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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether a school (details supplied) is to lose eight teaching staff posts at the start of the new school year. [14063/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, that are awaiting step-down beds; if he will provide information on the cost of providing step-down beds; if he will provide a breakdown of the waiting list on the basis of gender and age; and the average waiting time for patients. [14060/12]

Residency Permits (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure protection for migrant women from domestic violence by introducing formal immigration rules for the granting of independent residence permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/12]

Waste Management (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has finalised a regulatory impact analysis of domestic waste collection; and if he still aims to submit final proposals on regulation of this industry to Government by Easter this year. [13075/12]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to appraise the effectiveness of the use of the fund for making safe unfinished estates; and if any further funding or measures are required. [13089/12]

School Staffing (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: The cuts to the school in question in this matter arise from budget 2012. At the time I said the budget, in particular the education budget, lacked balance and in many cases was affecting the most vulnerable. The school in question was informed that it would lose eight teachers, who were informed of the loss of their jobs during the week. The school is typical of many schools throughout...

School Staffing (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: I do not know what I could say to a parent of a pupil attending the school in question and who listened to the Minister's reply. It is a pity it does not include the number of schools which are losing three or more teachers in this manner, as that would be useful information to have in this debate. Nevertheless, the school and many like it nationwide are being doubly disadvantaged because...

Written Answers — Heritage Sites: Heritage Sites (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to make heritage protection grants available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12478/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons working in the State Examination Commission who have availed of the early retirement scheme; if he will provide a breakdown of the posts directly affected by staff taking early retirement; and the provision that has been put in place to ensure the smooth running of the examination process. [12662/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement providing details on the group engagement sessions, group engagement seminars and group information seminars mentioned in Pathways to Work. [11881/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she intends to deliver the deeper and more regular engagement with NEES promised in Pathways to Work with less staff and less resources. [11882/12]

Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (1 Mar 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children born after the 30 June, 2009, still qualify for the free pre-school year in September 2012. [11947/12]

Written Answers — Pharmaceutical Patents: Pharmaceutical Patents (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify the 2011 value in export terms of patents that will expire in 2012, 2013 and 2014. [11318/12]

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the market failures in lending to small and medium enterprises that necessitate a partial credit guarantee scheme. [11319/12]

Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future role of child income supports under the proposal to roll out a single working age payment system in the social welfare system. [10026/12]

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that some people may be watching this debate at home and if they are not asleep, they certainly will be after my speech.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: It is a fairly technical Bill and the only way to deal with is by going through it section by section. The Bill paves the way for the commencement of section 30 of the Teaching Council Act, which when enacted will effectively mean that all teachers in State-recognised schools whose salaries are funded by the Department of Education and Skills must be registered with the Teaching Council. It...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Some of those would be teachers coming out of retirement. People at home listening to this might be concerned about their loved ones in that regard. The Minister said he accepted the Seanad amendment proposed by Senator Power relating to unregistered teachers and Garda vetting, which makes sense. We need to work out how that can be processed in a speedy manner. Even the previous...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Recently, I raised the issue of the changes at Question Time, particularly those that affect programmes like Breaking the Cycle and the pupil teacher ratio of 15:1 for disadvantaged schools. The Minister said originally that the ratio might be moved to 18:1, but the website shows it is moving to 20:1. Will the Minister come back to me on that issue? The big concern is that if the ratio...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: I am aware of that, but I mention this school as an example, and there are probably others like it. This is an issue that must be examined. The Bill brings much positive change and most of us are broadly in favour of the changes being made. I suppose some parts of the Bill will be tweaked and perhaps we can go through the issues on Committee Stage when dealing with amendments and perhaps we...