Results 7,701-7,720 of 8,605 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Dormant Accounts Fund. (9 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This question is in response to the debate we had in late October. In that debate, the Minister of State said that 11,000 young people cause themselves deliberate self-harm every year and that Ireland has the fifth highest suicide rate in the EU for 15 to 24 year olds. The rate is even higher for men in their 20s and 30s, with men under 35...

National Drugs Strategy. (9 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: The best way of combating cocaine for publicans and everyone else is WD40. One need only spray it on cisterns and users are no longer able to snort it. Regarding evaluation of projects, I asked the Minister of State this before. At this stage I risk repeating myself ad infinitum. When will it take place? Will it be after Christmas as with rehabilitation? How many of the four original...

Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (9 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: A television advertisement that has been running for a while shows a man pulling up in his car to ask an elderly country man for directions. At the end of the advertisement, the elderly man tells him: "If I was going there, I would not start from here." Such a comment could be applied to this country's transport difficulties — if one was looking on from afar, one would not want to start...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on implementing an estate renewal scheme in view of the growing community crisis gripping suburbs in Limerick and other areas which would involve a cocktail of funding, strategic interventions in health, housing, education and enterprise and which would not be a solely property led tax relief...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the goal of ensuring all neighbourhoods and estates are healthy safe communities, where people have the opportunity to live, learn and work with dignity; his further views on whether in Limerick and other council areas there is a clear pressing need for renewal and investment in suburban...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount the State has funded Dublin Bus per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [36766/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of extra buses provided for Dublin Bus per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [36767/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of extra buses provided for Bus Éireann per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [36768/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of additional buses promised to Dublin Bus under the current national development plan; and if the Government will deliver on this. [36834/06]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 21 who was refused a grant by South Dublin County Council on the grounds of income; and the reason they were refused the grant. [36749/06]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (8 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the processing of grants for third level students in Waterford; and if she has had or intends to have discussions with the relevant stakeholders involved to ensure that students from low income families do not have to resort to taking out loans to pay for their education until their...

Written Answers — Government Expenditure: Government Expenditure (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government intends to spend the money it realised from the proceeds of the sale of the majority of its shares in Aer Lingus. [36208/06]

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by groups (details supplied) regarding the use of the Garden of Remembrance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36226/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recent situation involving the removal of Smart services by Eircom will affect Smart Telecom's involvement in the provision of broadband to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36388/06]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the EU-US open skies negotiations. [36134/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had meetings with the Department of Finance and other stakeholders regarding the fact that additional safety features in cars incur a taxation of 43% through VAT and VRT. [36135/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department intends to utilise such a substantive allocation of capital funds in view of the news that the new National Development Plan 2007-2013, to be unveiled in January 2007, has highlighted €1 billion to target the development of strategic cross-Border infrastructure schemes. [36233/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects his Department view as priority schemes, bearing in mind the regional disparity and imbalance [i]vis-À-vis[/i] regional development and infrastructure facing the border and north west regions. [36234/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the problems facing the Government and his Department [i]vis-À-vis[/i] the continued and unnecessary loss of life on roads here. [36236/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 24 October 2006, if in view of the need of a seamless transfer from primary to secondary level for students with special educational needs, she will review all aspects of this case with a view to the person in question receiving adequate resource teaching to meet their needs to ensure...