Results 8,141-8,160 of 8,654 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to bring spending on education as a percentage of GDP in line with Nordic countries, which would involve a 25% increase in education spending over the next three years. [5914/06]

Written Answers — Education Policy: Education Policy (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether free education is a right for all; and if so, the measures which have been implemented in making this a reality. [5915/06]

Written Answers — School Meals: School Meals (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she supports the provision of breakfast and lunch in all primary schools; and, if so, the position regarding same. [5916/06]

Music Education. (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: His recent performances might get him re-elected.

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to tackle house price increases. [5332/06]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a review will be carried out of the implementation of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to assess the degree of compliance of landlords with its provisions and with a view to amending its provisions to address the deficiencies in the Act with regard to security of tenure for tenants. [5333/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a delay in school funding for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5157/06]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the recommendations from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment review of maths teaching at second level will be made public. [5692/06]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns being expressed in the teaching sector regarding the new maths being taught in schools here which has been described as abstract and may be alienating pupils; and her views on whether a more practical syllabus would result in more students taking honours maths. [5693/06]

Written Answers — Irish Textbooks: Irish Textbooks (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced in some schools getting suitable textbooks for the syllabus, including maths and sciences; the way in which she proposes to overcome these difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5694/06]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the pressures on laboratory time from the increased number of compulsory experiments due to changes in the junior certificate curriculum, which means that in reality pupils lose out on class time as the teacher must tidy up after experiments; and her proposals to introduce laboratory technicians in...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the gender imbalance among the teaching profession, the new outreach measures she plans to introduce to encourage more males into the profession. [5696/06]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the roll-out of science laboratories for schools; and the number of schools still awaiting facilities. [5697/06]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school science laboratories will be brought up to a suitable standard. [5698/06]

Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the high drop out rate of students from disadvantaged areas, her plans to introduce new financial supports to leaving certificate students to enable them to finish their studies. [5699/06]

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the inequalities in the system of education where students from wealthier backgrounds have access to grinds, summer courses, Saturday morning schools, trips abroad and trips to the Gaeltacht, the way in which she proposes to bring some balance into the system for the parents of students who cannot afford these additional...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the ongoing crisis in accident and emergency units where, according to the Irish Nurses Organisation, there are more than 300 people on trolleys, in particular in Tallaght hospital where a man suffering from acute asthma and emphysema who needs complete rest and quiet was left on a...

Sports Capital Programme. (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Why did he not come up with the money a long time ago?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties regarding the delay in the processing of back to education grants, particularly regarding persons receiving the lone-parent's allowance; and the reason for same. [4550/06]

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: I know of a family in my constituency where the husband is in a wheelchair in need of care, whose wife has tried to commit suicide twice. I would have thought various resources would be made available to support the family but this did not happen for various reasons. The Minister refers to costs but we have a successful economy. Who is the economy for, if not for people such as the person to...