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

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is planning the development of a new post-primary school in Dublin 15 to serve the growing population of that area. It is intended to progress the provision of the school in Phibblestown area as a design build project. My Department has advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union for design build teams. The short-listing of these teams...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Following a detailed review of the type of information previously collected in respect of the higher education grants scheme, statistical forms in respect of the 2002-03 and 2003-04 academic years issued in August 2004 to each of the 33 local authorities. My Department is in the process of collating information on students who were awarded grants under the higher education grants scheme for...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An application for a new physical education hall at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects, which were revised following consultation with the education partners last year. The project has been assigned a band rating under the criteria and its progress will be considered in the context...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: All schools in County Kildare have access to psychological assessments for their pupils, either through the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, directly or through the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, SCPA. At present, the number of national schools in County Kildare which do not have a NEPS psychologist assigned to them is 61. Under the SCPA scheme to date in...

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

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department's officials recently wrote to the school requesting further information from the consultant quantity surveyor on its stage three submission — developed plans and costs — and a response is awaited before further progression of this project.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the OPW, which acts on behalf of my Department regarding site acquisitions generally, has identified a possible site for the new national school for Ardclough. A technical assessment has been carried out on the site and the report is now awaited by my Department.

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

Mary Hanafin: As part of the 2003 pilot initiative of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of €100,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school in question to provide additional accommodation. The initiative allows boards of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives boards of...

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

Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation...

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

Mary Hanafin: My Department has recently received an application for a new school building for the school referred to by the Deputy. This application is under consideration in the school planning section of my Department at present. The application will be assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which were revised last year following consultation with the education partners. The project will...

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction of the seven classroom extension has just been completed. The school was also included in my recent announcement of schools to commence architectural planning to provide a further eight classrooms. The design team has been appointed and architectural planning has commenced.

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

Mary Hanafin: My Department has recently received an application for a new building for the school referred to by the Deputy. This application is under consideration in the school planning section of my Department at present. The application will be assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which were revised last year following consultation with the education partners. The project will be...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Education (Welfare) Act 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the board are to ensure that each child attends a recognised school...

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction of a new national school in Naas is well under way. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2005.

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The funding provided by my Department to the Dublin city and county VECs for community education has increased from €2,041,147 in 2004 to €2,267,000 in 2005, an increase of over 11%. Community education is available to all. It refers to education and learning, generally outside the formal education sector, with the aims of enhancing learning, empowerment and contributing to civic society....

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

Mary Hanafin: There is no record of an application for transport having been received by either the Department or the transport liaison officer for County Louth VEC in respect of the pupil referred to by the Deputy. In the event that an application is received in the future in respect of the pupil concerned, it will be considered subject to the normal terms and conditions prescribed in the Department's...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of the Department's higher education grants scheme a student is not eligible for grant assistance in respect of a second period of study at the same level irrespective of whether or not a grant was paid previously. The candidate in question has pursued the two year full-time course leading to the international Montessori diploma at Montessori College (AMI) Milltown, which is...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The National Council for Special Education, which was established recently, and which has been operational since 1 January 2005, is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs, SEN, supports. My officials have been advised by the NCSE that no application for SEN supports for the pupil referred to by the Deputy has been made to the SENO. It is open to the school to...

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

Mary Hanafin: To be eligible for appointment as a teacher at primary level a person must hold either a recognised primary teaching qualification or hold restricted recognition for the purposes of teaching in special schools or in special classes in ordinary primary schools. If the person referred to by the Deputy does not satisfy either of these requirements, my Department will not be in a position to...

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (29 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Section 4 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 provides that the Minister for Education and Science may, by order, provide for the insertion in the Schedule of additional institutions in which children were placed and resident and in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function. Since the enactment of the legislation, my Department has been contacted by...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2005)

Mary Hanafin: All pupils who are fully eligible for school transport and, in the case of post-primary pupils, who are attending the centre serving the catchment area in which they reside, are provided with transport. Overall details of the number of applicants for catchment boundary or concessionary transport who failed to secure a place in a given year would not be readily available.