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Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Paternity Leave
Seán Crowe
62. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she examined the possibility of introducing paid paternity leave; if she has discussed with the Department of Justice and Equality the possibility of introducing paid paternity leave. [33248/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
Seán Crowe
112. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that there will be no cuts to rent supplement or increases to rental contribution required of tenants in the next budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33249/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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EU Trade with Israel
Seán Crowe
129. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in favour of introducing formal governmental advice to discourage Irish businesses from purchasing goods from Israeli settlements and from having any other commercial or investment links with those settlements. [33019/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Human Rights Issues
Seán Crowe
136. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a news report from the Bahrain News Agency published on 1 July 2013, which stated that a delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade met members of the Bahraini Government on the sidelines of the 23rd Gulf Cooperation Council-EU joint meeting and that the Irish delegation commended the Bahraini Government’s efforts to promote human rights; and if this report is accurate. [33375/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Missing Persons Hotline
Seán Crowe
29. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed update on the roll-out of the 116000 missing children hotline; the publicity strategy in place to publicise this facility; if she will give a commitment to future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32591/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Student Support Schemes Issues
Seán Crowe
34. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to stop third level institutions employing debt collectors to pursue student debt, in view of the serious difficulties that arose from the processing of grants through Student Universal Support Ireland in the 2012-13 academic year. [32215/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Special Education Review
Seán Crowe
59. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the details of the terms of reference that will apply to the working group that is being established to review the allocation of special educational resources. [32222/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Mortgage Interest Rates Issues
Seán Crowe
86. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislating to force lenders in covered institutions which have been rescued by the taxpayer to seek permission from the Financial Regulator when varying their mortgage interest rates. [31875/13]
Thu, 27 Jun 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Seán Crowe
8. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated by his Department for the proposed roll-out of a major consumer marketing campaign to promote Ireland and The Gathering 2013 in key markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30954/13]
Thu, 27 Jun 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Seán Crowe
44. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support Loop Head tourism in view of the fact that the Loop Head Peninsula, County Clare, was recently voted the overall winner in The Irish Times best place to holiday in Ireland competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30945/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Prisoner Welfare
Seán Crowe
2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conditions under which a person (details supplied) is currently being held in Belmarsh Prison; and if he will raise directly with the British Government the concern that this arrest and imprisonment is a breach of the commitments made at Weston Park, and assurances given by the PSNI and British Police Services. [31019/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Northern Ireland Marching Season
Seán Crowe
5. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has informed himself of the topics discussed during cross community talks which where hosted by the PSNI in Cardiff, to discuss contentious parade disputes before the marching season, and relations between communities and the PSNI; and if he supports this initiative. [30776/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Undocumented Irish in the USA
Seán Crowe
61. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is tracking the progress of the immigration reform Bill in the USA; and if he is content with its progress to date. [30779/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Health Services Staff Numbers
Seán Crowe
77. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of the 414 community mental health services posts committed to in the HSE's national service plan for 2012 that have been filled; the number of these positions that have been filled by existing HSE staff members; the action being taken regarding the back-filling of the positions these staff members have vacated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30408/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Dental Services Provision
Seán Crowe
140. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the affect the recruitment embargo is having on the provision of public dental services for children in the Kildare West Wicklow area; the measures he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30407/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Overseas Development Aid Issues
Seán Crowe
158. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the figures for Irish Aid’s 2012 spending on programmes focused on agriculture, nutrition, school feeding, food assistance, emergency food distribution, social protection, health care, health education and water-sanitation, individually and in euro terms, and expressed as percentage of total ODA. [30219/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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School Completion Programme
Seán Crowe
198. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the national review of the school completion programme; the reason this has been delayed for two years; if she will clarify the focus and approach the review will take; and if she will outline the timeline for the review to commence and be completed. [29595/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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School Completion Programme
Seán Crowe
199. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the school completion programme review report will be made public; the processes that will be established in order to drive the recommendations; and the way progress will be monitored. [29596/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Overseas Missions
Seán Crowe
21. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if a decision has been made regarding the request from the UN to deploy observers to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation in the Middle East to the headquarters of the UNDOF in Syria. [29109/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Seán Crowe
30. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence his plans to cease the prescribing of lariam to Irish troops deployed in malarial zones. [29110/13]