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Wed, 19 Dec 2012
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Universal Health Insurance Provision
Seán Crowe
28. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the Government's plan ‘future health’ and its statement that social care services will not be covered by universal health insurance, this will mean people having to pay for care services which they are eligible to receive without charge at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57014/12]
Wed, 19 Dec 2012
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Hospital Staff Issues
Seán Crowe
44. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health his views on the study commissioned by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation showing that significant understaffing in our public hospitals adversely affects patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57015/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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Child Abuse Reports
Seán Crowe
82. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recommendations of the Ryan Report that she has yet to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56783/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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International Agreements
Seán Crowe
497. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, considering recent progress on an EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement, he will guarantee that he will not support any move to allow this agreement to be signed during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, due to the reservations of the Sahrawi people who have been ignored in these discussions. [56841/12]
Wed, 12 Dec 2012
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Defence Forces Equipment
Seán Crowe
31. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he will rule out the procurement of any Israeli technology through the European Defence Agency for use by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54708/12]
Tue, 11 Dec 2012
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Child Detention Centres
Seán Crowe
81. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners under 18 years of age who remain in St. Patrick’s Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54472/12]
Tue, 4 Dec 2012
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Election Management System
Seán Crowe
74. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had regarding the possibility of extending the right to vote in elections here to the Irish diaspora. [50094/12]
Tue, 4 Dec 2012
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Overseas Development Aid Provision
Seán Crowe
125. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding allocated by Irish Aid to Irish non-governmental organisations working in Uganda; the proportion of this funding which goes to NGOs and civil society organisations that work on improving democratic accountability and good governance; and the way this proportion compares to other like minded donors to Uganda. [54136/12]
Tue, 4 Dec 2012
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Overseas Development Aid Provision
Seán Crowe
126. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide statistics on the historical trend of Irish Aid to Uganda, namely, the total amount of aid that has been given to Uganda by Irish Aid every year since it became a partner country; the percentage of the Irish Aid budget that the funding to the Ugandan programme represents for each of these years; and the share of funding that went to governance and anti-corruption based projects in each of these years. [54137/12]
Wed, 28 Nov 2012
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Scéimeanna Teanga
Seán Crowe
11. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Seán Crowe den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé sonraí faoi líon na scéimeanna nua teanga atá deimhnithe ag Eagrais Phoiblí le bliain anuas agus, de réir an ráta deimhniúcháin, cathain a bheidh scéim teanga deimhnithe ag gach Eagras Poiblí [52979/12]
Wed, 28 Nov 2012
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Job Protection
Seán Crowe
24. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 20,755 persons are directly employed in the Arts sector; his plans to protect these jobs and ensure continued funding for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53058/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Integrated Ticketing
Seán Crowe
98. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to implement a tag off, tag on system to Dublin Bus for use of the Leap card as is in place for Luas users, in an attempt to reduce queues on buses. [52664/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Sports Capital Programme Applications
Seán Crowe
154. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether sporting bodies should be allowed to register as charities; his plans to introduce legislation to this effect; his views on whether persons who make such donations should be able to claim a tax break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52686/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Seán Crowe
185. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in their Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of the Department, whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by the staff in the relevant pay brackets. [52545/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Seán Crowe
186. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in their Department or in any body under the remit of their Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff whose annual salaries were in excess of €200,000 at that date; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver [52546/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Employment Rights Issues
Seán Crowe
10. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will develop the code of practise on access to part-time working to promote the entitlement to additional hours of work. [51894/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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State Examinations Reviews
Seán Crowe
116. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on comments expressed by the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the loss of national State certification at junior cycle level will damage education and that the decision to axe State certification at junior cycle level will have a negative impact on students. [51350/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Skills Shortages
Seán Crowe
142. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce measures that will address the estimated 5,000 job vacancies in IT companies which cannot be filled because of the skills gap and the 2,300 IT experts from outside the EU who had to be hired by multi- nationals based here in the past year. [51351/12]
Thu, 15 Nov 2012
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Equality Proofing of Budgets
Seán Crowe
22. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the concept of equality budgeting; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Scottish Government provides an equality budget statement alongside each annual budget; his plans to provide an accompanying equality statement along with budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50247/12]
Thu, 15 Nov 2012
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Promissory Note Negotiations
Seán Crowe
30. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual interest repayments owed for the next 40 years if the maturity of all remaining promissory notes currently owed to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was extended out to 2052 and if annual interest on the notes was charged at 3%, 4% and 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50246/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Overseas Development Aid Oversight
Seán Crowe
2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the report from the Irish Aid delegation that visited Uganda to investigate the misappropriation of Irish Aid funds will be completed; and if he will make it public. [50341/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Human Rights Issues
Seán Crowe
5. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the increased human rights abuses against the Kurdish minority in Turkey; and if the issue is being discussed at EU level. [50342/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Home-makers Scheme
Seán Crowe
116. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to SIPTU's call for the home-makers scheme to be backdated from 1994 to 1964; if she will make arrangements to backdate it as suggested; the estimated cost of doing so; and the likely number of women who would benefit. [49848/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Disability Allowance Payments
Seán Crowe
129. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for a review of all agency arrangements for all persons in receipt of disability allowance living in residential care in view of concerns raised by Inclusion Ireland. [49849/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Services for People with Disabilities
Seán Crowe
14. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts to funding for disability services are beginning to threaten the progressive policy of accommodating persons with disabilities in community settings rather than in institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48970/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Medicinal Products Supply
Seán Crowe
35. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent positive developments in the area of vaccines for lung cancer, prostate cancer and meningitis in Cuba; his views on whether the widespread availability of these vaccines for cancer and meningitis sufferers would be welcome; and if there is anything that he can do to promote their availability in here and in Europe. [44822/12]
Wed, 7 Nov 2012
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Overseas Missions
Seán Crowe
32. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence the number of countries across the world in which members of the Defence Forces are serving; and the requests he may be considering in other countries and new missions. [48466/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Housing for People with Disabilities
Seán Crowe
699. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to assist the emerging generation of children with disabilities, and their parents living in apartments, who through negative equity or being tied into affordable housing conditions, cannot adapt their accommodation through housing adaption grants or council assistance and are as a result living in inaccessible, unadaptable accommodation that poses a severe health and safety risk to the whole family. [47897/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Child Care Services Provision
Seán Crowe
19. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of parental and sibling access to those young persons placed in out of State secure facilities; if all reasonable costs incurred are covered by the Health Service Executive; if she will provide a representative past case including diagnosis, previous in-State placement, duration of overseas placement and where now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46790/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Student Visas Reform
Seán Crowe
25. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to difficulties or delays in job applicants and students receiving visas to come to work or study here; and if he has any new proposals to address these difficulties. [44826/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Visa Applications
Seán Crowe
33. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the motion of the Stormont Assembly on 17 September to introduce a single visa scheme for all visitors to the island of Ireland; and his views on whether it would enhance tourism on the island of Ireland. [44819/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Seán Crowe
242. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding each community drug response project in the Tallaght area, Dublin 24, received each year from the Health Service Executive over the past five years; and the cuts in funding that have been imposed each year on each project [46694/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Hospital Services
Seán Crowe
258. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health his plans to go ahead with the urgent care centre in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, as part of the reconfiguration of the health care system [46823/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Seán Crowe
259. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a patient wishing to avail of the pain Doctor/Clinic in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin [46822/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Hospital Staff Issues
Seán Crowe
260. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health his view on the concerns expressed in the Hayes Report regarding the number of radiologists in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, and the number that are now currently employed [46821/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Hospital Services
Seán Crowe
261. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there are currently delays or difficulties in accident and emergency consultants and obstetricians accessing abdominal ultra sounds over weekends and if this is causing a bed or other delays particularly over weekends [46819/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Hospital Services
Seán Crowe
262. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there are any lengthy delays being experienced in accessing X-Rays in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin [46824/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
Seán Crowe
263. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there are any proposed plans to close the children's accident and emergency in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, at midnight in the next few months and where is it proposed to send children in emergency situations [46825/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Seán Crowe
264. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health is the location of a Primary Health Care in Fettercairn,Tallaght, Dublin is a priority or on his list, in view of the fact that no general practitioner or doctor is based or located in this specially designated disadvantaged / RAPID area that has approximately 7,500 people living there [46826/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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NAMA Receivers
Seán Crowe
53. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress with delivering homes for leasing which were promised by the National Assets Management Agency at the beginning of 2011 and again this month. [46195/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Local Government Reform
Seán Crowe
56. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference for the special forum of elected members of the four local authorities in Dublin to consider the options for the elected Mayor of Dublin. [46077/12]
Thu, 18 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Staff Issues
Seán Crowe
21. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to deal with the fact that cuts to staffing and financial resources in the public sector will have a negative impact on tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45118/12]
Wed, 17 Oct 2012
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Human Rights Issues
Seán Crowe
38. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision of Bahrain's highest court which upheld the jail terms issued against nine medics convicted for their role in last year's pro-democracy uprising, especially the case of Dr. Ali al-Ekry, who was trained here; and if he has raised these cases with the Bahraini Government. [44820/12]
Wed, 17 Oct 2012
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Millenium Development Goals
Seán Crowe
57. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details on his meeting with the UN Deputy Secretary General; and in view of the fact that there is now widespread agreement that most of the millennium development goals will not be achieved by the deadline of 2015, his policies on shaping a new international development agenda and in particular the efforts he is making at EU level to secure a greater commitment to supporting the world's poorest countries. [44817/12]
Tue, 16 Oct 2012
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Child Benefit Payments
Seán Crowe
92. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Central Statistics Office figures published last month which indicated that the income of households with children fell five times more than childless households between 2009 and 2010; and her plans to protect children from further income drops in the recession. [44563/12]
Tue, 16 Oct 2012
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Social Insurance Fund Deficit
Seán Crowe
100. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection following the revised estimates 2012 which provided for a deficit in the Social Insurance Fund of €1.82 billion in 2012 which her Department has acknowledged is now likely to be exceeded in 2012, the amount by which it is likely to be exceeded; and the amount of the total Departmental spend for 2012 is expected to be. [44564/12]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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Third Level Staff Remuneration
Seán Crowe
69. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out an investigation into the unauthorised payment of €7.5 million in allowances to academics working in Irish third level institutions from 2005 – 2011; and if he will provide a list of the persons who received unauthorised allowances during that period. [43097/12]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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School Evaluations
Seán Crowe
76. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that as the literacy and numeracy for learning and life strategy requires all schools to engage in robust self-evaluation and have in place a three year school improvement plan, if he will confirm when he will publish Guidelines for Self-Evaluation in order to facilitate schools to proceed with the requirements that he has established. [42641/12]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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Tax Reliefs Availability
Seán Crowe
13. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the economic rationale for all existing tax reliefs and for all proposed tax reliefs being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42274/12]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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Budget 2013
Seán Crowe
30. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to gender proof each of the various options being considered for Budget 2013; the plans, the Government has to publish a distributional analysis of each of the various options being considered with specific reference to gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42273/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
Seán Crowe
12. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Seán Crowe den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis an Rialtas tuairisc a thabhairt faoin dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis na Pleananna Teanga a luaitear in Acht na Gaeltachta; agus cad iad na hacmhainní breise atá á gcur ar fáil chun iad a fhorbairt. [41975/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Credit Availability
Seán Crowe
66. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation when he last met with the major banks to promote credit to the small and medium enterprise sector. [41612/12]
Thu, 27 Sep 2012
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Ambulance Service Provision
Seán Crowe
10. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised regarding the cutbacks to ambulance stations and services in Tallaght and Swords, County Dublin and in Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40995/12]
Thu, 27 Sep 2012
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Hospital Services
Seán Crowe
61. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason a pregnant patient in Dublin is given an anomaly scan and a similar patient outside the city, and its hinterland, is not catered for in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40996/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Employment Rights Issues
Seán Crowe
166. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce new legislative changes in view of the recent High Court judgement involving a migrant worker (details supplied) that was described by the presiding Judge as appalling exploitation and where weaknesses and lack of protections in the Employment Permits Act were highlighted. [40305/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Hospital Services
Seán Crowe
429. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason a pregnant person in Dublin is given an anomaly scan and a similar patient outside the city, and its hinterland, is not catered for in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Traveller Accommodation
Seán Crowe
70. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason that, out of a total Department spend of €6 million in respect of Traveller specific accommodation, Dublin City Council was awarded €50,000. [39075/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Seán Crowe
411. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify, whether under existing legislation, a teacher who is not registered with the Teaching Council, if the Department is obliged to pay for their services from September onwards. [38222/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Teachers' Remuneration
Seán Crowe
432. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers accessing each of the common basic pay scales at primary and post-primary level. [38440/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Teaching Contracts
Seán Crowe
433. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Department has conducted a cost benefit analysis that would accrue from increasing teaching hours from the current ceiling of 22 hours per week; and the implications this would have for maintaining and lowering pupil ratios in primary and post-primary schools. [38441/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Teaching Contracts
Seán Crowe
435. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who are to be redeployed from September 2012 onwards, on a temporary capacity, to cover teachers on maternity or sick leave. [38463/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Residential Institutions
Seán Crowe
452. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Christian Brothers are planning to donate land they own at Summerhill in Nenagh, County Tipperary, as part of an arrangement with his Department to compensate the survivors of residential abuse. [38769/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Residential Institutions
Seán Crowe
453. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for his Department to help facilitate a partnership arrangement between the Christian Brothers and Nenagh Town Council in order that land owned by the former at Summerhill Nenagh, County Tipperary, may be developed to provide essential amenities which would include three GAA pitches and a running track for public use. [38770/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Subsidised Private Schools
Seán Crowe
459. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual amount paid in State subsidises to minority faith based fee-paying schools here, on a school by school basis. [38895/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Seán Crowe
460. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual wage scale paid to senior FÁS staff earning in excess of €80,000 per annum based on the one to six grading system. [38900/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Ambulance Service Provision
Seán Crowe
1713. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the Health Service Executive cutbacks will impact on ambulance stations in Tallaght, Swords and Maynooth; and the way changes to the new roster to be introduced in September, including the number of ambulances on call, compare with the service available in September 2011. [38169/12]
Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
Seán Crowe
12
D’fhiafraigh Seán Crowe den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén maoiniú atá curtha ar fáil le haghaidh oideachais tríú leibhéal sa Ghaeltacht ag Roinn na Gaeltachta sna cúig bliana seo a chuaigh thart; cé mhéid a bheidh le fáil an bhliain seo chugainn.
[35031/12]
Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Arts Funding
Seán Crowe
43 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to publish data relating to public spending which would indicate the contribution made by the arts to combating poverty and exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35431/12]
Wed, 18 Jul 2012
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Fee Paying Schools
Seán Crowe
112 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on State subsidies to private fee paying schools in 2011/2012; the projected amount that will be paid to private fee paying school for the 2012/2013 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35850/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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School Staffing
Seán Crowe
169 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is now the responsibility of school boards of management to submit to the Department of Finance the yearly accounts of persons who are employed by the school but not paid by his Department; and if the boards of management will be liable for penalties resulting from the submission of inaccurate accounts.
[35247/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
171 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed explanation for the increase in the pupil-teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35269/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
172 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable to notify a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 of changes to their pupil teacher ratio on 26 June giving them less than three months to make the necessary arrangements for the 2012-13 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35270/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
173 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that during the 1990s a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 was acknowledged as catering in the main for pupils who were multiply disabled and as a result was informed to alter their pupil teacher ratio accordingly to 6:1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35271/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
174 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the pupils attending a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 should in the majority of cases be classified as multiply disabled as they experience physical and learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35272/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
175 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the definition of multiply disabled currently in operation by the National Council for Special Education to ensure that the definition in operation fully meets the needs of all pupils who have multiple disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35273/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
176 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to increase the pupil teacher ratio and consequent cuts in teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35274/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Seán Crowe
177 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the increase in the pupil teacher ratio and consequent cuts in teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will have detrimental impact on the education of the pupils concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35275/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Maternity Benefit
Seán Crowe
239 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will initiate a review into the entitlements for maternity benefits currently available to students who, despite having the correct number of PRSI credits, are ineligible for the payment of maternity benefits; and her view on whether the current qualifying criteria for availing of maternity benefits acts as a barrier for many mature students wishing to upskill by availing of higher education and training.
[34591/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Enterprise Support Services
Seán Crowe
11 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of seed capital scheme certificates applied for by clients of Enterprise Ireland and the number issued.
[33865/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Enterprise Support Services
Seán Crowe
16 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will promote the seed capital scheme by Enterprise Ireland.
[33866/12]
Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Child and Family Support
Seán Crowe
25 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received the final report from the Task Force established to look at setting up the new Child and Family Support Agency; if it will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33337/12]
Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Children and Family Services
Seán Crowe
49 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the distinct budget that has been allocated to the management and reporting structure being put in place in children and family services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33336/12]
Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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School Staffing
Seán Crowe
173 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown, by name and location, of the 32 small schools that will lose a teacher in September 2012 as a consequence of the budget measures.
[33430/12]
Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pensions
Seán Crowe
35 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants in receipt of pensions between €10,000 to €20,000; €20,001 to €30,000; €30,001 to €40,000; €40,001 to €50,000; €50,001 to €60,000; €60,001 to €70,000; to €70,001 to €80,000; €80,001 to €90,000; €90,001 to €100,000; and in excess of €100,000.
[32370/12]
Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pay
Seán Crowe
39 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in receipt of an annual salary between €10,000 to €20,000; €20,001 to €30,000; €30,001 to €40,000; €40,001 to €50,000; €50,001 to €60,000; €60,001 to €70,000; to €70,001 to €80,000; €80,001 to €90,000; €90,001 to €100,000; and in excess of €100,000.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Sport and Recreational Development
Seán Crowe
120 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his expectations for Ireland in the London Olympics; the programmes in place to ensure maximum Irish success at the games; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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