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Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 948: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of posts, including management, clinical and consultant posts in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, that are awaiting Health Service Executive sanction; and the length of time that these posts have been outstanding. [23694/11]

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: On the beach.

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: In view of the summer weather we are having-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Is legislation needed regarding the establishment of an early flood warning system?

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: There is a serious aspect. Is legislation needed to establish the early flood warning system body? There was a previous Fine Gael Private Members' motion in the House on the issue. This body is supposedly being established.

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (20 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has met the Data Protection Commissioner to discuss the additional security measures required to accompany the increased computerisation that is being rolled out across her Department; and her plans for same. [21326/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list, on a county basis, the numbers of special needs assistants working in schools in the academic year 2009/2010; and the proposed number of SNAs that will be employed in schools, on a county basis, during the new school term, starting from September 2011 onwards. [21820/11]

Written Answers — Wage-Setting Mechanisms: Wage-Setting Mechanisms (19 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to date and the steps he will take in the immediate and longer term to ensure that the JLCs are put on a legal footing in view of the recent High Court judgement on JLCs. [21147/11]

Written Answers — Credit Guarantee Scheme: Credit Guarantee Scheme (19 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken on the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure that an adequate pool of credit is available to fund small and medium-sized businesses; and his views on whether the creation of a loan guarantee scheme will be of benefit to small and medium businesses. [21148/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has had its special needs assistant allocation cut from 13 to 6.5, a reduction of 50%, which, combined with a possible loss of language support teachers, will have an impact on the lives of children with special educational needs and behavioural difficulties. [21351/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the process of naturalisation for non-Irish citizens can take up to 26 months to process. [20429/11]

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 15, to delete "17 September 2011" and substitute "17 September 2013". The amendments speak for themselves, although I acknowledge the Minister of State referred to this issue in his Second Stage reply. I seeking the extension of the scheme from 17 September 2011, as proposed by him, to 17 September 2013. The redress board is still processing a backlog...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: My argument is based on the timescale and date. It took the State years to accept its role in regard to the institutions. Brave journalists wrote about the situation and then we woke up to the fact that a problem existed. The State apologised and tried to make restitution. It appears that the State is trying to save money. The Minister of State accepted that a cohort of people in Britain...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.—The Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 is amended in section 13, by the insertion of the following subsection: "(4A) Where the applicant believes the Board failed to deliver appropriate levels of compensation, the applicant may appeal the decision to the High Court.". I noted the Minister in...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: It is important that an appeals avenue is provided for those who believe they did not receive appropriate levels of compensation. The Minister also referred to it in his Second Stage speech. I believe this is an important proposal because there is so much confusion surrounding this issue and people must be aware of their rights in this regard. This amendment would also be helpful to those...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: The methodology used to calculate appropriate amounts of compensation was recognised by many individuals with a legal background as containing a number of flaws. Compensation was delivered under a points system as opposed to one based on the principles relating to the calculation of damages applied in the High Court each day. I recall the long saga relating to a man from Tallaght who went on...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: I wish to share time with Deputy McDonald.

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (14 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister of State referred to the commission's conclusions and listed some of them as follows: Children lived with the daily terror of not knowing where the next beating was coming from ... Sexual abuse was endemic in boys' institutions ... Children were frequently hungry and food was inadequate, inedible and badly prepared in many schools ... A disturbing element of the evidence before...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (13 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made by him to obtain 50% of the cost of compensation paid out to victims of institutional abuse, arising from the provisions for the 2002 redress Act, who were resident in institutions that did not profess a Roman Catholic ethos; the moneys that have so far been paid to the State by such institutions;...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (13 Jul 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views, in the context of his decision to appoint Senator Martin McAleese to review interactions between the State and Roman Catholic Magdalene Laundry institutions, but not a directly comparable institution with a Protestant evangelical ethos (details supplied) that this is a form of discrimination against residents in the home...