Results 7,801-7,820 of 8,652 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she acknowledges the need for a national strategy to produce sufficient numbers of speech and language therapists. [34158/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport when the provisional licences will be replaced by a learner permit. [34365/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the Road Traffic Act 2006, he will clarify if mandatory driving lessons will be introduced; if so, when; the number of hours instruction that will be involved; and the time period over which instruction should occur. [34366/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Transport if compulsory initial practical training for motorcyclists will occur; and if it will extend to those bikes under 125cc such as mopeds and scooters. [34367/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if in view of this case she intervene and change the criteria for dyslexic students as a matter of urgency to prevent such students struggling and falling behind in second level education. [33964/06]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when she will mainstream the early start programme to all disadvantaged schools. [34155/06]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget allocation for the reading recovery programme. [34156/06]

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether each school should have a secretary and a caretaker. [34159/06]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to improve the provision and quality of computers in schools. [34160/06]

Written Answers — North-South Education Consortium: North-South Education Consortium (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current phase of the north south student teacher exchange. [34161/06]

Anti-Social Behaviour. (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: I wish to raise the issue of safety on our public transport system, following an incident last week in Tallaght where a young man was thrown out of the top window of a bus. This is the latest in a series of such incidents. Something similar happened a few years ago in Tallaght when buses were stoned. Elected representatives, members of the Garda, the community, the unions and South Dublin...

Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister's staff for the briefing earlier today which was helpful and much appreciated. I listened carefully to what the Minister said on the Bill, particularly on the important changes to the Comhairle Act which, he said, would strengthen the functions of the statutory body in the provision of high quality information, advice, awareness and advocacy as part of the delivery of a...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she proposes to respond to the 200,000 plus parents demanding that the Government implement the promised reduction in class sizes in primary schools contained in the programme for Government in 2002. [34145/06]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Everyone accepts that progress has been made but the Minister must accept that there is overcrowding in many classrooms. The figures in my possession indicate that 111,000 primary school pupils are in classes of 30 or more. This means that more than one in four of the State's 442,000 primary school students are in such classes. Does the Minister agree that this is unfair on students and on...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (19 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the rate of closure of post offices here is worrying; and if he has had discussions with the relevant stakeholders to address this issue. [33484/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is a target set to reach a certain number of broadband subscribers by the end of 2007; and his views on whether this target will be met. [33440/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (19 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had discussions or have made proposals to make road safety equipment such as child car seats, motorbike helmets and so on more affordable to the public. [33611/06]

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: I note the Minister referred to private sector companies but, unfortunately, the State has not become involved in this sector because of the selling off of Eircom. Is the Minister aware of the report from the International Telecommunications Union? It reinforced the point that Irish broadband subscribers fail to get value for money. According to its report, Irish customers pay €30 for a...

Written Answers — Tax Policy: Tax Policy (18 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of tax on windfall gains from planning decisions comparable to the planning gain supplement tax introduced by the British Government. [33234/06]

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (17 Oct 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 222: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment statistics and figures within County Donegal, particularly within the Milford electoral area for the past ten years. [33035/06]