Results 7,761-7,780 of 8,652 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recent situation involving the removal of Smart services by Eircom will affect Smart Telecom's involvement in the provision of broadband to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36388/06]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the EU-US open skies negotiations. [36134/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had meetings with the Department of Finance and other stakeholders regarding the fact that additional safety features in cars incur a taxation of 43% through VAT and VRT. [36135/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department intends to utilise such a substantive allocation of capital funds in view of the news that the new National Development Plan 2007-2013, to be unveiled in January 2007, has highlighted €1 billion to target the development of strategic cross-Border infrastructure schemes. [36233/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects his Department view as priority schemes, bearing in mind the regional disparity and imbalance [i]vis-À-vis[/i] regional development and infrastructure facing the border and north west regions. [36234/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the problems facing the Government and his Department [i]vis-À-vis[/i] the continued and unnecessary loss of life on roads here. [36236/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 24 October 2006, if in view of the need of a seamless transfer from primary to secondary level for students with special educational needs, she will review all aspects of this case with a view to the person in question receiving adequate resource teaching to meet their needs to ensure...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant State funding to a school (details supplied) on County Dublin to be used as building funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36255/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to improve road safety in view of the ongoing carnage on roads here. [35837/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he intends to encourage greater use of public transport in view of the increasing volume of traffic, particularly in the greater Dublin area, and in view of a number of serious incidents on buses in the Dublin area. [35838/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will elaborate on his plans for the provision of 200 extra buses for the Dublin area; when the 100 extra buses will come on stream both in the public sector and in the private sector; and if the State will pay for the 100 buses destined for the private sector. [36007/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of closed circuit television cameras on public transport buses here; and the number in operation. [35907/06]

Public Transport. (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister of State not accept that the introduction of franchising in Britain was a complete disaster, resulting in a 25% increase in fares across Britain while passenger numbers fell. Similarly, since the bus market in Copenhagen, which has a similar population to Dublin, was deregulated in the early 1990s costs have risen, while passenger numbers and service reliability have...

Public Transport. (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Will fares decrease?

Road Safety. (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Approximately 70% of motorcyclists have never received any basic training. Does the Minister of State agree the current system where motorcyclists may ride motorbikes indefinitely on a provisional licence needs to be reformed?

Aer Lingus. (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he will protect the strategic interests of Ireland and address the concerns of Aer Lingus employees and the travelling public in view of the fiasco which has ensued after he and the Government chose to privatise Ireland's former national airline. [36006/06]

Aer Lingus. (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: I stand by my remarks about a fiasco as the airline is still in crisis. In his reply the Minister of State said the State had reduced its percentage share in the company from 28.3% to 24%. Is that correct?

Aer Lingus. (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: There is a crisis in the airline, certainly among the staff. We see the staff attempting to buy shares in the company and so on. The flotation has not created stability and certainly has not guaranteed jobs. Indeed the situation now is that Aer Lingus is talking about shedding more jobs. Is the Minister of State aware that last week's British-Irish study on an all-Ireland economy...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Even €300,000 is extraordinary.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Meath County Council has €4.5 million and has delivered three local authority houses.