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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.

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he increased class sizes in schools of two, three and four teacher schools in view of the fact that smaller class sizes particularly at infant level would seem to have a positive affect on learning outcomes; and the capital costs that will arise from his decision to pursue a policy that will lead to the amalgamation and...

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: It was in 1991 that the OECD published a report citing the importance of small schools to rural regeneration. What most people want to know is why the Minister is going down this track. Is it to achieve cost savings? If so, what are those savings? He said in his reply that he is trying to spread the increases across the system. Much of the concern is because such schools are part of...

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: People are asking that it be done in a planned and coherent manner as there are all types of sensitivities involved. They are asking that the Minister even signal that he would freeze the September date, which would give them 12 months to prepare. The difficulty is that schools will be pushed to closure as a result of this measure. Some schools are on the edge in this regard. It is also...

Proposed Legislation (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: We all agree on the need to keep victims in the loop through discussions and meaningful engagement. A difficulty arises in determining who represents victims. There is no commonality on the issue of how the resources will be spent and so forth. The main issue is to try to involve and engage victims in the process. It would be helpful to give victims a role and say on the final legislation.

Proposed Legislation (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: When will the heads of the Bill be published? On the Magdalene-----

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: Will the review take into account the costs of the adjustments needed for smaller classrooms in some of the pre-DEIS schools?

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: I am concerned we are announcing larger class sizes which is not being taking into account. It seems we are all over the place on this.

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: That is what is going to happen and we do not have the information on smaller schools.