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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 1554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the All Ireland Autism Centre for Excellence at Middletown; and her views on the need for an all Ireland legislative framework to ensure the strategic delivery of services from Middletown across the island of Ireland. [1634/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 1642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a chief executive has been appointed for the All Ireland Autism Centre for Excellence at Middletown. [2038/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 1588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up to date information her Department has in relation to the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders here; and if she will proactively support an all-Ireland study of island wide prevalence of ASDs. [1728/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 1600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if, in the context of promoting inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream schools, she will intervene to ensure that the current teaching arrangement in the school is maintained as recommended by the person's psychologist....

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 1650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the predicament of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and the action she will take to resolve the situation. [2077/07]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (31 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 1702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regulations that private bus operators have to adhere to in order that they be allowed provide a bus service for school going children. [2580/07]

Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)

Seán Crowe: The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, talked tough in her statement when she published the Bill last month. She said we were getting tough on standards and on enforcing standards and that an independent organisation with teeth was being created. As someone who meets every week people who have experienced the unfairness and the lack of proper resources in our health services, I...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (14 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress regarding the proposals for supporting lone parents; and when he envisages that new proposals will be brought before Dáil Éireann. [43252/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the increase in the back to school clothing and footwear allowance reflect the true costs of sending children to school. [43253/06]

Public Transport: Motion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: If one does not own a car in Dublin, one's options in employment, shopping, education and social opportunities are severely limited. People will only leave their cars at home if public transport is an attractive alternative. Due to failed transport policies by this and other Governments, owning a car is no longer a luxury but a necessity for many people. The 20% of households without cars...

Social Welfare Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: I support the amendment. People with disabilities are a specific low-income group that experiences disproportionate rates of unemployment and poverty. Specific measures are necessary in order to assist many people with disabilities. Deputy Penrose spoke of the cost of disability payment. I understand the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities and the National Economic and...

National Drugs Strategy. (13 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the most recent British-Irish Council ministerial meeting regarding the sectoral group on the misuse of drugs; and the situation regarding all-Ireland co-operation on the issue of tacking cocaine abuse. [42862/06]

National Drugs Strategy. (13 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: One of my questions related to the Citywide survey on cocaine. It confirms what the Minister of State has said, namely, there is clearly a growth in drugs use. The 2004 survey found that 14% of projects reported seeing clients with what they described as problematic cocaine use. However, 62% of projects are now reporting such problematic cocaine use. Two years ago, 92.6% of projects...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to review and expand the remedial works scheme as it does not cover general repairs to rented houses that local authorities can not afford to carry out as they lack the required funds to do so. [42462/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (12 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department to each local authority for each year between 2002 and 2006 inclusive, for the installation of central heating in their housing stock. [42463/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (12 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding the establishment and recognition of a Gaelcholáiste in Buncrana, County Donegal. [42368/06]

Written Answers — Public-Private Partnerships: Public-Private Partnerships (12 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of public private partnership costs as laid out in the Revised Estimates 2007. [42383/06]

Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: This year and for the past eight years the Government has had at its disposal an unprecedented surplus. It had, if it really wanted, an opportunity to transform the Ireland in which we live. My party, Sinn Féin, argued that this year, in view of the unprecedented surplus in our economy, a historic and golden opportunity had been presented where quite literally and with the right political...

Written Answers — Civil Partnerships: Civil Partnerships (7 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if same sex couples will be satisfied with a selective approach or a limited version of civil partnership rather than the right to marriage and full civil partnership equal to heterosexual couples; his views on whether limited rights are only acceptable in the short term in view of an urgent need to address...

Written Answers — Joyriding Offences: Joyriding Offences (7 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has a strategic plan to address the increasing problem of so called boy racing and existing problems of joyriding; and the details of this plan. [41986/06]