144 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the concerns of a mortgage holder from a sub-prime lender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the rent demands by commercial landlords, particularly in the retail sector, undermine efforts to restore competitiveness and pose an ongoing and significant risk to economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if he will comment on reports that the amount of loans to be transferred from Anglo Irish Bank to the National Asset Management Agency has increased from the €28 billion originally envisaged to at least €32 billion; if the estimates for loans to be transferred from the other institutions to NAMA have been revised upwards or downwards; if the total gross value and net value of loans to be transferred has been revised; if so, the amount, from the original estimates of €77 billion and €54 billion respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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280 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will arrange a meeting of all interested parties to discuss and progress the issue of remote gambling and taxation, to include organisations (details supplied) and any other appropriate parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if a physiological assessment will be arranged for a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance when vacant positions will again be offered by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the directives that are now overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour inspectors available for assignment on normal duties; the number of labour inspectors in training following recruitment; the position regarding the recruitment campaign to increase the labour inspectorate to 90 inspectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to a query (details supplied).
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237 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to local Government authorities in order that upgrading of the water supplies to domestic users can be guaranteed and the problems caused by the recent weather conditions will be prevented from recurring in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if the refusal of a medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if sufficient funding will be provided for a youth service (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
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131 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employees of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be given their full entitlements following redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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417 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the existing Part E of the building regulations which applies to acoustics insulation between dwellings in view of the fact that these standards are insufficient; the way a person can make a submission to his Department on updating these regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the process that will be provided to continue the care for psychiatric patients; the extra provisions that are in place to deal with the increased demand; when mental health patients are being moved to an independently managed nursing home in situations in which it is proposed to close down a facility (details supplied), if there is a responsibility on the Health Service Executive to inform the Mental Health Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that nursing homes to which it is proposed to send mental health patients are adequately resourced to ensure the appropriate level of care for these patients; the extra provisions that are in place to deal with the increased demand for places; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if a psychiatric patient who has undergone an assessment when moving from a psychiatric unit to a nursing home will be assessed as a mental health patient or a public nursing home patient for the purposes of the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the fair deal scheme in cases in which a patient is moved from a public psychiatric home to a nursing home; if the patient will continue to be entitled to be treated as a public patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of websites being run under the remit of his Department; the cost of setting up each website; the cost of maintaining each website; the number of unique hits achieved per website; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the decision on the type of postcode to be implemented was made prior to the tender process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the reinstatement of the Natural History Museum; when the museum will be reopened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if essential surgery will be arranged for a child (details supplied) as a priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated to each local authority under the housing aid for older people scheme for 2010; when these funds will be distributed; the amount that this has increased, or decreased, for each authority, compared to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated under the social housing investment programme for retrofitting voids and energy upgrades for each local authority in 2010; the amount by which it has increased or decreased compared to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children when a psychiatric assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the rising cost of day care for Alzheimer’s patients in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if persons at an equine centre (details supplied) should be exempt from public service pay cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to shorten the waiting times in respect of jobseeker’s payments.
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205 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to exemption from pay cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the Health Service Executive disability fund that has been used to purchase services from private for profit disability organisations; the providers used to provide these services and the amount each service provider received in payment for the services; the planned spend by the HSE on such services for 2010; the service agreements required to be entered into by the providers; if they are required to provide annual audited accounts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to re-instate the scheme for áisitheoirí pobail for the smaller Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the actions he has taken arising from the report of the tourism renewal group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the future funding of the horse and greyhound sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in receipt of all their proper entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that some parents who are employed are no longer able to afford community child care and are removing their children from child care services due to the increase in fees; her further views on the fact that the fee increase is creating a poverty trap and if this is counterproductive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) will be exempted from the public sector pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the request of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs for debt cancellation to Haiti; if he has communicated his support to the Department for Finance; and if he is concerned at the absence of debt cancellation from the agenda of the most recent board meeting of the International Monetary Fund.
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109 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the suspension of the free trade agreement negotiations between the EU and Columbia.
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81 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be considered for inclusion in a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a casual social welfare payment will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the conditions for eligibility for the back to education allowance; the options for funding available to a person who has no means and will be unable to continue in education unless the back to education allowance and a maintenance allowance are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the pension payment will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if preclearance facilities are now fully operational at Shannon Airport; the security measures that are in place to monitor private aircraft using the preclearance facilities; when they will also be fully operational at Dublin Airport; his views on the introduction of body scanners at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport the new role for the National Roads Authority as the manager of the non-national road network on a non-statutory basis; the powers that have been removed from the local authorities in this regard; the way the NRA will implement its new control oversight of these roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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525 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in receipt of all their proper entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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469 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is in receipt of their correct payments and entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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