Results 321-340 of 3,503 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (7 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport if the route of the proposed Navan-Clonsilla railway will follow the old alignment. [4177/06]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (7 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport if attempts to retrain staff from the Department of Agriculture and Food to deal with the driving test backlog are in disarray; and the new proposals he plans to introduce to deal with the waiting test delay. [4271/06]

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (7 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays in grieving families receiving post mortem results in the greater Dublin area from the Coroners Court; if these delays are linked to the court awaiting toxicology reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3966/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding for RAPID areas will be made available to South Dublin County Council in 2006 to improve the overall standards of local authority housing in its RAPID areas; the amount of funding available; and the amount of departmental funding that will be coming from for this proposed work. [4285/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the nature and scale of cocaine abuse and its epidemic growth across communities here, his views on the fact that more action needs to be taken than the current multi-media awareness campaign; if his attention has been drawn to the pilot schemes to tackle cocaine abuse in Dublin city; his views on...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of his Department's responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the national drugs strategy which involves substantial input and participation from other Departments, his views on whether there is a cross-departmental consensus on the operation of this strategy; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — National Children's Strategy: National Children's Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of both the RAPID report, which found systemic inequalities and deprivation affecting children and adults, and also the How are our Kids Report, which states that nine out of ten children experience fear of anti-social behaviour or crime and that more than one in four live in cold damp houses, his Department...

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]

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...