99 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a detailed history of the national sports facility strategy; the reason the process has taken more than 12 years and there is still no strategy in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the report of the tourism renewal group; if he will implement the framework for survival recommended by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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631 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce physical education as an examinable subject at either junior certificate or leaving certificate level; the reason he has not advanced this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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630 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the average number of hours of physical education at each primary and second level school here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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629 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the support he provides, within the education sector, to the computer game industry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this industry is globally economically bigger than the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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628 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of the arts and education report which has been abandoned by him; if there were other, non-cost issues which prevented its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support a scheme to boost tourist numbers by providing for free travel on public transport for all EU citizens over the age of 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding that has been withdrawn from sports capital grantees under the sunset clause in each of the past ten years; the number of grants affected by this ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of running the Culture Night Project on 25 September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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391 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the chairpersons and members of the boards and agencies under the aegis of his Department have taken a 10% pay reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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390 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the Irish Film Board will be wound up in view of the statement in the renewed programme for Government that the supports provided by the Irish Film Board are to be maintained but no guarantee regarding the independence of the Irish Film Board is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff employed or the percentage of departmental time allocated directly on the national sports facilities strategy; the number employed or the percentage of Departmental time allocated directly on the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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332 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport the progress made on developing a national cycle network; the way he has been working with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism to develop cycling as a tourism project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport the progress made on the development of a national tourism cycle network; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions submitted to her for reply which have been forwarded to the Health Service Executive; the number of questions submitted to her which have been replied to by her Department for 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the procedure whereby parliamentary questions replied to by the Health Service Executive are not provided to all Members, although the questions have been submitted to the Minister; her views on whether this is the best way to ensure transparency in the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding inter country adoption with Ethiopia; if the adoption process with Ethiopia is under threat of suspension; the action she has taken to protect the adoption agreement with Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance the way the national lottery funding is apportioned; if he will express, as a percentage, the amount each area receives in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance the progress made identifying ways of securing revenue from on-line gambling which originates here; when he expects to publish his recommendations; his views on whether this could be a new and important form of revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS has carried out a customer satisfaction survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will appoint a jobseeker to the board of FÁS in order that the viewpoint of the people whom FÁS is there to help is accurately represented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support she provides, within her sector, to the computer game industry; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this industry is globally economically bigger than the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support she provides to the development and protection of indigenous computer game companies and employment; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that computer games are worth more globally then the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Taoiseach the number of tourists from European Union countries over the age of 66 years who have visited here in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if the commitment in the revised programme for Government to hire 500 new teachers will be the result of a reconfigured staffing schedule at both primary and secondary level; if so, when it will be introduced; the number of the 500 teachers who will be hired at primary level; the number of the 500 teachers who will be hired at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the report he submitted to the Government which discussed the possible options for the reintroduction of third level fees in view of the fact that the proposal is no longer proceeding and the document no longer requires to be confidential; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the proposed National Asset Management Agency legislation provides for a whistleblowers’ charter to cover staff within NAMA, the covered institutions, debtors, advisers and service providers in order to ensure these parties all operate to highest professional and ethical standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the report by an organisation (details supplied) which states that the REP scheme contributes more to the Exchequer than it costs; and if this report will inform his approach to the REP scheme in future.
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149 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to meet Ireland’s need to divert an additional half a million tonnes of biodegradable waste from landfill by 2010 to meet its targets under the European Union landfill directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that Ireland has undertaken to implement the European public participation directive and his stated commitment to ratify the Aarhus Convention, he will take steps such as the abolition of fees charged to members of the public to make submissions in relation to planning applications in order to ensure more public participation in decisions regarding planning in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans for a gaelscoil in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if a summer works programme is planned for 2010; if so, when an announcement to that effect will be made; if all schools will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the Garda clearance for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is processed in order that they can take up the appointment they have been offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason people continue to be referred to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin when the waiting list is one year; the further reason people cannot be transferred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund from Tallaght, after three months on the waiting list, as is the case in other hospitals; the reason people continue to be referred to Tallaght Hospital while this situation continues; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the Health Service Executive network for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an organisation (details supplied) will be adequately funded in order that it can meet its research targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if there are directives from the European Central Bank forbidding the State from using Government bonds to buy equity in the banks under the National Asset Management Agency proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency plans to pay the banks over and above the valuation of loans at €47 billion; the further reason the additional €4.7 billion cannot be given in Government bonds in exchange for equity in the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his plans, within the National Asset Management Agency legislation, to ensure that the senior management team of NAMA has global experience, particularly with regard to working on world scale asset recovery and portfolio management; if he will ensure that at least a percentage of the staff have no prior involvement with the Irish financial, State or property sectors and therefore have no vested interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his plans, within the National Asset Management Agency legislation, to protect whistleblowers, both within the covered institutions and within NAMA itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the withdrawal of funding to arts organisations funded by his Department (details supplied).
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169 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she proposes to introduce changes to the mortgage interest supplement scheme.
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138 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the current means-testing for self-employed people seeking jobseeker’s allowance is operating to standards that are fair and equitable.
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1209 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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993 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on implementing a noise legislation Bill; if it is proposed that this bill will give neighbours the right to complain about excessive noise; the expected powers the gardaí will have when a noise complaint is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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950 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the drying of clothes on balconies in apartment complexes; if appropriate facilities for drying clothes outdoors in apartment blocks will become part of the planning process in the drive to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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949 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered implementing a rate subsidy scheme to allow local authorities to reduce rates in particular areas (details supplied) to allow these businesses to remain active and employing persons whilst not causing the local authority to further erode its rate base; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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956 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the non-principal private residence charge will be liable on vacant houses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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954 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) is expected to pay the non-principal private residence charge, when in fact they only own one property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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927 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance regarding the situation whereby artists may get a large sum of money from a show once every couple of years, but have no discernible income for many other years and hence do not pay PRSI contributions so they may not be eligible for unemployment assistance or old age pensions; her plans to solve this tax issue which not only affects artists but other self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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