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Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (29 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in developing new routes and additional capacity in airports here; the estimated impact this will have on tourist numbers visiting Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26495/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health the reason that fully qualified social workers, who have trained at University of Ulster, are not considered qualified to work in the 26 counties and forced to pay a substantial fee to re-register for social work. [25099/11]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26391/11]

Housing Policy (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: If the Deputy gets an answer.

Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of giving additional special needs assistance support to help three children with severe learning and physical disability who have recently enrolled at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the current inadequate allocation of SNA support to this school contradicts commitments from...

Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: We have addressed the issue of special needs assistants on previous occasions. I approach it today from the angle of a special needs school. Following the "Prime Time" programme on this issue, more people have contacted public representatives. The Minister has said his Department believes the school in question has sufficient special needs assistants in its system. That, in itself, is...

School Books (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the efforts to introduce a nationwide book lending scheme in primary and post primary schools. [25632/11]

School Books (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: We all support the Minister on this issue. He stated earlier this year that he intended to meet publishers in a bid to have them implement more ethical practices in the area of school book costs. The cost of uniforms is a linked issue. When will the cost of sending a child to school be reduced? As this is September, school books and uniforms have been bought for the school year. People...

School Books (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: A survey carried out by the Irish Association of Credit Unions found the cost of sending a child to school to be approximately €400 per annum. We no longer have lots of money. Is it possible to fast-track this process? We all accept that parents have been ripped off when buying school uniforms. Cartels are operating in relation to sales of uniforms for many schools. This is wrong and...

Institutes of Technology (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Waterford city is the only gateway city that does not have a university. I listened to the Minister's point about the consultation process. Would he not accept that there has been a lack of urgency in this regard in the past? Other Ministers have considered this previously. I agree with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, that this is not the...

Residential Institutions Redress Board (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: We have all talked to different groups and individuals who have been through the process, and many of them do not want to go down the road of seeking redress, but they may at some stage. Mentally, they are not in a position to do so at this stage. It seems so unfair that a person could be entitled to redress on a particular date but not after that. We accept the wrongs done to these...

School Transport (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: My understanding is that there are families with children who qualify for the bus but the parent is driving behind. Will there be a review of the implementation of this scheme? In six months will the Minister ask if it is working? An example was given by a Member from his area. There may be low numbers on a bus. I have an example given by a woman who spoke of the school bus passing the...

School Transport (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: The parents travel 240 km per day, yet the bus goes by the door.

School Transport (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Is there any consultation between Bus Éireann or Bus Átha Cliath, the parents or the schools, in regard to changing bus pick-up points?

Teaching Qualifications (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: On a separate issue, concerns have been expressed by many gaelscoileanna about the competency of certain individuals to teach certain subjects through Irish. It is possible that maths is one of these subjects. Will it be possible to ascertain from the survey whether there is such a lack of competency? Particular concerns have been expressed by gaelscoileanna about teachers who are entering...

Teaching Qualifications (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Yes, but the matter to which I refer may be picked up on in the survey.

Teaching Qualifications (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: It relates to the survey. Is it possible that the survey may reveal that there are difficulties in certain subjects being taught through Irish?

Third Level Education (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Is Question No. 14 being taken with Question No. 11.

Third Level Education (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: I listened to the remarks made by the Provost of Trinity College. He referred to the cuts made and stated we had to give serious consideration to the matter. Are the cuts creating these conditions, as suggested in the Minister's reply? Trinity College has fallen 13 places to 65th in the rankings and University College Dublin has fallen 20 places to 134th. Did that happen as a result of...

Third Level Education (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: The worry is that it will be seen as a drop in standards. If it is considered that we are going in the wrong direction, it will send the wrong signal to students from abroad who may be thinking of coming to Irish universities. We have to look at the broader issues. I presume one of those issues is funding, but there may be other issues, as the Minister has said. I would like a debate to...