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Written Answers — Standardised School Year: Standardised School Year (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has received 734 completed declarations from post-primary schools in relation to the operation of the agreed arrangements for standardisation of the school year, parent teacher meetings and staff meetings. A further four declarations were returned to my Department which are unidentifiable as the school name and roll number was omitted. Nine post-primary schools have not yet...

Written Answers — Standardised School Year: Standardised School Year (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The information sought by the Deputy will be compiled by my Department and forwarded directly to her.

Written Answers — Standardised School Year: Standardised School Year (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: Agreement was reached at the Teachers Conciliation Council recently about the standardisation of the breaks at Christmas, Easter and mid-term in the first and second terms for the next four school years. In the context of that agreement and having regard to the difficulties encountered in relation to the arrangements for the 2003-04 school year, the parties acknowledged that the new agreement...

Written Answers — Parent Teacher Meetings: Parent Teacher Meetings (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The agreement reached under Sustaining Progress in relation to parent teacher meetings for the 2003-04 school year provided that in respect of one student review meeting per term post-primary schools will make provision to allocate from normal school time a period equivalent to the time given outside school. These arrangements were set out in circular letter M34/03. The arrangements for the...

Written Answers — Parent Teacher Meetings: Parent Teacher Meetings (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The information sought by the Deputy will be compiled by my Department and forwarded directly to her.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy may be assured that I am committed to the sustained development of supports and services for children with special educational needs. For the current school year alone, approximately 1,000 applications for resources for new entrant pupils were considered on a priority basis. Each application was responded to by, or shortly after, 1 September last. As a consequence, a further 131...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: When I published the 2004 schools building programme, I stated that my strategy will be grounded in capital investment based on multi-annual allocations. My officials are reviewing all projects which were not authorised to proceed to construction as part of the 2004 programme, with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005. I expect to be in a position to make...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department operates a scheme of grants to primary and post-primary schools to facilitate the purchase of special equipment, including computers, for the use of pupils with special educational needs. An application for a home computer for the pupil referred to by the Deputy was received in my Department on 23 September 2003. The matter was referred to my Department's inspectorate, which...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: Any decision to expand or extend any of the initiatives aimed at tackling educational disadvantage is being considered in the context of a broad review of all such initiatives, which is nearing completion.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has no record of a concessionary post having been sanctioned at the school referred to by the Deputy. The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year. The number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule and is finalised for a particular year following...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The schools building section of the Department of Education and Science has requested the management authority of the school to obtain a written report, including costs, from the Office of Public Works about the requirement for additional materials associated with the provision of a security fence at the school. Further consideration will be given to the application for additional funding...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The selection and enrolment of pupils in second level schools is the responsibility of the school management authorities. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils in that area who seek second level places. This may result in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: When I published the 2004 schools building programme, I stated that my strategy will be grounded in capital investment based on multi-annual allocations. My officials are reviewing all projects which were not authorised to proceed to construction as part of the 2004 programme, with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005. I expect to make further announcements...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the school's enrolment on 30 September of the previous school year. The number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule and is finalised for a particular year following discussions with the education partners. The mainstream staffing of the school referred to by the Deputy for the current...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has no record of having received an application for special education resources from the school referred to by the Deputy. Any application received will be considered in the context of the criteria set out in the relevant Department circulars and the existing level of special education resources provision in the school.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The school authorities of Scoil Mhuire gan Smál secondary school, Blarney, were advised that their project could progress through architectural planning. Projects in architectural design do not automatically proceed to tender stage after completion of design stages. This project was not approved to proceed to construction in the schools building programme. When I published the 2004 schools...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has received an application from the school authorities of the primary school in County Waterford referred to by the Deputy requesting funding to provide a larger portacabin for September. The application is being considered by the school planning section at present and a decision on the application will be conveyed to the school authorities shortly.

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I confirm that my Department received an application for special educational needs supports for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. Applications for special educational resources received between 15 February and 31 August of last year are being considered at present. More than 5,000 such applications were received. Cases involving children who started school last September are being given...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The building project — a GP room at Scoil Íosagáin, Farranree, Cork — referred to by the Deputy is listed in section 8 of the 2004 schools building programme, which is published on my Department's website, www.education.ie The project is at stage 4/5, pre-tender documents, of architectural planning. It has been assigned a band 4 rating by my Department in accordance with the published...

Written Answers — Property Acquisitions: Property Acquisitions (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has not had discussions or negotiations about the purchase or leasehold of the property in question.