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- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Louth County Council has appointed consultants to draw up a master plan for three new residential neighbourhoods as identified under the local area plan for the north Drogheda environs 2004. My Department received draft working papers on the planning strategy for this master plan and officials subsequently met with the local authority to discuss the plan. My Department has also corresponded...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In the 2004-05 school year a total of 3,754 primary school pupils â provisional figure â were taught in classes of 30 or more pupils in County Louth. The 2005-06 census of primary schools has commenced. As the census date is 30 September 2005 it will be some months before all school returns have been received and processed in my Department. When this process has been completed class...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Officials from the student support unit of my Department have been in contact with AMI Milltown to seek clarification on the precise qualification that students are awarded at the end of second year, if this is a terminal qualification, the entry requirements into third year and the terminal qualification at the end of this year. My Department has received correspondence from AMI Milltown but...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Details of WTE students, academic and administrative staff for the years requested are set out in the table. The most recent data available for 2005 are from the 2004-05 academic year. Details of administrative staff in the institutes for the year 1990 are not available as the staff were part of the overall VEC system at the time. The position changed on enactment of the Regional Technical...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department does not have direct access to details relating to the configuration of accommodation at the various institutes of technology, including Dublin Institute of Technology. Accordingly, the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available.
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has always been conscious of its remit to actively support the Irish language. We have a customer base that expects a service through Irish and we provide for Irish versions of application forms, information leaflets and reports. During 2002 to 2004, my Department spent in excess of â¬300,000 on providing services to our Irish-speaking customers. Training costs incurred for...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. A stage 2 submission has not yet been received. My Department's officials wrote to the school authorities in September 2005 advising them that they should now proceed to prepare and submit a stage 2 submission â outline sketch scheme. The school authorities have advised that they...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department is not legally in a position to acquire sites for schools by way of compulsory purchase orders. The use of such orders is a matter for local authorities. It may have been the case that some sites purchased by my Department from local authorities were part of larger blocks of land previously acquired by these authorities through compulsory purchase orders. My Department would not...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: All primary and post-primary schools have access to psychological assessments for their pupils, either directly through National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologists or through the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, SCPA, that is administered by NEPS. Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA, whereby the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The school in question was listed in my announcement of April this year as a project to progress through architectural planning up to pre-tender stage, that is, up to and including advanced architectural planning. To bring this project to the required stage, my Department's officials...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: On 6 May 2005 my Department gave devolved authority for the project in question to proceed to tender and construction. This project went to tender at the end of September and my Department is currently awaiting the tender report.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: As part of the 2003 pilot initiative for the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of â¬100,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school to which the Deputy refers to provide additional accommodation. The school constructed two classrooms and three resource rooms. The works were completed in 2004. An application for further additional...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 Nov 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 (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Responsibility for the progression to tender and construction of the project at this school has been devolved to the school authority, County Kildare VEC. Tenders have been received within the approved budget and it is intended that the project will commence on site in the coming weeks. The construction period will be in the region of 15 months.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of the Department of Education and Science has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school in question. 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...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The board of management of the school in question has recently submitted a programme of works outlining that the architectural planning phase of the extension project will be completed by mid-May 2006. As the client for this project, it is the responsibility of the board to deliver this programme in accordance with all relevant statutory and building regulations. The board's design team is...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of the Department of Education and Science has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school in question. 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...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The 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 — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school in question submitted an application to the Department of Education and Science for extra accommodation under the scheme for the provision of additional classroom accommodation 2006. The closing date for the receipt of applications under this scheme was 14 October last and all applications received are being assessed. A list of successful applicants will be published when the...
- Written Answers — Governance of Universities: Governance of Universities (8 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I presume the Deputy is referring to the 1997 Universities Act. Chapter II of the 1997 Universities Act refers to the governance of universities and, specifically, section 18 relates to the functions of the governing authority of a university. The provisions of the 1997 Universities Act relate to several specific third level institutions and, as the question posed by the Deputy does not refer...