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Written Answers — State Property: State Property (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if, due to the historical nature and location and other proposed plans and to stop further dereliction and decay, a detailed plan including the Office of Public Works and Dublin City Council will be put together over the next six months to design a plan for the old magazine fort in the Phoenix Park with costings which would include art, community...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: I propose to share time with Deputies Catherine Murphy and Boyle. Like the previous speaker I believe the key is enforcement. Any progressive measures to combat the carnage on our roads and prevent unnecessary loss of life by significantly reducing preventable motor accidents will be welcomed by Sinn Féin and all Members. Some 399 people lost their lives on Irish roads in 2005 and 185 have...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: There is much confusion in the House.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: We have attended launches of many different reports in recent years. The reality is that those on welfare, those from the Traveller community, those leaving school early, homeless people, those with a disability, elderly people and lone parents are more likely to be poor than wealthy. I attended a recent launch at which the Minister claimed all the reports are complete and it is now time for...

Pension Provisions. (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister believe this new scheme will be more effective? Is he aware of the difficulties within the construction industry with regard to employers who force workers to describe themselves as self-employed when the reality is quite different? BATU has been involved in efforts to eliminate this practice because it believes scams are being perpetrated within the industry. However, the...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the envisaged timescale for the State to significantly reduce or completely eradicate consistent and relative poverty. [23222/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there is a delay in the processing of the rent allowance application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [22923/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are awaiting a decision on claims they have made for disability allowance. [22928/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions of the national drugs strategy which have not been delivered; and the aspects which need improvement. [23017/06]

National Drugs Strategy. (14 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Is part of the problem that there was no representative on the working group from the health sector, the Department or the HSE? Is the Minister of State aware of this fact? This may be one of the difficulties that is delaying the implementation of the recommendations.

National Drugs Strategy. (14 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of his responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2001 to 2008, under which a series of 100 individual actions have been identified and that his Department is responsible for preparing six-monthly progress reports on the strategy for the Cabinet Committee on Social...

National Drugs Strategy. (14 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: I asked about the areas where there was least progress and the Minister outlined six actions that were required. I accept more work must be done in the needle exchange area. Recently I was approached by a family in Cork whose son was in the local hospital. There was no room in the psychiatric unit so he ended up in the geriatric unit. The family informed me that their son must go to Dublin...

National Drugs Strategy. (14 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Buckingham Street.

Written Answers — Vacant Dwellings: Vacant Dwellings (13 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average number of vacant dwellings in the State in each of the past ten years. [22476/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the extent to which local authorities are meeting the needs of their tenants in respect of necessary repairs to the social housing stock. [22477/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (13 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport the meetings he has facilitated through his Department regarding the roll-out of broadband, particularly in relation to ducting infrastructure for broadband being installed on all future road and rail projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (13 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people involved in motor accidents over the past five years, per year, per county and who were driving on provisional licences. [22707/06]

Written Answers — Constitutional Challenges: Constitutional Challenges (8 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he was first made aware of a High Court constitutional challenge to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the fact that a patient (details supplied) in Dublin 15 waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant for nearly four years cannot receive a transplant should an organ become available due to there being only one pancreatic transplant surgeon in this State who is unavailable. [22262/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the demand from an association (details supplied) to introduce resident only parking regarding match days in Croke Park; and if so, the envisaged timescale for such legislation allowing for this to be introduced. [22013/06]