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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (29 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the actions that she has taken to reduce waiting times for social welfare payments. [25721/13]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the possible implications arising from changes to the criteria for the 2013 July provision scheme that are referred to in a memo to parents which states that allocations to siblings are reflective of the school grouping principle; if this change will result in siblings having to share 40 hours tuition, rather...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement one of the key recommendations contained in the National Council for Special Education report, Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs in Schools, that the link between allocation based on category of disability should be changed to one of allocation based on need. [25395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Irish Aid’s budget that was spent on nutrition specific programmes in 2012; and if he will detail which nutrition specific programmes received this funding. [25433/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that there is a decision made to build schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will outline the demand, needs and projections for these schools; and the way these new schools will impact on existing schools in the immediate area and its hinterland. [25347/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any increase in patients presenting to the accident and emergency at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in relation to drug linked assaults. [25338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has indicated that it is letting go contract staff as per Health Service Executive guidelines; if he will outline the areas of work that they cover; if there has been an analysis done in relation to the impact that these job losses will have on the hospital and its services. [25339/13]

Order of Business (23 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: There is concern about the EU-Colombia free trade agreement. My understanding is that it will be agreed by various parliaments. What is the process in respect of this House? Will it be before the House, will there be a discussion on it and what is the timescale?

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: The EU and the euro are in a state of flux. Some would say it is a crisis. From financial crisis and democratic deficit to failing and crippling austerity measures, it is obvious that things must change rapidly for the benefit of the Union and, more important, its citizens. The decision to create a single currency was viewed by many across the political spectrum as an ideological and...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken to jointly market produce and products on an all-Ireland basis. [24456/13]

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify additional measures that would promote all Ireland trade and marketing of Irish produce and products. [24457/13]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: How much time is left?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I noted from the Taoiseach's speech that this week's European Council meeting will discuss tax policy with a particular focus on tax collection and combatting tax evasion and fraud. As other speakers have said, it is a timely discussion. This topic has been discussed with multinationals in parliaments in other European states and the US and some of the findings have been disturbing with tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been approached by, or on behalf of, farmers seeking to harvest fodder on lands under NAMA’s control; and if so, the way NAMA has responded; NAMA’s position on such requests; and if NAMA has communicated its position to its borrowers. [23952/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Union (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress made towards a banking union. [23951/13]

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: The issue is fluid and seems to be changing by the hour. It seems we are at a crucial time for the deal, with the consequences to be felt by a possible 50,000 undocumented Irish living in the US. Two Republican Senators have made a major effort to strip or gut 10,500 visas from the Irish allocation on Tuesday. There are other countries mentioned in the Bill as having special country...

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Am I correct in stating that 16,000 new settlement units have been either announced or approved over the past two years? Two days ago, there was a young Palestinian man in here. He came from Beit Ummar. He spoke in terms of the problems being encountered by his family and community between Hebron and Bethlehem. He was asking for help, and what the Irish people can do for his situation....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Union Foreign Policy (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the rate of expansion of Israeli settlements, and the deterioration of the situation on the ground in the past 12 months since the EU foreign affairs council conclusions of May 2012, if he will use the opportunity of the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council to formally propose an EU-wide ban on settlement goods....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Union Foreign Policy (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister and welcome the statement he made last Friday following his meeting with the so-called Elders group that goods from illegal Israeli settlement colonies or colonies in the West Bank should be clearly labelled in all EU countries. This would give consumers a real choice as to whether they want to buy, boycott or bin such goods. However, I believe the EU should go further...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Union Foreign Policy (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: On Tuesday of last week, there were media reports that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had ordered a freeze on the construction of illegal colonial settlements. Has the Minister heard anything in that regard? Two days later, however, on Thursday of last week, the Israeli Government signed off on plans to build nearly 300 new settlements near Ramallah, which dashed the hopes...