Results 7,141-7,160 of 8,652 for speaker:Seán Crowe
- 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?
- Third Level Remuneration (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: Is it not just about salaries, but also expenses and other extras? Some of these expenses can be as large as the salary. Has the Minister any idea on how that can be tackled?
- School Curriculum (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: We could leave this question as we have already dealt with this on two questions relating to history.
- Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: There have been several cases brought to my attention, probably due to the new school year. Has the system become more convoluted? I was speaking to someone in Bus Ãireann who told me that the tendering process has become more complicated and agreed that the situation was less than satisfactory. One child with special needs was waiting three months for the paperwork to be done....
- Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: I can understand that a new service takes some time to be established, but what is an acceptable length of time in the Minister of State's opinion? Is three months far too long? It is from my point of view. I can understand there are difficulties with resources and so on and that new services may have to be set up, but in the case with which I am familiar, there were five children in the...
- Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sanctioning of special needs transport by a special education needs organiser is subject to the limitations of the National Council for Special Education Circular reference number NCSE 03/08, whereby health care professionals cannot identify a quantum of education supports and resources for a child with special educational...
- Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State's statement that the Department will clearly explain to parents how decisions on schools are made in these circumstances. I became aware of this issue when the case of a six year old girl was brought to my attention. She has autism, a rare chromosome disorder, fluid on her spine, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, limited speech and a hole in her...
- Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: I welcome that because parents believe the reason they must go to local schools is purely on budgetary grounds. It is does not make sense if there is a bus going by which has space on it. In this case, the parent is a single parent but she is committed to that child, as are all such parents. Those parents will travel to the ends of the earth if they believe it is the best school for their...
- School Staffing (16 Nov 2011)
Seán Crowe: The school in question had 12 pupils enrolled who needed English language support and wanted to retain its part-time language support teacher. The reply it received from the Department was similar to the one the Minister just read with references to upward pressures on teacher numbers due to higher retention levels. Basically, the school's principal could not understand it. Can the...