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School Staffing. (4 Jul 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...Department. Do any other schools have similar percentages of pupils? If the Minister believes that three new teachers, or one teacher per 110 pupils, is sufficient, she is living in cloud cuckoo land.

House Prices. (22 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it should not be seen as a privilege to have a home. A global housing survey indicated that Irish house prices are unsustainable. While the cost of land is on average 20% of the total cost of house construction in industrial countries, it is 50% in Ireland. The contentious Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 stipulates that 20%...

Departmental Bodies. (25 May 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...of the students' union will be appointed to the agency by the Minister? Can she make such an appointment given that six appointments are outstanding? I accept the agency's role is to oversee the lands and so on and I accept two ordinary members, including my party colleague, Mr. Christy Burke, are on the consultative group. Is there a compelling reason for the exclusion of a representative...

Sports Capital Programme. (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...Minister seems to be holding it up, about which I am concerned. I want to see young people and families having the use of that stadium. Shamrock Rovers, under previous configurations, was given the land for the stadium but has since lost it. It is now essentially public land and for that reason the public must be best served by the stadium as it involves public money. Shamrock Rovers is...

Aer Lingus: Motion. (24 May 2005)

Seán Crowe: ...thinking about the long term and no national strategy for the airline industry. Therefore, Members should get ready for another bumpy ride, lots of turbulence, jobs lost and, ultimately, a crash landing.

Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Seán Crowe: ...the benefit they have gained. The new "weighted system" for special needs students will require 1,000 additional teachers. Only 350 of these have been provided so far. Schools are in a "no man's land" because the old system has been abolished but the new system is not in place. Special needs students in mainstream schools get one hour of special education a day if they are lucky. Some...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: ...fund for public benefit was a positive and welcome development. It is far better that these funds be used to target disadvantage in our society than to remain dormant in some sort of never-never land where they would only benefit the financial institutions that held them. On 7 January the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board announced that its latest list of grants approved totals...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Seán Crowe: ...charged. All this increases the pressure on accident and emergency units. Anyone who believes the current Minister and her party will bring equality to our health services is living in cloud cuckoo land. An ESRI study has shown that the richest fifth of the population in the State has the highest access to hospital specialists. News of the opening of the first private accident and...