70 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 8% reduction in payments for professional services will apply to adjudicators and mediators engaged by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if the same reduction will be applied to payments made to members of the dispute resolution committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation, including top up, under the aid to the elderly scheme and the disabled person’s grant scheme in 2008; the amount that will be allocated to each local authority in 2009 under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason there are anomalies in the criteria for an Irish exemption between children progressing to secondary school from private schools and from mainstream schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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538 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will arrange for clustering of two schools for purposes of special classes for children with mild learning disabilities in respect of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will launch the sections of the national insulation scheme which relate to local government housing and other social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on suggestions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on suggestions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 regarding the Leas Cross Nursing Home Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels at nursing homes (details supplied) in relation to patient numbers in these nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his views on establishing a website on which members of the public can suggest ways to solve the problems in the economy and identify ways to reduce waste in Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding given to fee paying private schools in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; his views on the impact of funding and fees being available to the schools; if he has plans to review his Department’s funding for these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with the centralisation of paediatric medicine in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a circular to other Government Departments and bodies regarding the cycle to work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if the pension levy includes staff who are on fixed term contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her estimate for the increase in family income supplement claims arising from the introduction of the pension levy on public servants.
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6 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to establish a State annuity scheme; and if this proposal will be contained in her pension reform proposals.
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319 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a system will be put in place to ease the pressure on social welfare local office staff in regard to the signing on of part-time and temporary workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has ever granted funding to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12 under the sports capital scheme; the occasions this funding was granted; the amount of same; if all this funding was drawn down; if any of the funding not drawn down is still available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to have a chronic long term illness (details supplied) recognised under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if a person working in the public sector but paying into a private pension scheme for some years will be liable for the new pension levy.
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108 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if a person working in the public sector but not paying into a pension fund and not entitled to a public service pension will be liable for the new pension levy.
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42 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will reopen the sports capital scheme in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the incentives in place for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who are anxious to get back to work and off the unemployment register; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he plans to open the sports capital programme in 2009; if he will consider the application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been provided for park and ride facilities in an area (details supplied); if he has received an application for funding for a park and ride facility in the same area; if his attention has been drawn to the need in the said area for park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if it is correct for a bank or lending institution to change the interest rate charged on an account without clearly and adequately informing their customer as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science when each property was transferred to State ownership in respect of the 64 individual properties, which were included in the indemnity agreement reached with the religious congregations in 2002; the properties which have since been sold; if sold, the amount for which each property was sold; the use and status of all of the properties remaining in State ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals to restore classes for those mild general learning disability students who would be affected by his recent announcement to remove some of those classes; if he has plans to meet with teachers from those schools affected by his recent decision to consider options to restore such classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Defence the military equipment Ireland purchases from Israel; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied in relation to the capacity of the preferred bidder to deliver the Thornton Hall prison project; the progress that has been made on the project since the enactment of the Prison Development (Confirmation of Regulations) Act 2008; the estimated date for the commencement and the completion of the project; the estimated cost of the project, including the cost of acquiring the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if plans for an appropriate Garda headquarters to serve the Garda divisional area of Tallaght have been shelved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to remove the provision of a special class teacher from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8.
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321 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a job facilitator post is in place at all social welfare offices; the availability of such persons to those seeking employment; the average waiting time for an interested party to receive access to a job facilitator; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make funding available to a social services centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to carry out essential repairs so the centre can continue to provide its valuable services to the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children when an early intervention team, under the Disability Act 2005, serving Dublin north, will be in place and fully operational; the reason for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an appointment for an assessment; the reason for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children when the renewal of the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam will be finalised to allow inter-country adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam to continue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will implement the recommendations contained in the report of the advisory group on media mergers published on 2 January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to implement the commitment in the programme for Government that steps would be taken to ensure that consumer codes of conduct are published by businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is appropriate that each of the nine primary schools in the Dublin 10 area will lose a learning support teacher, and one school will lose two teachers; his further views on the impact this decision will have on the pupils and teachers in these schools which all have DEIS status.
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253 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W where the loss of two teachers will have a negative impact on the ability of the school to deliver the quality of education required by students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way the Irish Aid budget is to be cut; the way a decision was reached on the areas to cut from the Irish Aid budget; if he expects the Irish Aid budget to be cut further again later in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the cut to overseas aid as announced earlier this month; if it is his intention to achieve a total aid budget of 0.7%; when he projects that this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on an assertion (details supplied) in regard to the Adoption Bill 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the Adoption Bill 2009, she will ensure that the legislation introduced will promote the development of adoption counselling and post adoption services here and will allow for a tracing service for persons who wish to avail of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that, following the State’s guarantee of six financial institutions in September 2008, Ireland’s rate for loans on the international market has risen sharply; if there is an escalator clause in this agreement with the banks to ensure that the fee charged to these banks covers the increased cost in lending which the State has to bear; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cyclists who have been prosecuted for breaching traffic lights in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 12 February 2009, the number of cyclists who have been prosecuted and the fines that have been imposed for not being correctly lit up; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available for a person who wishes to train or access up-skilling as a building energy rating assessor; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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