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- Community Development. (19 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: I did not pose the question to pit one community against another but to find out if the Minister sees a role for similar new thinking for tackling poverty in urban and suburban areas. Does the Minister recognise the level of deprivation and poverty that is the daily reality for many urban communities? Does he recognise the need for radical new thinking to help city and suburban communities...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units delivered specifically through Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2002; and if he is satisfied with the performance of the scheme. [16520/05]
- Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (18 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy on second homes. [16521/05]
- Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Many sections of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill are being introduced to prepare the ground for the transposition of EU directives. It is interesting to note that the State is far quicker to implement EU directives relating to matters of this nature than it is to implement EU directives relating to environmental issues, for example. It often drags its feet on...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (12 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Transport the communications he has had with the National Roads Authority since taking office; the number of meetings he has had with members of the authority; the written communication which has passed between his Department and the authority since his taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15582/05]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (12 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the communications he has had with National Toll Roads since taking office; the meetings he has had with board members or representatives of this company; if written communication has passed between his Department and this company since his taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/05]
- Airport Security. (12 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: I am glad to hear the delay has been reduced to 15 to 25 minutes. I was there on May Day weekend and it took me an hour to get through. Has the Minister visited the airport to examine the situation? One of the new security measures suggested is that people take their shoes off. Is there not a health and safety issue in regard to people taking their shoes off? Thousands of people go through...
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Everyone in the House would recognise that the decision to use dormant accounts for the public benefit was very positive. However, there were and are concerns regarding the Bill itself. The amount in question, some â¬200 million, means that new structures have had to be introduced, but the major concern is how that fund will be used. Will it be used as a slush fund? Genuine concerns and...
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: What will the board do?
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by students with special needs; and the new measures she proposes to introduce to create a system whereby a pupil's special needs supports will be seamless throughout their school life. [14594/05]
- Suicide Levels: Motion. (4 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: An OECD study in 2002 placed Ireland second in the world's league table of people under 25 taking their own lives. As the motion states, it is the most common cause of death among young people between the ages of 15 and 24. Ireland has the highest suicide rate in the EU for this age group. The number of people killed on the roads has often been described as a national emergency, but suicide...
- Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Does the Taoiseach accept that lessons have been learned from the Quigley report? What were those lessons? Will there now be fewer contracts between Departments and public relations companies? Is the Taoiseach comfortable with the amounts spent on these lavish PR exercises? One company was paid more thanââ
- Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: I am making the point that some companies have been paid a fortune for this. Is the Taoiseach comfortable with that?
- Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: I am asking about the report itself and it is reasonable to ask about the amounts of money spent.
- Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: Has the Taoiseach learned any lessons from the report, particularly in regard to many of the companies and the amount of money spent? I am sure he is aware of many projects in his own area where that money could be well spent.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (4 May 2005)
Seán Crowe: I do not wish to raise a matter.
- School Staffing. (28 Apr 2005)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the fact my colleague, Deputy O'Connor, has tabled a similar motion. We both live in the area â I in Raheen and he in Springfield. We are concerned that a school in which many in the area take great pride is under severe pressure and we seek to draw attention to its problems. The matter was raised last night during the debate on class sizes and it mirrors many of the problems...
- Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)
Seán Crowe: Last year, in the run up to the teachers' conferences, while the crisis in the education system bubbled and boiled to the surface, the former Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Noel Dempsey, hummed and hawed about whether he would attend. When he attended the teachers' conferences, John Carr of the INTO summed up the feeling of its delegates when he said "It's class size Minister"....
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)
Seán Crowe: It is not just politicians who are concerned by the proposed changes. People who live in the constituencies affected are also concerned. The impression might be given that it is just a matter of politicians looking after their own jobs, but there is a wider concern about many of the changes that are being proposed. It is important to put that on the record. We oppose the legislation because...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2005)
Seán Crowe: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration at her decision to disband the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing; and if there was any communication suggesting that the committee draw up a minority and majority report. [13233/05]