Results 621-640 of 8,649 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Offshore Exploration. (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: If the uptake is so poor why is the gas or oil not left in the ground, given that it is of no benefit to us? Were no lessons learnt about the individuals involved in negotiations on behalf of the State? Part of the problem regarding the Corrib gas line may have been that certain individuals had their own interests at heart, rather than those of the State. What is the benefit in giving away an...

Telecommunications Services. (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the roll-out of broadband here; the percentage of people who have access to it; the number of homes that have broadband connections; and how Ireland fares in comparison with the rest of Europe. [13765/06]

Telecommunications Services. (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister of State not accept that the State's broadband coverage is shameful and as a result the Government has decided to privatise Eircom? In the Six Counties, 100% broadband saturation has been reached, compared with the figures of 1.7% coverage in the Twenty-six Counties last year. The European Commission recently criticised Ireland for being one of the slowest movers in the...

Telecommunications Services. (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister of State accept that Eircom has come full circle? Once it was a fully listed company on the Stock Exchange with a fixed line and mobile network service. Later, it sold its mobile network service. Subsequently, it delisted from the Stock Exchange before floating again last year and since then it has talked about buying another mobile telephone company. It appears to have gone...

Written Answers — Social Partnership Agreement: Social Partnership Agreement (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to ensure that An Post workers will receive the money owed to them in respect of Sustaining Progress agreements. [14059/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation in Cabra, Dublin 7 where older people are reporting a lack of social workers there. [15301/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was awarded supplementary allowance and was recently approved a disability allowance; and the reason this person cannot be awarded a rent allowance. [14684/06]

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 540: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there have been discussions between the Grand Canal Development Committee and his Department regarding funding of works that will upgrade and refurbish the Grand Canal in Dublin; and if his Department will release funding for same. [14668/06]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 902: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has not recognised the Queens University Belfast degree of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [15302/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 911: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional staffing resources which have been introduced into primary and post-primary schools in the past five years to take account of the special educational needs of students attending them. [15416/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 912: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional staffing resources which have been introduced into Youthreach centres in the past five years to take account of the special educational needs of students attending them. [15417/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 913: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's estimate of the level of special educational needs or disability among students attending Youthreach centres. [15418/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 914: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources available to students with special educational needs or disabilities attending Youthreach centres for education. [15419/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 915: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Council for Special Education provides a service to students with disabilities under the age of 18 years attending Youthreach centres; and, if not, the reason for same. [15420/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 916: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a student under the age of 18 years who has been diagnosed as having a disability and as a result has been deemed entitled to additional teaching or other supports while in school will retain these supports if they leave school and transfer to a Youthreach centre; and if not, the reason for same. [15421/06]

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Many sods were turned over the years before the opening of Tallaght hospital, the hospital for the area I represent, and many politicians have visited the area in which it is located. It was supposed to be a flagship hospital, yet there are more people lying on trolleys in its accident and emergency department than there are in most other hospitals in the country. At one stage there were...

Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the opportunity to reaffirm Sinn Féin's support for reform of the electoral register and for the instigation of proactive voter registration drives to ensure all eligible voters are registered and to ensure accuracy of the electoral register. There has been a significant failure to ensure that the register is kept up to date and accurate. The absence of proactive registration...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (26 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress of the recently established task force on the accident and emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15485/06]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (27 Apr 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform whether his plans to expand the prison estate run contrary to the Council of Europe's recommendations on prison population inflation. [15684/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (3 May 2006)

Seán Crowe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for Education and Science address the current unacceptable situation regarding a lack of school buses running to Kilcredan national school in east Cork where, last week, school children with concessionary tickets were removed from overcrowded school buses with no...