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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]

Written Answers — Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal: Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 12: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén maoiniú atá curtha ar fáil le haghaidh oideachais tríú leibhéal sa Ghaeltacht ag Roinn na Gaeltachta sna cúig bliana seo a chuaigh thart; cé mhéid a bheidh le fáil an bhliain seo chugainn [35031/12]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to publish data relating to public spending which would indicate the contribution made by the Arts to combatting poverty and exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/12]

Written Answers — Fee Paying Schools: Fee Paying Schools (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on State subsidies to private fee paying schools in 2011/2012; the projected amount that will be paid to private fee paying school for the 2012/2013 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35850/12]

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: To put this debate in context, it is useful to consider some statistics. We know, for example, that the income of the poorest households in the State fell by more than 18% in a single year, while that of the richest increased by 4%. We also know that one quarter of credit card holders rely on those cards to make ends meet each month. Some 40% of people have borrowed to pay for household...

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: No, we have not.

Special Educational Needs (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: On 27 June this year Scoil Mochua, a special school on the Old Nangor Road in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was informed by its special educational needs organiser that it would lose two teaching staff in the upcoming school year. This is one example but it could apply to other special schools throughout the country, including St. Joseph's Special School in my constituency. Scoil Mochua was...

Special Educational Needs (18 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: I asked that the Minister look at the idea of a review in this area. The Minister stated that the allocation for schools like this will increase, but this particular school tells me that on 27 June it was told it was losing two staff and, subsequently, it has been informed that it will lose one. I am not sure whether that one is because the numbers are not growing in the school. That is a...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: I move amendment No. 9: In page 10, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "(8) (a) The Board shall make provision for the setting up of an assessment panel consisting of four members of the Board, including the participation of the Chairperson, to examine applications to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, made by residents of former scheduled institutions who did not make...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: We have gone back and forth on this matter. We discussed eligibility earlier and I firmly believe that we should not block people who clearly went through horrific times in these institutions. We should not close down the criteria or block them off. On that basis, this amendment is an attempt to deal with the issue. On Committee Stage, the Minister said such a process would be cumbersome,...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: We have had the discussion. By broadening the eligibility criteria we would be helping people who have been excluded from society and damaged by the State. That is why I am pressing the amendment and seeking changes in the eligibility clause.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: In one sense this is controversial because some survivors agree with the approach while others do not. From discussions, it is clear that there was no coming together on the issue. We tabled the amendment on the basis that many people talk about their age and the educational aspects of the Bill were not much use to them at this stage in their lives. They would like to see their children...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: I tabled a similar amendment on Committee Stage and discussed it, among others, with several of the Minister's officials. Ms Mary McGarry was particularly helpful in clarifying many of the issues that arose. This amendment reflects representations received from survivors in which they expressed a desire to continue working with an individual counsellor with whom they had built a...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(7) The Minister shall appoint an assessment panel made up of four Board members, including the Chairperson, to assess the eligibility of new applications from former residents of scheduled institutions who did not apply to the Act of 2002 or who have had a court determination made arising out of their...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: When I tabled an amendment on Committee Stage to compel religious orders to make a greater contribution, I was informed that it was not possible to compel them to do so. An amendment I proposed on Report Stage on this matter has been ruled out of order on the basis that it is in the nature of a tax. As Deputy Brendan Smith noted, a requirement on the religious congregations to increase...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: I also thank the officials for the help they gave on the Bill. It was a difficult Bill and it was certainly difficult to deal with the hurt and trauma many of the survivors experienced. I was disappointed that a number of amendments were ruled out of order because they were deemed to place a cost on the Exchequer, namely, those relating to the Magdalene Laundries and Bethany Home. Some of...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is now the responsibility of school boards of management to submit to the Department of Finance the yearly accounts of persons who are employed by the school but not paid by his Department; and if the boards of management will be liable for penalties resulting from the submission of inaccurate accounts. [35247/12]