Results 21-40 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Upton: Question 746: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the costs to her Department for the years 2009 and 2010, of mileage and public transport costs for officials from her Department to travel in both directions between Dublin and Killarney for departmental business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1282/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Upton: Question 747: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of staff in her Department formerly allocated to dealing with the Horse and Greyhound Fund and related matters; the duties now carried out by those staff formerly engaged in carrying out that work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1283/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Upton: Question 748: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if any of the staff in her Department formerly engaged in dealing with the Horse and Greyhound Fund and related matters have been reallocated to the same duties in the Department of Agriculture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1284/11]
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Upton: Question 749: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the capital programmes delivered by her in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the capital programmes planned by her for 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1285/11]
- Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Upton: Question 765: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason local authorities, in allowing three periods of payment for motor tax, charge a higher price to pay in four three month payments or two six month payments than purchasing 12 months in full; his views on whether it is fair to penalise those who cannot afford to make the payment in full; and if he...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Upton: Question 794: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Arts officers working in local authorities that are on contracts; the number, if any that will be up for renewal in the next four years; the effect of the recruitment moratorium on the renewal of these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1530/11]
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: I wish to raise two issues. When can we expect the Property Services (Regulation) Bill back in the House? The second issue relates to the health repayment scheme. Despite a claim having been submitted, accepted and declared in order in 2007, the person involved is still awaiting payment. In October of this year she was told she would be paid before Christmas.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. I have no other way of raising this. I have made all the telephone calls and written all the letters. This woman will be going to the moneylenders because the money has not been paid to her before Christmas, as promised.
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations: Motion (16 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: No.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: It is not agreed. The proposal under No. 29 to allocate approximately â¬26 million to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund from the general Exchequer is totally unacceptable in the current climate. At a time when we are taking money from carers and cutting the minimum wage, it is not acceptable to provide so much money to the horse and greyhound industry. I accept that the industry is...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: I am making the point that no effort is being made to capture tax that can be captured. That is the basis of my opposition to this measure.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: We need an online betting tax.
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of national lottery funding available in 2011; the way this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47446/10]
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose for which the national lottery money was intended; if he is satisfied that the money has been allocated as prescribed in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47447/10]
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of national lottery money, if any, she expects to be allocated from the Department of Finance in 2011 for culture, sport and tourism projects, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47445/10]
- National Minimum Wage: Motion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. The Government's measure makes no social or economic sense. There is no social argument, based on fairness or anything else, that justifies cutting the incomes of the lowest earners in society. Instead, it has been framed as an argument about competitiveness that is influenced by a certain ideology, which believes that those on the lowest...
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: The most striking aspect of this Bill and the budget is how much effort has been put into politically proofing it and how little attention has been given to considering the true effects of its proposals on the daily lives of ordinary people. Families, the unemployed, low and middle income earners, carers, the less well-off, the self-employed and those struggling just to get by, were all...
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46345/10]
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (7 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the plans she has to support the traditional music industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46319/10]
- Written Answers — National Recovery Plan: National Recovery Plan (2 Dec 2010)
Mary Upton: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way he intends to achieve the savings of â¬2.4 million in funding for science, technology and innovation, set out in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/10]