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Written Answers — Job Security: Job Security (1 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is any threat to the jobs of the 300 former AIB employees who were moved to Aviva in 2011; and the action he is taking to ensure the safety of these jobs. [5666/12]

Written Answers — Environmental Education: Environmental Education (1 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Greenflag initiative; and the support he gives to schools to encourage greater environmental awareness. [2968/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (1 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the importance of keeping open public libraries. [2975/12]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the health concerns associated with telecommunication masts, his position regarding the erection of telecommunication masts in the vicinity close to a school. [2974/12]

Written Answers — Commemoration of Events: Commemoration of Events (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preparations that have been made regarding the commemoration of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5200/12]

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: That is the first time we have been described in that manner.

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: It is clear that many of the budget decisions being forced on schools will have far-reaching implications for the Irish education sector. The Government sought to impose austerity measures and to disregard the effects this will have on children and their futures. The Minister and his Government colleagues have made political choices that include paying billions of euros into zombie banks...

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: That is a major worry. Will suitable buildings be provided if there is an agreement between schools to amalgamate? It does not seem to be in the programme and it needs to be done. There has not been joined-up thinking between the branches of the Department with the responsibility for ensuring schools have the capacity to join together. How will existing schools cope with increased...

Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of families that will be impacted by the budget cut reducing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance from €305 to €250 for children aged 12 years or more and from €200 to €150 for children aged four years to 11 years; if her attention has been drawn to research published by Bernardos demonstrating...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who will suffer financial loss as a result of the budget 2012 cut providing that income from employment by the Health Service Executive as a home help will no longer be disregarded in assessment for certain social assistance payments; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that income from home help hours can...

Community Development (26 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: The common denominator in the four jobs in question is that the areas in which they are located are areas with high unemployment levels, many social problems and a significant drug problem. Many of the workers are 20 years in the job, with ten years done on a voluntary basis and ten years being paid by the Department. These people have been told funding is being cut by 75%, although I am...

Community Development (26 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: I welcome that the Minister of State will reconsider the issue but she should bear in mind what I said. Nobody will replicate the work being done by these people across the board and nobody has the required level of local knowledge. That would be accepted by all the agencies I mentioned who work with these people. It will be like a house of cards and if those individuals are pulled from the...

Written Answers — North-South Co-operation: North-South Co-operation (25 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the steps he has taken to support business and innovations networks along the Border and on a North-South basis; and his plans to advocate for an enhanced role for InterTrade Ireland. [4133/12]

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: As someone who lives in an urban area the Minister is probably surprised to see me speak on the Bill. I got figures the other day which indicated that approximately 19,500 people in Dublin have septic tanks. In my local authority area the figure is 5,000. The constituency I represent, Dublin South-West, covers rural areas such as Bohernabreena and Brittas. It contains the Blessington...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (24 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a revised salary scale and cap for chief executives and senior managers of State agencies is being considered in his rationalisation of the sector. [3800/12]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of leaving certificate students who have applied for the higher education access route, HEAR, grant from as far back as August 2011, are still waiting for medical cards to be issued and that one of the criteria for applying for HEAR is that the family hold a medical card in...

State Agencies (24 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Departments Reform and Delivery Office has taken to simplify the administrative landscape in respect of State agency classifications and listings. [3801/12]

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his public statement in relation to Budget 2012, and its negative impact on DEIS band schools, if he will clarify the terms of reference of the review he intends to carry out; and the implications this review will have on the 428 legacy teaching posts that predate DEIS. [3233/12]

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: I have just come from the INTO rally at Marlborough House where the common theme was that people were confused about the review and what exactly is involved in it. I listened to what the Minister stated about the 428 legacy posts. Some of those legacy posts came to schools due to Breaking the Cycle. There was an acceptance that there was disadvantage in certain schools but in some of those...

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: If possible, if the Minister does not have time today, he should get that information out there. There is considerable confusion right across the board, not only among principals but among parents and children, and it is not helping the situation in education.