851 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if Irish nationals are entitled to social welfare payments in other EU jurisdictions; the conditions that apply to such payments; the way these payments compare to those of Irish nationals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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831 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason she will not publish the national carers’ strategy; the total cost of same; the reason for not publishing the strategy even if it cannot be implemented; if her attention has been drawn to the money saved in the health system by carers looking after dependants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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793 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that funding is released for the community support for older people scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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778 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 24 September 2009, the projected direct Exchequer funding for the horse and greyhound fund; the progress made on the review of the funding structure of the horse and greyhound fund; when he expects to publish this financial review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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777 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 24 September 2009, the timeframe on the progress of the review of the sports capital programme; when he expects the review to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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772 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will reopen the sports capital programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that building tender costs are down 40% in most cases and developments should go ahead at a greatly reduced cost, which would help to provide construction employment; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that many facilities are required to provide somewhere for young and unemployed people to exercise or socialise to prevent anti-social behaviour and to combat potential health problems of a physical and mental nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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771 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total amount expended in the per cent for art scheme in each year since 2000; the amount of funding from the scheme that went towards the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and not into public art; if the figures supplied are the total final costs and not the initial estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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645 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 7 July 2009, if he will instruct the Garda to provide an answer which has not yet been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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644 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists who have been prosecuted for dangerous overtaking of cyclists by the Garda in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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592 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation to ensure that all heavy goods vehicles are required to retrofit cyclops mirrors in view of the recent death of another cyclist ; if he will introduce a tax rebate on retrofitting these mirrors in order to incentivise this life saving mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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522 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the entitlement to a medical card of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the cuts that have taken place at Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin, in 2009; the number of wards that have been closed; the number of clinics that have been cut; the number of children awaiting inpatient treatment for more than three months, six months and 12 months; her plans for funding the hospital in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their application for the health repayment scheme addressed and responded to promptly and in detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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406 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has met the Attorney General regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if she will report to the Houses of the Oireachtas on her discussion and the decision taken with regard to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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405 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if any consideration has been given towards establishing a pilot family nurse partnership (details supplied); her views that such a project whilst costly to establish and maintain would be beneficial to society and save money in other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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404 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by a hospital (details supplied) to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; if she will break these figures down by their area of requirement; the total cost of NTPF surgeries in this hospital since 2007; the number of doctors and specialists working in this hospital serving both public patients and with the NTP; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the complexity of the taxation and relief system here in order to reduce the ability of those with access to the best advice from reducing their tax burden while low and middle income workers cannot avail of these breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will consider developing a building (details supplied) as a tourist attraction; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that workhouses form an integral part of our history and would be an important tourist attraction, particularly for those with Irish ancestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the future of the jobs initiative scheme.
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36 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the controls that are in place to ensure that necessary expenses incurred by him when he is away on official business are kept to a minimum; if he is planning any reform of the procedures for procuring transport and accommodation for him and others away on official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the national sports campus development project; the total cost of this development; if the project will be in place to take advantage of the build up to the London Olympics 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the recommendation of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes that the Irish Film Board should be merged with Enterprise Ireland and the capital funding stopped; his further views on the Government’s Building Ireland’s Smart Economy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the organisation or persons who carried out the funding review of the development programme of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann that was commissioned by him; the cost of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the steps taken by the Swedish Government to increase its overseas development aid commitments despite the economic crisis; his views on whether Ireland should do likewise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the adjustments in spending in overseas development aid which are to be made in Budget 2010; if he will ensure that Ireland keeps its promises and its financial commitments to the poorest of the poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will carry out an investigation into the request for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if civil marriage ceremonies carried out in Sri Lanka are considered to be valid in this jurisdiction; if there is any precedent for accepting marriage certification from Sri Lanka in this jurisdiction; the reason this person was not informed of this concern prior to 10 September 2009; if he has satisfied himself that this application has been dealt with as promptly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children when the nursing home support scheme will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1225 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the issue of funding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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802 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the future of the sports inclusion disability officer programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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641 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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439 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects progress to be made in relation to the arrangements for adoption, between Ireland and Vietnam; the reason the bilateral arrangements have been allowed to falter; if her attention has been drawn to the impact the protracted delay and shut-down of adoptions from Vietnam is having on couples here who had expected the process to proceed and roll-over after the five year arrangement had lapsed; the action she will take to reactivate the process and ensure that those prospective adoptive parents can be assisted in moving on the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if he has had contacts with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on the planned national electric car roll-out programme; the number of businesses which have taken up the option of a 100% write-off on the cost of purchase of electric vehicles against tax under the accelerated capital allowance scheme to date; the commencement date for the public information campaign on electric vehicles; the number of electric vehicles in the national car fleet; the percentage of the national car fleet they comprise; when the ministerial car and public vehicle fleets will be electrified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if he has made submissions to the Department of Finance and the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes regarding capital funding for critical Transport 21 projects in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on his priorities for capital transport spending up to the end of 2010.
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502 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the position relating to funding for the Irish Centre for Talented Youth; if he will respond to queries regarding funding from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his views on the evolution of the deposit base of Irish banks since the beginning of 2009; the borrowing by Irish banks from the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance the proposals he has brought forward to tax on-line gambling for the purposes of meeting the funding shortfall for the horse and greyhound fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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654 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is a minimum age laid down by him for enrolment of a child in a primary school; if it is a matter for each school to set their own age limits for enrolment of children; his views on whether there is a conflict in the setting of a minimum age for enrolment when that age might preclude a child from eligibility for availing of the new child care grant; 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 if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a State funding while they pursues a Masters degree; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the national average turnaround time for houses which have been handed back to the relevant local authority and which are then re-let; if these houses are required by law to be refurbished before they can be let to new tenants; if a prospective tenant can agree to waive the necessity of refurbishment works to the house and give a written commitment to this effect, thus saving the relevant local authority time and money and simultaneously speeding up the process of housing a prospective tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of inspections carried out by the Health Service Executive on private rented dwellings in the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 were the HSE pays rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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425 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing local drugs task forces as a result of the lack of clarity in relation to the timing of the provision of funding; the problems they will face if funding is not released promptly and if they are not informed of the amount of funding that will be available to them for the remainder 2009; his views on whether it will be possible for them to meet their legal obligations to their employees if they do not have clarification on the amount of funding committed to them for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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420 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding an organisation (details supplied) has received in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the yearly cost of supplying cars, fuel and Garda drivers to former Taoisigh since 1997 in tabular form; the estimated cost for 2009; his plans to review this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken to investigate an allegation of abuse by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding an organisation (details supplied) has received in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to close respite wards at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 107 jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Dublin; the discussions, she has had with the industrial development agencies with a view to securing replacement jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the matters discussed at his meeting on 3 June 2009, with eight groups representing victims of child abuse in institutions run by religious orders; his plans to meet the group again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from his public statement on 26 May 2009, he has received a response to his call to the religious congregations to articulate their willingness to make a further substantial voluntary contribution arising from the Ryan report; if a meeting has been arranged with representatives of these congregations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who are registered at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, and who are on a waiting list for surgery for more than three months, more than six months, more than 12 months and more than 24 months; the number of patients from this hospital who are entitled to be referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme; the number of those patients who are still awaiting surgery after three months, six months, 12 months and 24 months, respectively, have elapsed; the way Tallaght Hospital compares to other hospitals in relation to waiting lists for surgery; the way Tallaght Hospital compares to other hospitals in relation to referral to the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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