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Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: There is a lack of clarity as to the effect of the proposed changes. Speaking in the Seanad in February, the Minister did not provide significant clarification or comfort about the practical effects the changes would have on mainstream and special needs schools. The change appears to prevent the Department of Education and Skills from providing support services currently provided by the...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, to delete lines 39 to 45 and substitute the following: "The numbers and qualifications of the teachers and other staff of a recognised school, who are to be remunerated out of monies provided by the Oireachtas, shallbe determined from time to time by the Minister after consultation with and with the agreement of bodies representative of patrons, recognised...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: We all want to be reasonable in this regard. How legally binding would a letter of comfort be? I am concerned about what is coming down the track. I accept what the Minister says about the difficulties encountered in redeployment. However, consultation is important. I had hoped he might make an amendment, but it is too late at this stage. While I welcome the Minister's efforts to meet the...

Written Answers — Cultural Events: Cultural Events (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if view of the commitment made in the Programme for Government to extending culture night to two nights a year, when the second culture night is due to be held. [21417/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his decision to cut two teaching posts and a resource teacher from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, a measure that if implemented, equates to a 50% reduction in the schools staffing complement; if he will ensure funding is made available for the retention of these key positions that are essential if...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his decision to cut, in one calendar year, four teachings posts and two special need's assistants from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, and to reinstate these key positions that are essential if the school is to continue delivering a high standard of education to children under its care. [21208/12]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are being considered, that if implemented, will increase the minimum mileage limit that qualifies primary and post primary school children from availing of subsidised school transport. [21525/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure funding is provided for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [21746/12]

Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: May I speak for 15 minutes?

Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: I suppose 15 minutes seems like a long time, but it is probably longer than the notice many employees received that they were to lose their jobs. I have talked to people who worked in Waterford Crystal, La Senza, TalkTalk, Lagan Brick, Vita Cortex, Game and Wilson Publishing and used this Chamber to publicise their cases. The Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock, is one of the people who...

Educational Projects (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach in view of the budget announcement to end the modern languages in primary schools initiative, the justification for the launch of the new pilot project called the blue star programme, one of whose aims is to promote awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity. [10020/12]

Educational Projects (1 May 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding allocated to the blue star programme and from which Department funding has been allocated. [10021/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that community welfare officers have been refusing to award fathers, who have shared custody of their children, rent supplement for anything more than a one bedroom flat which effectively denies them their right to family life; and is she will issue a memo to community welfare officers directing them to award rent...

Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the all-party Oireachtas Committee report on the single working age payment recommendation that she not proceed with the proposal for a single working age payment at this time. [20601/12]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (24 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant full recognition to a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20117/12]

Semi-State Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, he intends to review the payments and allowances paid to Stage agency chief executive officers; the changes, if any, he plans to make to these payments and allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20297/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to criticism relating to a new requirement for students applying under the disability access route to education to produce extensive reports based on formal psychological tests that are expensive and difficult to obtain because private educational psychologists were booked out for such assessments up to the CAO cut...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent ASTI survey that shows an estimated 67% of schools will be forced to drop at least one subject at leaving certificate level because of the changes announced Budget 2012; and if he intends to make any adjustments in policy in view of the potential impact these findings will have on the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has been withdrawn from the current school construction programme. [19496/12]

Educational Disadvantage (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his stated support of children from disadvantaged backgrounds having access to a full and inclusive education, if he will agree to implement a review of schools in the primary and post primary sector that are currently servicing areas of high disadvantage and which fit all of the criteria of DEIS but are doubly being...