Results 141-160 of 8,051 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the locations of the 40 schools in which the Early Start programme operates; the basis on which these schools were selected for this pilot project; the criteria used to measures the designated disadvantage; and if these are full units or half units, catering for 60 or 30 children respectively. [28625/04]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (16 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the liaison within the Northern Ireland administration on pre-primary education programmes which has taken place; and the provision under way to standardise pre-primary education support on an all-Ireland basis. [28491/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends introducing new tax breaks for cars fitted with additional safety features. [27212/04]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a decision has been made on the trade union legislation being considered in his office; and the cause of the delay in bringing the proposed legislation to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [30306/04]

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he accepts that employment figures for a number of housing estates in the Tallaght area where the clusters of long-term unemployed are unacceptable; and if he has any new initiatives to overcome unemployment in those areas. [30307/04]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he intends to pass the decision regarding this person's status over to the board of the DTSA. [29688/04]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has proposals for supplying public transport to run between Churchill and Letterkenny. [30147/04]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person licensed to drive a bus and a taxi has to take additional lessons and a test in order to be allowed to drive a taxi with a trailer. [30148/04]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly that many school buses have no belts in view of widespread concern surrounding the non-use of seat belts; and if he intends to introduce legislation to cover this in the near future. [30310/04]

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the proposal to cut four of the courses in the GMIT, Castlebar; the negative effect it will have on education in the country; and if the courses have been cut for financial reasons. [29672/04]

Written Answers — Third Level Admissions: Third Level Admissions (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reviews and consultations and the organisations and groups with which she is engaged to reassess or alter the system of selection of persons for third level places on the basis of the leaving certificate results points system; and the system of selection which is involved. [29833/04]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the revision of the leaving certificate requirements and curricula being considered by her. [29834/04]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Nov 2004)

Seán Crowe: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the delayed progress at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal and the delay in having an extra teacher allocated to the school and in the provision of a pre-fab. [30155/04]

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (26 Jan 2005)

Seán Crowe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inexplicable decision of the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Noel Ahern, to axe the funding of the Community Workers Co-operative which has provided an invaluable service for the last 24 years, addressing poverty and promoting...

Community Workers' Co-operative. (26 Jan 2005)

Seán Crowe: The Community Workers' Co-operative is a membership organisation of groups and individuals, which work on the ground to tackle poverty, inequality and promote social inclusion. Some 30% of its 800 members are unwaged and approximately one third are from organisations and projects. They are not a representative organisation for community workers. For 24 years it has been an important, if...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the cold and damp conditions being experienced by staff and pupils in a chalet by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and the length of time these unsatisfactory conditions will prevail. [1487/05]

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

Seán Crowe: I wish to share time with Deputies Gogarty and Boyle.

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

Seán Crowe: The Government amendment to this motion is an insult. It does not address any of the specific issues raised in the motion, for which I congratulate the Technical Group. The Government has failed to address the serious safety issues raised by the Health and Safety Authority. As the motion states, the Health and Safety Authority has called for an urgent safety inspection of all accident and...

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: I wish to share time with Deputy Boyle.

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

Seán Crowe: Government backbenchers have exposed the Government's real position by rejecting a rights-based approach in no uncertain terms, going so far as to call it fundamentally flawed. They have tried to play cute by insisting that their approach is superior to this, using the Orwellian description of their approach as being delivery-based. It is a massive understatement to say that the Government...