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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year and by reference to a staffing schedule. This staffing schedule is outlined in primary circular 15/05 which issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current school...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: According to the payroll records held by my Department in respect of 26,393 teachers employed in primary schools, 212,584 days of sick leave occurred in the calendar year 2004. This represents an average rate of sick leave of 8.05 days per teacher in 2004 and, in annual percentage terms, 2.2% overall. Payroll records held in respect of 17,206 teachers employed in voluntary secondary,...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My officials have recently been in contact with the school in question concerning the matter referred to by the Deputy. The National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which became operational on 1 January 2005, now processes applications for special educational needs, SEN, supports. The NCSE has outlined this process in its circular 01/05 which issued to all primary schools. Currently, 71...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Giving Children an Even Break scheme introduced in 2001 subsumes the previous process of designation of primary 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, my Department provides support that is commensurate with the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A report on this case has been requested from the transport liaison officer of the County Kilkenny VEC. The Deputy will be advised of the position when the report has been received and assessed.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The draft area development plan for the north Dublin, east Meath and south Louth area is nearing completion in the school planning section of my Department and I hope to be in a position to publish it shortly. Following publication of the draft plan, the commission on school accommodation will conduct a public consultation process where parents, trustees, sponsors of prospective new schools...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department recently sanctioned a home tuition grant for the pupil in question. This decision has been conveyed to the pupil's parents.

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Since its formal launch in December 2003, the aim of the National Educational Welfare Board has been to provide a service to the most disadvantaged areas and most at risk groups. Five regional teams have been established with bases in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford and staff have been deployed in areas of greatest disadvantage and in areas designated under the Government's RAPID...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The extension project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at the early stages of architectural planning. Given a significant decrease in enrolment at the school since the project was first approved, my officials need to engage with the school authorities on its precise accommodation requirements at this time and to cater for the long term projected enrolment. When this matter is...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year and by reference to a staffing schedule. This staffing schedule is outlined in circular 15/05 which issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current school year the...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that the private college in question has signalled its intention to close on completion of the current school year. Any pupils currently attending the college who may wish to obtain a place in a second level school recognised by my Department in the Limerick area, should make application directly to the schools in question. My Department's responsibility is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the special educational needs, SEN, of the pupil in question fall within the high incidence disability category and therefore these SEN will be catered for from within the general allocation system of resource teaching support recently communicated to all primary schools. The introduction of this new system will involve the provision of an estimated additional 340 permanent...

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Following my previous parliamentary response of 16 November 2004 to the Deputy with regard to the admission of the course in question under the terms of my Department's 2005 higher education grant, HEG, scheme, my Department has received correspondence from the college concerned seeking approval for this course, and one other, under the scheme. My Department has recently issued a response to...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year and by reference to a staffing schedule. This staffing schedule is outlined in primary Circular 15/05 which issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current school...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The complement of psychologists in NEPS has increased almost three-fold from 43 psychologists on establishment to 128 psychologists at present. All schools that do not have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, SCPA, whereby the schools can commission assessments from a member of the panel of private psychologists approved by...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has now issued a letter to all primary schools notifying them of their teaching allocation under the new general allocation model for the 2005-06 school year. The letter also includes details of any clustering arrangements that may apply. My Department is also finalising a circular for schools which will contain detailed information on how the new system will operate. It is...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year and by reference to a staffing schedule. This staffing schedule is outlined in primary circular 15/05 which issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current school...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A request for funding under the special projects for youth scheme has been received in my Department on behalf of the club referred to by the Deputy. My Department is currently giving consideration to this request and to other applications made for youth work funding in 2005, having regard to the overall level of financial resources for the youth sector. I would expect that decisions...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has no current plans to relocate the school to which the Deputy refers nor has it an application from the school authority to this effect. However, the school planning section of my Department will carry out an examination of primary and post-primary provision in the area where the school is located later this year to determine long-term demand for pupil places and how best this...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: From the next school year, each primary school will be allocated resource teaching hours based on its enrolment figures to cater for the needs of pupils with high-incidence special educational needs, such as dyslexia. Resources for these pupils were previously only considered on an individual application basis supported by psychological assessments. The time-consuming nature of this...