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Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the original number of 184 NEPS psychologists will be met this year in view of the difficulties being experienced in recruiting same, particularly outside the greater Dublin area. [8012/05]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her plans on disadvantage will be published. [8011/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of meetings which representatives of his Department have had with EU officials regarding the extension of free travel for Irish immigrant pensioners. [7934/05]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the validation for persons wishing to be youth workers here still comes from England; if she has plans to make this validation available here; and if she will consider attempting to make the process for validation an all-Ireland one. [7662/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the serious safety implications for children travelling to and from school on organised buses that in many cases have no safety belts; and if she has immediate plans to review the current guidelines. [7663/05]

Written Answers — School Amalgamations: School Amalgamations (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will receive the adequate funding to ensure its continued existence at its current location; the position regarding plans to amalgamate Ringsend Technical Institute and this school onto one site in the area; and if a site has been identified on which her Department intends to build this new...

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for funding community-led education; if increases in funding have been above inflation in recent years; and her concerns regarding the lack of salary increases or pension plans of many of the staff working in the sector. [7915/05]

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: We must welcome any measure which helps to standardise and bring driving tests under one uniform regulatory body. It is also welcome if it helps address some of the more common complaints relating to the test. The Irish driving test is internationally regarded as one of the most difficult, as proven by the large number of people, currently 54%, who fail on their first attempt. The issue of...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: I wish to share time with Deputies Finian McGrath, McHugh and Gormley. Through this Bill, the Government is acting swiftly to ensure that long-stay patients in residential care who can be charged in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment will now be charged without further delay. The Government states it has lost €2 million per week in payments since the charges were found to be illegal and...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: I support the amendment. The area I represent has one of the highest concentrations of single parents in the State. Recent media reports suggest that many of these young parents are parasites living off the State. They did not go as far as saying they do not love their children but the reports feed the perception that these people are taking the State's money. The reality is different. Many...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Crowe: I support the amendment which lies at the core of our attempts to encourage people back into employment. If people had a genuine choice they would opt for employment. There is a notion that people are happy to live off social welfare but, in reality, the longer one is in poverty the more difficult it is to break out of it. I agree with what has been said about the family income supplement. We...

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (24 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in order to aid competitiveness by lowering insurance costs for both businesses and motorists, his Department is considering bringing forward proposals for the establishment of a State insurance company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6141/05]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of the labour inspectorate with respect to the ongoing evidence of exploitation of migrant workers. [6140/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the Christmas bonus scheme to clients that are on long term disability benefit in view of the unfairness of the present system. [5906/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied). [6242/05]

Social Welfare Benefits. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: With reference to the emphasis on increasing family ties, I do not understand how any other European Union country would object to such a scheme. Is the Minister's reference in his reply to a figure of between €10 million and €19 million an over-estimate? It seems to be a very high figure. Does the Minister agree that the Irish economy could earn kudos because the people in question would...

Social Welfare Benefits. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the system breakdown whereby 47,000 clients received double payments in error (details supplied); and if he has satisfied himself at the arbitrary nature of the recovery of the payment that was put in place. [5905/05]

Social Welfare Benefits. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: The Minister accepts the mistake was made by the Department. An arbitrary decision was taken as a result. It is not necessarily the case that people with bank accounts are more solvent. Many of those who contacted me genuinely believed the payment was a bonus. No consultation took place with representative organisations, such as Age Action Ireland, the Carers Association of Ireland and...

Social Welfare Benefits. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Some 30% of those entitled to welfare benefits do not claim them. That is a sizeable proportion.

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (22 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: I move: That Dáil Éireann: —noting that progress has been made in the area of special needs education, including the passage of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; —expresses its concern that families still find it necessary to seek redress in the courts for the failure of the State to meet the educational needs of their children; —urges the Government...