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Third Level Remuneration (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Is it not just about salaries, but also expenses and other extras? Some of these expenses can be as large as the salary. Has the Minister any idea on how that can be tackled?

School Curriculum (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: We could leave this question as we have already dealt with this on two questions relating to history.

Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: There have been several cases brought to my attention, probably due to the new school year. Has the system become more convoluted? I was speaking to someone in Bus Éireann who told me that the tendering process has become more complicated and agreed that the situation was less than satisfactory. One child with special needs was waiting three months for the paperwork to be done....

Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: I can understand that a new service takes some time to be established, but what is an acceptable length of time in the Minister of State's opinion? Is three months far too long? It is from my point of view. I can understand there are difficulties with resources and so on and that new services may have to be set up, but in the case with which I am familiar, there were five children in the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who after winning their appeal under section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, for additional special needs assistant support in July, is still waiting for the increase in their SNA classroom hours to be implemented; the number of similar cases there are in which children who have won...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the two teaching posts lost to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [34937/11]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide permanent classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in the near future; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is currently split over three buildings within the campus and it is increasingly difficult to function properly as a gaelscoileanna. [34938/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Sligo into a new school building to be constructed on a council owned site in the centre of the town. [34939/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the school planning and building programme in counties Dublin, Laois and Offaly. [34940/11]

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation when he will launch a jobs strategy; the way such a strategy will differ from the jobs budget launched last summer; and if he will also be developing a retail strategy for the State. [35956/11]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (22 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational education committees that own their office buildings; and the expiry dates on leases of VEC buildings that are currently being rented. [36235/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of students who are currently in receipt of the back to education allowance in view of the fact that most of the recipients of the BTEA are attempting to learn new skills in an effort to return to work, that most of those who are paid the BTEA do not qualify for any additional grants and that any decrease in this allowance...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (24 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preparations that have been made regarding the commemoration of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36580/11]

Written Answers — Tionscal na Feamainne: Tionscal na Feamainne (24 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 45: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis ráiteas a dhéanamh ar thodhchaí Aramara Teoranta agus ar fhorbairt thionscal na feamainne. [36566/11]

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: In the weeks leading up to the budget Government Ministers have been responsible - this is what journalists have told us - for leaking a constant flow of rumour and speculation about what the budget may contain. The steady drip-drip of possibilities and rumour appears to be designed to instil fear. It appears the warped thinking behind them has calculated that the leaks will somehow soften...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister will just leak it all to journalists instead.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: What about the British Government's role in all of this?

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Who said that?

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if all State organisations have handed over moneys accrued from the pension levy and universal social charges to his Department. [37204/11]

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: British rule, Deputy.