Results 321-340 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the higher education grants scheme, the vocational education committees scholarships scheme, the third level maintenance grants scheme for trainees and the maintenance grants scheme for students attending post-leaving certificate courses. The higher education grants scheme is...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 250 together. The enrolment required on 30 September 2004 for the appointment of the first mainstream class teacher in new schools for the 2004-05 school year is 20 pupils. This is in accordance with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. The enrolment of the school referred to by the Deputy on 30 September 2004 was 17...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: In March 1996 my Department received an application for the provision of a PE hall at the school referred to by the Deputy. The building project is at advanced architectural planning and my Department's officials have received a combined stage 4-5, detail design-bill of quantities, submission from the school. My officials are nearing completion of a review of all projects which did not...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The application from the school to which the Deputy refers is being considered as part of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme. Under this review, all projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which were revised earlier this year following consultation with the education partners. Each...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: I understand from my officials that the school gained one additional mainstream teaching post and one additional developing post due to increased enrolments for the 2004-05 school year. In addition, the school has 11.5 hours resource teaching support. The school's request for additional teaching resources for children with high incidence special educational needs will continue to be reviewed.
- Written Answers — Educational Services: Educational Services (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: It is my Department's policy to support the provision of all-Irish school facilities at primary and post-primary level in areas outside the Gaeltacht regions, where a demand for such provision is demonstrated and no alternative exists within a reasonable distance. Where a demand for such provision exists, it is open to school management authorities to make an application to my Department for...
- Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 411 and 412 together. The Residential Institutions Redress Act was enacted on 10 April 2002 and the board was formally established on 16 December 2002. The Act makes provision for the board to accept applications for up to three years from that date. Section 8(2) of the Act provides that the board may extend this time limit at its discretion, if it considers...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: I recently announced, in the context of the 2005 Estimates, an increase in the standard per capita grant from â¬274 to â¬286 per pupil, with effect from 1 January next. The increase will bring the per capita grant received by disadvantaged schools to â¬324 per pupil. Secondary schools will benefit further under the school services support initiative. The initial support grant of â¬25 per...
- Written Answers — Compulsory Retirement: Compulsory Retirement (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 removed the requirement to retire on age grounds, in cases of persons coming within the definition of "new entrant" as set out in the Act. A new entrant under the Act is a person who commenced employment in the public service on or after 1 April 2004 or a person who returned to employment in the public service since that...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The institutes of technology are statutory bodies established under the Regional Technical Colleges Acts 1992 to 1999 and the Dublin Institute of Technology Acts 1992 and 1994. Under the terms of the Acts, the governance and day-to-day activities of the institutes, including the number of approved courses that institutes wish to deliver in particular locations, are matters for which the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The extension project at the school referred to by the Deputy, which has a band 1 rating, is at an early stage of architectural planning. My officials are nearing the completion of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 schools building programme, including the school in question. All projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The extension and refurbishment project for the school referred to by the Deputy, which has a band 2 rating, is at an early stage of architectural planning. A response is awaited to the letter recently sent by officials from the Department of Education and Science to the school authorities requesting a stage 2-3 submission, or developed sketch scheme. Departmental officials are nearing the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: Officials from the Department of Education and Science are nearing the completion of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 schools building programme. All projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria, agreed earlier this year with the education partners. Each project will be assigned a band rating and their progress...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The application from the school to which the Deputy refers is being considered as part of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction under the 2004 schools building programme. All projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria, revised earlier this year following consultation with the education partners. Each project will be assigned a band...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: School building repair projects can be addressed under a number of schemes funded by the Department of Education and Science. National schools receive funding each year under the grant scheme for minor works to national school properties, which came into operation in January 1997. Improvements to school buildings and grounds which come within the scope of the minor works covered by the grant...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: School building repair projects can be addressed under a number of schemes funded by the Department of Education and Science. National schools receive funding each year under the grant scheme for minor works to national school properties, which came into operation in January 1997. Improvements to school buildings and grounds which come within the scope of the minor works covered by the grant...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: All applications for resource teaching support received by the Department of Education and Science by the closing date of 30 June 2004 have been processed and decisions in the cases in question have been issued to the schools concerned. Subsequent priority was given to applications for special educational needs supports for new entrants received after the closing date. Decisions have also...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of the Department of Education and Science on site acquisitions, is continuing to explore the possibility of acquiring a site for the gaelscoil in Clonmel, County Tipperary. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, it is not proposed at this stage to identify specific sites to be acquired....
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The Department of Education and Science does not have a record of an application for a grant in respect of the equipment for the person referred to by the Deputy. I have asked officials from the Department to contact the school authorities about the matter, with a view to the speedy resolution of it.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Hanafin: The pupil did not qualify for resource teaching support on the basis of the application originally submitted to the Department of Education and Science. The school in question has since furnished additional documentation in support of the application. Officials from the Department are liaising with the National Educational Psychological Service on the matter and a decision will be conveyed to...