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Seanad: Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House about these schools. Ensuring that children from the most disadvantaged communities in Galway and elsewhere receive the support they need to succeed at school is a key priority for this Government. To this end, we have significantly increased investment in tackling educational disadvantage in recent years. In 2007 we are providing...

Seanad: Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: Schools currently participating in the home school community liaison scheme will not be excluded from the scheme and, from the commencement of the 2007-08 school year, will continue to avail of such services for the duration of the DEIS action plan.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology. (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: I thank Senators White and Kenneally for raising this matter on the Adjournment. As they will be aware, the Minister for Education and Science has commissioned a preliminary independent examination of the submission made by the governing body of Waterford Institute of Technology seeking university status. In February 2006 the governing body of Waterford Institute of Technology wrote to the...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology. (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: While no specific deadline has been set for the completion of this report, it is expected that his advice will be received in the first half of 2007.

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: The EC (2001) Communication on Lifelong Learning defines three types of learning: formal, non-formal and informal learning. Non-formal learning is defined as learning that is not provided by an education or training institution and typically does not lead to certification. It is, however, structured (in terms of learning objectives, learning time or learning support). Non-formal learning is...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: The National Adult Learning Council was formed in March 2002 on an ad hoc basis with the intention that it would be established as a statutory body under Section 54 of the Education Act 1998. Following the formation of the ad-hoc Council, concerns emerged that the functions envisaged for it were too wide-ranging and were not sufficiently focussed. Additionally, a number of developments had...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: Section 1 of the Youth Work Act, 2001 provides for sections to be commenced at different stages. Sections 2-7, 17, 18 and 24 have been commenced to date. A sub-committee of the National Youth Work Advisory Committee (NYWAC), representative of both statutory and voluntary sectors as well as of my Department, has been steadily progressing the groundwork, including the development of detailed...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: For the most part, adult education programmes are provided either in spare accommodation in schools or in rented premises and are equipped on an ongoing basis via the relevant Vocational Education Committee non-pay budget. Rent allowances and supplements are provided to VECs to enable them to obtain accommodation in the different programmes.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 199 together. In July, 2005, the Government announced a range of measures to enhance safety and improve the school transport operations. The measures included: The phasing out of "3 for 2" seating on post-primary services by end December, 2005; The phasing out of "3 for 2" seating on primary services by end December, 2006; The acquisition of additional...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department gives an annual grant to all Vocational Education Committees for the provision of Adult Literacy and Community Education. This fund may be used for the teaching of English to immigrants. The cost of the literacy service delivered by VECs was over €23 million in 2006. The number of students was over 35,000. 27% of these, amounting to 10,000 clients, attended English for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department has communicated its position in writing to the solicitor concerned.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department. Over 134,000 children are carried each day on school transport to primary and post-primary schools. It is a major logistical operation which involves the planning of bus routes in such a way as to ensure that, as far as possible, eligible pupils have a reasonable level of service while, at the same time, ensuring...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: The members of the School Transport Appeals Board are Paul Keely, Chairman, Seán MacNamara, Emmet Cotter, Tom D'Arcy and John Falvey. The role of the Appeals Board is, broadly, to examine appeals against decisions made by, or on behalf of, the Department of Education and Science regarding the provision of school transport services and/or grant-aid under the terms of the School Transport...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: My department's school transport section has no record of an application for school transport for the pupils referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied. The family should contact their local Bus Éireann office regarding eligibility and provision of school transport.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (13 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: The White Paper on Adult Education "Learning for Life" (2000) stated that asylum seekers would be entitled to free access to Adult Literacy, English language and mother culture supports and refugees are entitled to the same access to education and training as Irish nationals. My Department gives an annual grant to all Vocational Education Committees for the provision of Adult Literacy and...

School Transport. (8 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: I thank Deputy Hoctor for tabling this matter on the Adjournment and I welcome the opportunity to outline to the House my Department's position on school transport to Boher national school, Killaloe, County Clare. One of the main objectives of the school transport scheme is to provide a basic level of service for pupils who live long distances from school and who might otherwise experience...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (8 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Youth Affairs Section of my Department has received an application for funding on behalf of the project in question. This application was submitted for consideration in the 2007 round of grants under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme. Funding allocations for 2007 are currently being examined by my Department and consideration will be given to this application in light of available...

School Completion Programme. (7 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and the position of the Department of Education and Science regarding the application for a new school for scoil náisiúnta Bhreac Chluain, Annascaul, County Kerry. Modernising facilities in our 3,200 primary and 750...

Educational Disadvantage. (7 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the Deputy about these schools. Delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated school support programme, SSP. DEIS will bring together and build upon a number of existing interventions in schools with...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Seán Haughey: Second.