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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who are to be redeployed from September, 2012 onwards, on a temporary capacity, to cover teachers on maternity or sick leave. [38463/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Christian Brothers are planning to donate land they own at Summerhill in Nenagh, County Tipperary, as part of an arrangement with his Department to compensate the survivors of residential abuse. [38769/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for his Department to help facilitate a partnership arrangement between the Christian Brothers and Nenagh Town Council in order that land owned by the former at Summerhill Nenagh, County Tipperary, may be developed to provide essential amenities which would include three GAA pitches and a running track for public use. [38770/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Subsidised Private Schools (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual amount paid in State subsidises to minority faith based fee-paying schools here, on a school by school basis. [38895/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual wage scale paid to senior FÁS staff earning in excess of €80,000 per annum based on the one to six grading system. [38900/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the Health Service Executive cutbacks will impact on ambulance stations in Tallaght, Swords and Maynooth; and the way changes to the new roster to be introduced in September, including the number of ambulances on call, compare with the service available in September 2011. [38169/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. I find some of the language used by the Tánaiste in his speech today a little difficult to understand and I do not pretend to know the ins and outs of everything. The Tánaiste made reference to the retention of confidence, which centred around the measures agreed in June. Over the summer there was much positivity regarding our meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI (19 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: I welcome our guests. They made a couple of points during their presentations, one of which is that their job relates to offering support in respect of acts of non-violent resistance. In that regard, I am conscious of the events involving Rachel Corrie. Ms Corrie, an innocent woman involved in a non-violent action, was wearing a high-visibility vest when she was run over by an IDF vehicle....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI (19 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: The delegation mentioned EU property. A Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament put a question to the Commission and it was said in response that from May 2001 to October 2011, €30 million worth of infrastructure invested in by the European Union was destroyed. It has been said that €50 million worth of infrastructure has been destroyed. It seems that much of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce new legislative changes in view of the recent High Court judgement involving a migrant worker (details supplied) that was described by the presiding Judge as appalling exploitation and where weaknesses and lack of protections in the Employment Permits Act were highlighted. [40305/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pregnant person in Dublin is given an anomaly scan and a similar patient outside the city, and its hinterland, is not catered for in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of Europe: Discussion with Vice President of European Commission (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: I wish the Vice President a good afternoon. She is quoted in the Irish media this week as saying Irish people should place their trust in political leaders trying to build a stronger Europe. Why should people place their trust in a system that has in many cases overseen a collapse in their incomes and is now actively dismantling the social infrastructure that holds the more positive...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: Like other Members, I welcome the publication of the proposed wording of this amendment to the Constitution. It has taken 20 years, 17 major reports into child-protection failings and repeated promises from successive Governments to get this far. As the House will be aware, Irish society has fundamentally changed since the Constitution was first written and I welcome this proposed reform....

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: Many words and images come to mind when thinking about these institutions. I think of images of cold, thick walls, bars on windows, the smell of bleach and words such as cruelty, sadness, terror, poverty, unhappiness, regret, hunger, brutality, abuse, despair, beatings, imprisonment and silence. It is now three years since Justice for Magdalenes circulated an apology and redress scheme for...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: Like other Members, I welcome the publication of the proposed wording of this amendment to the Constitution. It has taken 20 years, 17 major reports into child-protection failings and repeated promises from successive Governments to get this far. As the House will be aware, Irish society has fundamentally changed since the Constitution was first written and I welcome this proposed reform....

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: Many words and images come to mind when thinking about these institutions. I think of images of cold, thick walls, bars on windows, the smell of bleach and words such as cruelty, sadness, terror, poverty, unhappiness, regret, hunger, brutality, abuse, despair, beatings, imprisonment and silence. It is now three years since Justice for Magdalenes circulated an apology and redress scheme for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Kordofan and South Sudan: Discussion (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: I was going to ask the witnesses about the agricultural situation but Mr. McQuillan has dealt with the background of that. In the absence of a conflict in the region, is it sustainable for the population to feed itself? I do not know much about southern Sudan. How has the African Union-appointed mediator, Thabo Mbeki, performed in his role? Has he brought the two sides closer to a deal?...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised regarding the cutbacks to ambulance stations and services in Tallaght and Swords, County Dublin and in Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40995/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pregnant patient in Dublin is given an anomaly scan and a similar patient outside the city, and its hinterland, is not catered for in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40996/12]

Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Crowe: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit as ucht a phost nua. Drug and alcohol addiction, substance abuse and their strong association with suicide comprise some of the biggest problems facing society. The sheer scale of the problem is massive, especially in the Dublin area. It is a very lucky family that has not been affected directly or indirectly by the...