Results 181-200 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Port Traffic: Port Traffic (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport the quantity of exports which were transported through each of the main ports for each of the past ten years; the quantity of imports for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/10]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the proposals of an airline (details supplied) for doubling its present volume of passenger traffic at Cork and Shannon airports within five years; if his further attention has been drawn to the airline's proposals for increasing its present volume of traffic at Dublin Airport by more than 50% within five...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of a person [details supplied] in respect of the assessment procedures in place for foster parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35285/10]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding plans for the proposed children's hospital at the Mater site; if plans have been submitted to An Bord Pleanála; the discussions that have been held with An Bord Pleanála; if she is satisfied that despite the concerns expressed by a number of paediatric consultants, the proposed site is the most appropriate and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a user friendly system can be set up for persons calling the social welfare appeals office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35282/10]

Order of Business (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Does the Taoiseach have any plans to capture the tax from on-line gambling?

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated under the fair deal scheme per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34669/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current waiting times for those persons applying for medical cards or general practitioner only cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34701/10]

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide free university places for the long-term unemployed to allow them to retrain and re-enter the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34815/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons over 70 years who no longer qualify under the revised terms for medical cards and who voluntarily return their medical cards are liable to pay the income levy on their occupational pensions; if he will provide the number of persons in this category who returned their medical cards; the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who do not have a yearly pension income of at least €12,700 are only allowed on maturity of their pension fund, to withdraw 25% of the full amount of the fund in a tax free lump sum and if they do not want to invest the balance of the fund in an annuity, that they are obliged to place the...

Written Answers — Cycle to Work Scheme: Cycle to Work Scheme (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cycle to work scheme does not allow for participants to purchase a child helmet or child seat and that this severely restricts the ability of parents to transport their child to school or child-care on their way to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/10]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the conditions of the free preschool year, where many parents are unable to avail of the scheme because of the age requirement; if her attention has been drawn to the discriminatory nature of the scheme, whereby some children attending a preschool year are entitled to breakfasts or lunches, while others within...

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children availing of the free preschool year scheme; the number of children who had signed up but later dropped out of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34821/10]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of queries received by her in relation to the eligibility of a child to avail of the free preschool year arising from their age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34822/10]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that a number of children will not be able to avail of the free school year because of their age, while at the same time the same children will be accepted into junior infants in a national school; her proposals to remove the discriminatory age requirements from the application of the scheme; and if she will make...

Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide funding for a minimum expenditure model of works to open the two closed floors of the Natural History Museum as an interim measure until such time as funding is available to complete the redevelopment of the museum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34814/10]

Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on a minimum expenditure model of works to open the two closed floors of the Natural History Museum as an interim measure until such time as funding is available to complete the redevelopment of the museum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34813/10]

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the money she contributes towards the running of Dublin's St. Patrick's Day parade each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34818/10]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (30 Sep 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he and the National Asset Management Agency have taken to ensure that NAMA's debtors do not, or have not, transferred assets offshore, to friends and family or otherwise potentially beyond the reach of being recouped by NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34050/10]