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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme, only eligible children qualify for free transport. In order to be eligible, children must live at least 3.2 kilometres from, and be attending their nearest national school. School transport for children with special educational needs is generally provided to the school nearest to the pupil's residence in which resources can or may have...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The School Transport Section, of my Department, has requested the Transport Liaison Officer for County Kildare, to examine the background to the case referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied and to liaise directly with the family concerned.

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (9 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Foróige receives annual grant-in-aid funding from my Department under the Youth Service Grant Scheme, Special Projects for Youth Scheme and Youth Information Centres Scheme. The organisation has received total grant-in-aid funding of €26.6million for the years 2002 to 2007 to date. Details of the funding provided are as follows: Youth Service Grant Scheme Year Grants-in-aid paid € ...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department has been advised by Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme on its behalf, that all school bus tickets, both primary and post-primary, have the pick-up and set-down point clearly shown on them. Pupils are expected to disembark at their designated drop-off points as printed on their tickets. Parents/guardians also have a responsibility to ensure that their...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to review the school transport scheme, including catchment boundaries. My Department is currently considering how best to progress this task.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The provision of transport under the School Transport Scheme may be considered in respect of education facilities which are recognised by my Department. As the facility referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied is neither recognised nor funded by my Department, the question of providing transport under the terms of the Scheme does not arise. However, the Deputy will be aware that the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Where a school is closed and amalgamated with another, children for whom the closed school would have been their nearest had it remained open, are eligible for free transport to the school of amalgamation. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department, has advised that the family listed at number 1 in the details attached is not eligible for transport as...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...

Seanad: Site Acquisitions. (10 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his election and Senator Corrigan on her appointment. I wish her a successful term in Seanad Éireann and I thank her for raising this matter, as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the position of the Department of Education and Science regarding education provision in the Leopardstown-Stepaside area. Officials from the school planning...

Seanad: Site Acquisitions. (10 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I do not, but I will contact the section in the Department and ask it to convey the information to the Senator.

Hospital Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Hear, hear.

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Residential Institutions Redress Board was established under statute in 2002 and is governed by the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. The board was established to make fair and reasonable payments to persons who, as children, were abused while residents in industrial schools, reformatories and other institutions subject to State regulation or inspection and who were...

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: It should be pointed out that ineligibility to be considered for redress under the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 does not affect a person's statutory right to pursue other legal avenues which may be open to them. In dealing with correspondence relating to the inclusion of Bethany Home on the Schedule, the issue of the religious ethos was put forward as a possible...

Irish Prison Service. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: At the request of the Irish Government, the Council of Europe yesterday published the report of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, CPT, on its visit to Ireland in October 2006, as well as the response of the Government of Ireland to the points raised by the CPT in that report. Its previous visit to this jurisdiction was May 2002. It...

Irish Prison Service. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I will do so. In the meantime, we must take action within the constraints imposed by our older prisons. The CPT quite rightly has identified that the level of violence among prisoners in our prisons has increased. There have been specific incidents in Mountjoy Prison, Limerick Prison and St. Patrick's Institution, which are a cause of serious concern. There is additional information in my...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department is aware, since the phasing out of the three for two seating arrangement on school buses, that vacant seats, where they arise, are now more conspicuous than heretofore. My Department is obviously concerned that some parents would reserve seats for their children and then not make full use of these seats. In circumstances where a complaint of this nature is received Bus...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Deputy will be aware from my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 124 of 11 October 2007, that subject to availability, the most that can be offered in this case is catchment boundary transport. However, the Transport Liaison Officer for Co. Limerick and Bus Éireann have advised that the transport service in question is operating to capacity. The families in question should continue...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 and 421 together. The Deputy will be aware from my response to Parliamentary Question No. 736, that the Road Safety Authority has informed my Department that the law in relation to the use of safety restraint systems in buses reflects the requirements in relation to these vehicles as set down in EU Directives 91/671/EEC and 2003/20/EC relating to the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...