central electoral area; the amount of funding each receives; if she will provide the answer in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31748/07]
- Sports Funding. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the positive effects multiannual funding can have in long-term planning, he has considered providing multiannual funding to the Sports Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31805/07]
- Sports Funding. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: I welcome the decision to fund the annual team performance scheme for inter-county players and I welcome the statements from the Minister and the Gaelic Players Association, GPA, in this regard. I am pleased the matter has been resolved and that teams will compete in the new year with funding in place. I thank the Minister for his reply in regard to funding for the Sports Council. During...
- Sports Funding. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: If funding were to be made available on a multi-annual basis, does the Minister agree we would get better value for money? For example, the Arts Council must plan one or more years in advance if it wishes to engage an opera singer. The same is probably true for the Sports Council if it wishes to engage a badminton coach, for instance. The lack of certainty as to future funding places...
- National Aquatic Centre. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: I refer to the answer to my previous question in which the Minister said that â¬54 million was allocated to the Irish Sports Council in 2007 and the overall budget for sport in 2007 was â¬295 million. While we certainly welcome that investment, much of it was given to capital projects. We need to consider value for money. With the additional subsidy to the aquatic centre, when does the...
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: I am somewhat mesmerised by the subdivisions within the figures given by the Minister in respect of those who are to move out of Dublin. I am interested in the wider aspects of decentralisation. How many of those who are relocating to Killarney are moving from places other than Dublin? Will those people be included in the statistics which will be given as part of the overall monitoring of...
- Sports Funding. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. While I appreciate the value and importance of the horse breeding and horse racing industry, lest the greyhounds feel somewhat neglected on this issueââ
- Sports Funding. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: ââ the Minister should comment on the greyhound industry. A major social agenda has developed around greyhound racing, which is also highly important. There are some excellent greyhound tracks in Dublin and around the country in locations such as Cork and Galway. I have visited each of the aforementioned tracks fairly recently. It is important to recognise that, to a great extent,...
- Arts Funding. (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: The idea of a culture night is an excellent one. I understand it was very well attended and was a great boost for many museums and cultural institutions. In my constituency, areas like the Liberties and Kilmainham have a particular claim to cultural institutions and museums and these were proactive and pleased with this development. I would like to see the idea being extended to larger...
- National Drugs Strategy: Statements (29 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Carey, on his appointment to this portfolio. I wish him well. I also acknowledge his generous availability in my constituency. His visits to communities there are welcomed and appreciated. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. Every year, in different parts of my constituency, I attend commemoration services for people who have...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: A large number of my parliamentary questions to the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism have been returned to me this morning or passed on to other Departments with the advice that they are not the responsibility of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. Whose responsibility are they? For example, one of my questions asked the Minister about the discussions he has had with the...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 23 October 2007 in relation to countries expected to fail to meet the Millennium Development Goals, if he will provide details of Irish Aid's pro-poor growth initiatives; and if such initiatives have been assessed in terms of a human rights perspective. [30870/07]
- Written Answers — Arms Trade: Arms Trade (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures his Department will recommend to be made by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, by way of orders or regulations to control brokering activities he proposes to make under the Control of Exports Bill 2007. [30869/07]
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the National Immunisation programme; DiTe or Td vaccine for secondary school pupils as advised by the 2002 National Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland has never been implemented in the former ERHA region and is five years overdue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30751/07]
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the nursing home refund due to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 can not be awarded to their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30989/07]
- Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the SADC EPA region, in signing an interim goods-only free trade agreement has expressed that it wishes not to commit itself to future negotiations in services and investment which are not suitable to its economic, social and environmental development priorities (details supplied); if he will take the constructive...
- Written Answers — Ombudsman for Children: Ombudsman for Children (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the possibility of establishing an ombudsman for students to address student issues specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30556/07]
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on amending the physical education curriculum to include more varied sporting activities such as a self defence programme for girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30557/07]
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Upton: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the civil social and political education curriculum to include a module on road safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30558/07]