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Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: There are many poor people paying taxes.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: And the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: The universal social charge did come up on every doorstep. People were angry. We are articulating that anger tonight because it is wrong. People believed it was wrong. That has not changed. People still believe the new taxation is wrong because they were not given a choice. Every day they see fraudsters, gamblers, speculators and bankers being bailed out and they are still in the same...

Official Engagements (30 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach raised the issue of the undocumented Irish. During his discussions with various groups, did he get any sense that conditions were getting worse and the fear of the knock on the door in the middle of the night, followed by arrest and deportation, was growing? I am worried that the pathway that has been put in place to allow some people to obtain E3 visas...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (29 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will be conducting an examination into allowing entrepreneurs or business start-ups access to vacant or under-utilised public property as incubation centres; the persons who will be responsible for rolling out this programme; the conditions attached to this for persons or businesses seeking premises; and if he will...

Technology Research Centres (29 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the date on which the network of technology research centres will be established as per the Programme for Government; the locations for the initial three centres to be established; the way these will be funded; the timeframe for the establishment of further centres; the location of these centres; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue with the cap on special needs assistants for September 2011 leaving new entrants and newly diagnosed children with special needs without SNA support in mainstream classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5499/11]

Written Answers — Traveller Education: Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and reverse Circular 0017/2011 with regard to the withdrawal of resource teacher for Traveller posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/11]

Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister might send me a note at some stage on the limited alleviation measures to which he referred. Would the Minister agree it is unacceptable that one in every ten Travellers who enrolls in post-primary education completes that education but that one in every 100 goes on to a third level programme? No Minister can justify the withdrawal of resource teachers for Travellers at primary...

Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: What alleviation measures does the Minister propose to introduce for schools with a large number of Traveller pupils, given that the cut in the allocation will lead to a serious loss of staff in these schools? Is it based on the cuts to the education budget being dictated by finance rather than educational need? That is a terrible indictment of our system.

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: This issue was put on the long finger by the last Government and the Minister's reply, instead of offering succour, merely refers to resources. The delay in implementation may save money but it will affect the livelihood and prospects of children who will not be assessed and must go without resources. The last Government was subject to severe criticism on this matter. I ask the Minister to...

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: We will not get into a debate on default and the debt we face. I remember discussing the EPSEN Act in this House and the major worry expressed by all the groups that appeared before the then Committee on Education and Science was the resourcing of the system. The Minister at the time promised resources would be in place but we know that families are coming forward having faced the reality...

Literacy Levels (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Many schools are worried this is another plan that will lead to more tinkering with the system. The role model system, however, has worked, particularly if it involves a parent and the necessary resources are put in place. A family with a literacy problem will not have any books or magazines in the House so if a parent goes back to education and we support him or her, that will bring the...

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his intention to continue with the cap on special needs assistants for September 2011 leaving new entrants and newly diagnosed children with special needs without SNA support in mainstream classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/11]

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire nua agus tá súil agam go mbeidh córas oideachais níos fearr againn. I listened to the Minister's reply carefully. I hope he will show some flexibility in this matter. The difficulty for schools and parents is the arbitrary deadline of 18 March for awarding SNAs. Leaving children who have real needs without the necessary supports is a...

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: This will inevitably lead to competition, which would be unseemly in the context of children who need this support. Schools will have to decide on which children will receive supports and so on. The difficulty is there is no flexibility between March and September. How can a school plan? What will happen is those children will not be enrolled.

Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: The Minister needs to think again. He said the decision has been made on the basis of available funding but does he not agree that many of the SNAs earn less than €12 an hour? Surely if the Government makes cuts, it should look somewhere else.

Traveller Education (24 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and reverse Circular 0017/2011 with regard to the withdrawal of resource teacher for traveller posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Advisory Council: Fiscal Advisory Council (23 Mar 2011)

Seán Crowe: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Fiscal Advisory Council will be appointed; the number of members who will be appointed to this council; the frequency with which this council will report to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5405/11]

Industrial Development. (26 Apr 2007)

Seán Crowe: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reconfigure the enterprise development agencies to allow local authorities to participate in strategic investment decisions regarding local and regional business development through funding research and development. [15621/07]