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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jun 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 936: To ask the Minister for Health if an estimate has been made or if he can give an approximate cost to the State for keeping elderly patients in Tallaght Hospital during the reported embargo and on filling available beds in St Brigid's Nursing Home, Crooksling, County Dublin from the time of announcement of its closure and the lifting of that same embargo [26991/12]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (6 Jun 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 28: To ask the an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheartaíonn sé na scéimeanna teanga nua a leathnú go dtí gach limistéar Gaeltachta; agus cad iad na critéir a úsáideadh chun na háiteanna inar bunaíodh scéimeanna teanga cheana féin a roghnú. [27093/12]

Expenditure Reviews (24 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement an internal review of the State's education sector in an effort to improve efficiency and secure savings from a range of educational services; and if any savings will be redirected into frontline education services. [26074/12]

Religious and Sexual Discrimination (24 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when amendments will be made to Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act, in order to remove discrimination towards gay and lesbian teachers and teachers whose beliefs may differ from those of school trustees, in view of the fact that education institutions are exempted from the provisions of the Act on the grounds of protecting...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to implement a pilot voluntary redeployment scheme, agreed under the Croke Park Agreement, that will allow teachers to transfer on a voluntary basis to another school or geographical area. [25773/12]

School Uniforms (24 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the introduction of measures to reduce the financial burden on parents when paying for school uniforms at primary and post primary level. [26073/12]

Written Answers — Teaching Council: Teaching Council (23 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the purpose of the €11 million that has been generated as surplus by the Teaching Council; the amount of interest this accrues on an annual basis; the matters on which the interest is spent; the number of teachers this might pay per annum and the reason the Teaching Council accumulates such large sums of money....

Defence Forces Personnel (17 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of ranks in the Defence Forces; his plans to allow promotions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24604/12]

Written Answers — Primary Care Centres: Primary Care Centres (16 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health if he will revisit the policy of reliance on public-private partnerships for the development of primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24205/12]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (16 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made on developing a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/12]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (15 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for the transfer of children still in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, to another more suitable location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23976/12]

Written Answers — Social Work Staff: Social Work Staff (15 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to adequately resource social workers and ensure that they have manageable case loads in the context of forthcoming changes to the child protection regime. [23977/12]

Written Answers — Rural Transport: Rural Transport (9 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the Department of Education and Skills to discuss school transport strategies and the need to maintain public provision while providing an affordable service. [23034/12]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (9 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the date on which the review of the modern languages in primary schools initiative will commence; the date this review will be completed; his views on the modern language initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (8 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will sign the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and the progress he has made in this area to date. [22684/12]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (8 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to discuss proposals for amalgamating responsibility for employment rights into one body leading to cases under the Equal Status Act 2000-2008 going to the District Courts by default; his views on this proposal. [22683/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (8 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the criteria which was used to appraise the appeal made by a school (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to the pupil teacher ratio for the forthcoming school year; and if language considerations, as well as health and safety conditions were taken in to account. [22801/12]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (3 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider his decision to withdraw his Department's representative from the Drug Advisory Group. [22118/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (3 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rent scales and terms which he plans to be part of lease agreements with the National Assets Management Agency developers' properties being used for social housing. [22172/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the total number of teaching posts to be cut at schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will confirm the dates on which these posts will be lost to both schools. [22292/12]