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Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Courses: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: VECs and schools sought approval for approximately 39,000 post-leaving certificate places in the 2004-05 academic year. My Department approved 28,588 places. The extent to which places sought exceeded the number approved is 10,412. Based on a pupil-teacher ratio of 16:1, it is estimated that an additional 651 extra teachers would be required at an annual cost of €35.791 million. In...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. There are currently in the region of 3,000 vehicles in use each day providing school transport services on behalf of my Department under the school transport scheme. About 20% of the fleet is made up of Bus Éireann school buses and the remaining 80% is owned by private operators on contract to Bus Éireann. My Department has...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Teacher allocations for second level schools are approved by my Department on an annual basis in accordance with generally applied rules relating to recognised pupil enrolment. Each school management authority is required to organise its curriculum, teaching timetable and subject options having regard to pupils' needs within the limits of its approved teacher allocation. The rules for...

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. It should be noted that completed data are not yet available to my Department for the current academic year and accordingly data for 2003-04 has been provided. Number of full-time and part-time students enrolled in universities and institutes of technology for each of the academic years stated below 1997/1998 2002/2003...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An application has been received form City of Galway Vocational Education Committee for the recognition of a new post-primary school in the eastern suburbs of Galway. An examination of existing provision and the likely requirements for education provision in the greater Galway area is underway in the school planning section of my Department and all relevant factors will be considered in this...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under the summer works scheme, SWS, for 2005. Unfortunately, the school was unsuccessful in obtaining funding this year. The scheme for summer 2005 has been finalised and the list of successful schools has recently been published. However, it is open to the school authorities in question to apply under the summer works scheme for 2006,...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am not aware that my Department has received any request from history teachers of this nature. Leaving certificate history is assessed by a terminal written examination of three hours duration. A revised syllabus will be examined for the first time in June 2006. Assessment will comprise two components, a terminal written examination in June and a research study report which will be...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Giving Children an Even Break scheme subsumes the previous process of designation of schools that serve areas of educational disadvantage and my Department's approach is now refined to ensure that individual at risk pupils are targeted. Rather than the old method of designating additional schools, under this scheme my Department provides support that is commensurate with the levels of...

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In accordance with the Universities Act 1997, universities are responsible for the day-to-day management of their own affairs. Issues such as student conduct are, therefore, a matter for the governing authority and management of each individual institution. Similarly, institutes of technology, including the Dublin Institute of Technology, are statutory bodies established under the Regional...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. The data refer to pupils enrolled in institutions aided by the Department of Education and Science only. Enrolment in national schools (including special education) School year Numbers enrolled 1984/1985 566,289 1985/1986 567,064 1986/1987 567,567 1987/1988 565,487 1988/1989 560,116 1989/1990 552,182 ...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (28 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In so far as teaching posts are concerned, the position in regard to qualifications in Irish is different for primary and secondary level teachers. At primary level, teachers are class teachers rather than subject specialists and must be qualified to teach the range of primary school subjects to children aged four to 12 years. Accordingly, applicants must satisfy my Department that they are...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers has incurred costs of €372,000 to date.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, is continuing to explore the possibility of acquiring a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. A technical report on a number of possible sites has been submitted by the OPW and is being assessed by my Department. Due to the commercial...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An application for funding under the special projects for youth scheme has been submitted to the youth affairs section of my Department on behalf of the project referred to by the Deputy. My Department is at present giving consideration to this request and to all other applications made for youth work funding in 2005 having regard to the overall level of financial resources available for the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 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. In accordance with the staffing schedule, the staffing of the school for the school year 2004-05 is a principal and four mainstream class teachers based on an enrolment of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy may be aware that the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which was established recently and which has been operational since 1 January 2005, is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs, SEN, supports. Seventy one special educational needs organisers, SENOs, have been recruited and will be a focal point of contact for schools and parents. My...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The application for an extension at the school to which the Deputy refers has been examined in the school planning section of my Department and agreement has been reached with the school authority with regard to the schools long-term accommodation needs. Progress on the application is being considered in the context of the school building programme from 2005 onwards.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has the services of a full-time resource teacher for Traveller pupils. The school has submitted an application for an additional resource teacher post for Traveller pupils in the school. A decision on the application will be conveyed to the school as soon as the application has been considered. My Department provides funding towards the cost of secretarial...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Village Project is a community-based day assessment service that offers a comprehensive assessment to young people from the Finglas, Ballymun and surrounding areas. The Village Project was funded by my Department until 1 January 2004 when responsibility for funding this project transferred to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. My Department continues to provide the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the works specified in condition No. 2 of planning approval 99/121 have not yet been carried out by Kilkenny County Council. The contribution of £47,000, which was subsequently reduced to £30,000, has not yet been paid by my Department. Officials in my Department's school building section are pursuing the matter with Kilkenny County Council. I have arranged for my...