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Written Answers — Traveller Education: Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and reverse Circular 0017/2011 with regard to the withdrawal of resource teacher for Traveller posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/11]

Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister might send me a note at some stage on the limited alleviation measures to which he referred. Would the Minister agree it is unacceptable that one in every ten Travellers who enrolls in post-primary education completes that education but that one in every 100 goes on to a third level programme? No Minister can justify the withdrawal of resource teachers for Travellers at primary...

Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: What alleviation measures does the Minister propose to introduce for schools with a large number of Traveller pupils, given that the cut in the allocation will lead to a serious loss of staff in these schools? Is it based on the cuts to the education budget being dictated by finance rather than educational need? That is a terrible indictment of our system.

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: This issue was put on the long finger by the last Government and the Minister's reply, instead of offering succour, merely refers to resources. The delay in implementation may save money but it will affect the livelihood and prospects of children who will not be assessed and must go without resources. The last Government was subject to severe criticism on this matter. I ask the Minister to...

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: We will not get into a debate on default and the debt we face. I remember discussing the EPSEN Act in this House and the major worry expressed by all the groups that appeared before the then Committee on Education and Science was the resourcing of the system. The Minister at the time promised resources would be in place but we know that families are coming forward having faced the reality...

Literacy Levels (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Many schools are worried this is another plan that will lead to more tinkering with the system. The role model system, however, has worked, particularly if it involves a parent and the necessary resources are put in place. A family with a literacy problem will not have any books or magazines in the House so if a parent goes back to education and we support him or her, that will bring the...

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his intention to continue with the cap on special needs assistants for September 2011 leaving new entrants and newly diagnosed children with special needs without SNA support in mainstream classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/11]

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire nua agus tá súil agam go mbeidh córas oideachais níos fearr againn. I listened to the Minister's reply carefully. I hope he will show some flexibility in this matter. The difficulty for schools and parents is the arbitrary deadline of 18 March for awarding SNAs. Leaving children who have real needs without the necessary supports is a...

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: This will inevitably lead to competition, which would be unseemly in the context of children who need this support. Schools will have to decide on which children will receive supports and so on. The difficulty is there is no flexibility between March and September. How can a school plan? What will happen is those children will not be enrolled.

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister needs to think again. He said the decision has been made on the basis of available funding but does he not agree that many of the SNAs earn less than €12 an hour? Surely if the Government makes cuts, it should look somewhere else.

Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and reverse Circular 0017/2011 with regard to the withdrawal of resource teacher for traveller posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Advisory Council: Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Fiscal Advisory Council will be appointed; the number of members who will be appointed to this council; the frequency with which this council will report to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5405/11]

Industrial Development. (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reconfigure the enterprise development agencies to allow local authorities to participate in strategic investment decisions regarding local and regional business development through funding research and development. [15621/07]

Written Answers — Science and Technology Groups: Science and Technology Groups (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to adopt an all-Ireland research and development strategy which will include central and local government, businesses, trade unions and educational institutions; the mechanisms included in proposed plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15622/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of schools currently connected to a broadband service with speeds greater than 1024 kbps. [15741/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person who was awarded the Smart Telecom contract to ensure broadband connection for over 1,000 schools. [15742/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount spent to date in connecting schools to broadband; and the amount of additional money required to complete the task. [15743/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the restrictions facing people with free travel passes who have disabilities, particularly near the border; and if he has plans to introduce all-Ireland free travel passes to people with disabilities. [15642/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide clarification on the criteria for eligibility regarding the payment equal to half rate carer's allowance to be introduced in September 2007 in respect of carers in receipt of an existing social welfare payment. [15241/07]

Written Answers — Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse (24 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he has taken to address the explosion in cocaine abuse in Dublin and throughout the State in the past three years, and its effects on abusers of the drug, on abusers' families and the communities they live in. [14966/07]