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Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent report How are our Kids in Tallaght West; if her Department had any meeting specifically relating to the report; the new measures, sanctions or proposals she proposes to introduce in response to the considerable problems highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5789/06]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of the recent report How are our Kids in Tallaght West, and its findings, particularly on the scale of educational disadvantage uncovered, the role her Department is playing in the co-ordination of the State's response to the considerable problems outlined in the report. [5790/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether basic sign language should be included in the curriculum at all primary schools; and if so, the attempts which have been made to realise this situation. [5910/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if modern Irish republican history will be introduced into the school curriculum here. [5911/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an end will be put to the unfair and illogical policy of State payment of private school teachers and public subsidisation of these schools in general. [5912/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an attempt has been made to introduce a more continually assessed system into schools. [5913/06]

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]

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether it is essentially businessmen or businesswomen, with their post pay mobile phones, who are the real winners as pre-pay customers in view of a company's (details supplied) announcement regarding mobile phone roaming charges; and if so, the measures which are being used to combat same. [6699/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the fact that the Commission for Communications Regulations most recent trends report recorded that home Internet penetration was static at 37% and that the EUROSTAT broadband survey has claimed Ireland has a broadband penetration of only 1.7%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources what is creating the difficulty in the roll out of broadband here in view of the EUROSTAT broadband survey, which found Ireland's broadband penetration to be a mere 1.7 %. [6791/06]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (22 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the statement made by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, following the Palestinian parliamentary elections, to NATO Defence Ministers including a number of EU Defence Ministers that contacts with Hamas are out of the question; and his views on whether such a statement is conducive to peace-building efforts. [6965/06]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the prospect of Israel joining NATO anti-terrorism naval patrols in the Mediterranean. [6966/06]

Written Answers — Avian Flu: Avian Flu (23 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of other countries stockpiling anti-viral drugs to combat a possible pandemic of A1 flu virus, the preparations which have been done by her Department and the Health Service Executive to ensure Ireland could cope with such a pandemic. [7533/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason, for the first time in nine years, the training allowances of young women in the "moving on" programme for young mothers in Carlow are being assessed for rent supplement. [7680/06]

Written Answers — Child Poverty: Child Poverty (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the RAPID report, which outlined the socio-economic deprivation in Tallaght west, and the report entitled How are our Kids?, which found huge inequalities in the provision of education, with 27% of children leaving school with no qualifications, while 34% finished at junior certificate...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the communications she has had with the Health Service Executive in 2006 with regard to the position at Tallaght Hospital accident and emergency unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8468/06]

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

Seán Crowe: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport the waiting time per area for people wishing to sit their driving test; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties this is creating for drivers particularly in areas of high unemployment and poor public transport; and the new steps or measures he proposes to introduce in particular relevance to these areas of social and economic...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Mar 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport if there have been North-South meetings or discussions involving him and his northern counterpart or his Department officials regarding harmonising road safety guidelines and particularly for outside of schools. [9161/06]