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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is now operational. A specific function of the NCSE, through its network of local special educational needs organisers (SENOs), is to identify appropriate educational placements for all children with special educational needs. The SENO is a focal point of contact for parents and schools. My officials have liaised with...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, my Department's Inspectorate carries out whole-school evaluations which are a process of external evaluation of the work of a school. The process is designed to monitor and assess the quality, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the education system provided in the state by recognised schools, including those with classes for children with special educational...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The data requested by the Deputy must be compiled from a number of files and other sources and would take an inordinate amount of time for my officials to put the information together.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The numbers of Special Need Assistants (SNAs) currently paid on my Department's payroll and employed in the schools referred to by the Deputy are as follows: Marist College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 0 St. Joseph's College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 1 full-time post St. Aloysius' College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 1 part-time post (21 hours per week) Our Lady's Bower, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 1...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works has been requested by my Department to source a site for the school in question. While a suitable site has been identified, OPW are now in the process of clarifying issues relating to the site.

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I understand from my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) that the needs of the pupil in question was discussed informally by the school with a NEPS psychologist with a view to the psychologist providing advice and support in the case. I understand that the pupil has not been prioritised by the school for assessment and that he is not attending school at present....

Written Answers — Public Service Recruitment: Public Service Recruitment (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide a general purpose room has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The project has been assessed in accordance with the prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects. The project is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the Education and Science (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004 (SI No. 521 of 2005), the Government delegated to Mr. Brian Lenihan TD, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, the powers and duties of the Minister for Education and Science conferred on her by or under the Children Acts 1908 to 1989, the Children Act 2001 and the Education...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I presume the Deputy is referring to the proposed refurbishment/extension to the Model School, Dunmanway to accommodate the Dunmanway Education Centre. The project is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30th September of the previous school year. The actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. According to data submitted to my Department by the Board of Management of the school referred to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has been in contact with Kildare County Council which has advised that the person referred to by the Deputy is in receipt of a maintenance grant for academic year 2005/2006 and all three instalments have been paid in full.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The date of the decentralisation of 100 posts in my Department to Athlone will be determined by the date of delivery of the office accommodation for these posts. The Office of Public Works is responsible for the delivery of this accommodation. The accommodation will be located adjacent to my Department's existing offices in Athlone. I understand that an application for planning permission has...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The new DEIS programme is designed to ensure that schools serving the most disadvantaged communities benefit from the maximum level of support available. Over the years, no less than 8 separate schemes for disadvantaged primary schools have been put in place. Some schools were benefiting from just one or two of these and others were benefiting from more. The DEIS initiative is designed to...

Written Answers — Education Needs Assessment: Education Needs Assessment (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Staff in the School Planning Section of my Department expect to have the position paper regarding educational provision in Carlow and its environs completed shortly.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Officials in my Department are in the process of making arrangements to meet the various interested parties regarding the proposed Ionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge, Baile Bhúirne in June. My aim is to complete these discussions in as thorough and prompt a fashion as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I announced the first PPP project bundle consisting of St. Mary's CBS and Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise, St. Rynagh's Community College, Banagher and Gallen Community School, Ferbane on the 22nd November 2005. Work on this project bundle is ongoing in my Department and as I previously stated will be offered to the market in the near future. I understand that County Cork VEC expect to be in a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the child in question commenced in the school referred to above in September 2005 having previously attended a special class for children with speech and language disorder. The school put in place four resource teaching hours per week for this pupil at the beginning of the current school year. The special education needs organiser (SENO) advised the school...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together. School Planning Section has been appraised of the situation, by the school management authorities of the first school referred to by Deputy Higgins. My officials have been informed that the school accepts enrolments from parents in the first three weeks of March each year. The school authority is currently carrying out a comprehensive...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: According to my Department's records, there are 556 teachers on secondment from primary, secondary and community/ comprehensive schools at present. Details of the number of vocational teachers on secondment are not readily available. The teachers concerned are seconded to various bodies or programmes as follows: Department of Education and Sciences programmes; The Oireachtas; Training...