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Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: We do not oppose every suggestion.

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if all State organisations have handed over moneys accrued from the pension levy and universal social charges to his Department. [37204/11]

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: In the weeks leading up to the budget Government Ministers have been responsible - this is what journalists have told us - for leaking a constant flow of rumour and speculation about what the budget may contain. The steady drip-drip of possibilities and rumour appears to be designed to instil fear. It appears the warped thinking behind them has calculated that the leaks will somehow soften...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister will just leak it all to journalists instead.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: What about the British Government's role in all of this?

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Who said that?

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (24 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 41: 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. [36580/11]

Written Answers — Tionscal na Feamainne: Tionscal na Feamainne (24 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 45: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis ráiteas a dhéanamh ar thodhchaí Aramara Teoranta agus ar fhorbairt thionscal na feamainne. [36566/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of students who are currently in receipt of the back to education allowance in view of the fact that most of the recipients of the BTEA are attempting to learn new skills in an effort to return to work, that most of those who are paid the BTEA do not qualify for any additional grants and that any decrease in this allowance...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (22 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational education committees that own their office buildings; and the expiry dates on leases of VEC buildings that are currently being rented. [36235/11]

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation when he will launch a jobs strategy; the way such a strategy will differ from the jobs budget launched last summer; and if he will also be developing a retail strategy for the State. [35956/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who after winning their appeal under section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, for additional special needs assistant support in July, is still waiting for the increase in their SNA classroom hours to be implemented; the number of similar cases there are in which children who have won...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the two teaching posts lost to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [34937/11]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide permanent classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in the near future; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is currently split over three buildings within the campus and it is increasingly difficult to function properly as a gaelscoileanna. [34938/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Sligo into a new school building to be constructed on a council owned site in the centre of the town. [34939/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the school planning and building programme in counties Dublin, Laois and Offaly. [34940/11]

Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the rationale behind his plans to build new schools in the Tallaght area, Dublin, at a time when it has failed to address requests to invest in other schools (details supplied) [34850/11]

Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the fact that we are examining new schools for the area. It would be madness for a local Deputy to object to that but this school thought it was top of the list in terms of new build. They have shared a premises since the school opened and the difficulty now is that one of the prefabs they were using is defunct and the children can no longer use it. It is a gaelscoil and it now...

Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: I appreciate the Minister's reply. The school cannot keep up with the number of children trying to get into it. The demand is huge. It is ironic that the numbers are dropping off in some of the other schools in the area but the birth rate in the area has grown and the school cannot keep up in terms of streaming. It is a success story and one we should reward. We will examine the proposal...

Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Seán Crowe: I understand a briefing has been organised on this issue, which is welcome. When we discussed the allocation of special needs assistants previously the Minister indicated the matter would be reviewed at some point. When will the review be completed? Will the House discuss the review to determine how it is being rolled out?