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- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department regarding site acquisitions generally, is continuing to explore the possibility of acquiring a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. A technical report submitted by the OPW is currently being assessed by the Department. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, no...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The accommodation needs of the education centre referred to by the Deputy are being considered in the context of the Schools Building and Modernisation Programme 2005-2009.
- Written Answers — Post-Primary Schools: Post-Primary Schools (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In the 2004-05 school year, there are 742 recognised post-primary schools in the State. There are 403 secondary schools, 247 vocational schools, 16 comprehensive schools and 76 community schools. There are 58 fee paying schools, which are included in the overall total of 742 recognised post-primary schools.
- Written Answers — School Ownership: School Ownership (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 252 together. There are different management and ownership structures for voluntary secondary schools, including fee paying schools, vocational schools, community and comprehensive schools. In general, voluntary secondary schools are privately owned and managed institutions, whereas all community and comprehensive schools are vested in the Minister for...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Support and investment for building and refurbishment works in schools is at record levels. Between 1998 and 2004 almost â¬2 billion has been spent on educational infrastructures comprising approximately 7,500 individual projects. At post-primary level, this has delivered 46 new schools, over 160 large scale refurbishments or extensions and over 850 smaller scale projects as well as site...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. The funding arrangements made by my Department for second level schools reflect the different management and ownership arrangements for vocational schools and community colleges, comprehensive and community schools and voluntary secondary schools. At the core of funding arrangements at second level is reliance upon capitation as the...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of greater than 29, it is generally because a decision has been taken at local level to use the teaching resources to have smaller numbers in other classes. Significant improvements have been made in this area in recent...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of greater than 29, it is generally because a decision has been taken at local level to use the teaching resources to have smaller numbers in other classes. Significant improvements have been made in this area in recent...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The latest statistical data available to my Department are from the ICT school census undertaken by the National Centre for Technology in Education in autumn 2002. Based on that information, there was an overall pupil to computer ratio of some 9:1. To reduce that ratio to 4:1 based on the pupil numbers in that year would have required an increase of some 110,000 computers. Assuming an...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: A new science curriculum has been introduced at primary level supported by a resource grant in December 2004 of â¬1000 per school plus â¬10.00 per pupil. The total cost of the grant was â¬7.739 million. Revised syllabi in junior certificate science and in leaving certificate physics, chemistry and biology have been introduced. The introduction of the revised syllabi has been supported by...