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- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: All schools in County Kildare have access to psychological assessments for their pupils, either directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service â NEPS â psychologists or through the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments â SCPA â which is administered by NEPS. Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of...
- Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am acutely aware of the issue of bullying in schools and my Department has in place a multifaceted strategy to tackle the issue. The education of students in both primary and post-primary schools in relation to anti-bullying behaviour is a central part of the SPHE curriculum. SPHE is now a compulsory subject both at primary level and in the junior cycle of post-primary schools. The SPHE...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a new eight classroom school was delivered for the north Kildare school project in 2003. My Department has not received an application from the school for any extra facilities.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300, 306 and 313 to 322, inclusive, together. The school planning section of my Department has received applications for major capital funding from the management authorities of the schools to which the Deputy refers. The applications have been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Officials from the Department of Education and Science visited the school in question in June of last year to carry out a technical inspection of the existing accommodation and to assess the needs of the pupils attending the school. The school authorities have embarked on a major...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the local area development plan for the N4/M4 corridor outlines the Department of Education and Science's long-term educational strategy at both primary and post-primary level for the area concerned. The recommendations in the plan are being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme from 2006 onwards subject to the prioritisation...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, does not normally keep waiting lists of children requiring assessment in the sense of lists of names that are dealt with in chronological order. NEPS encourages a staged assessment process, whereby each school takes responsibility for initial assessment, educational planning and remedial intervention, in consultation with its assigned NEPS...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream teacher allocation of all primary schools, including one-teacher schools, is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on the 30 September of the previous school year. The staffing schedule is outlined in a circular which is issued annually to all primary schools. In addition, such schools may be eligible for additional teacher or special needs assistant...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Department of Education and Science does not keep figures on pupil-teacher ratio, PTR, on a school-by-school basis. However, significant improvements have been made in the PTR nationally at both primary and second level in recent years. At primary level, the PTR has dropped from 22.3:1 to 17.1:1 between 1996-97 and 2004-05. This reflects the fact that 5,000 extra primary teachers have...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Draft contract documents have issued to the Office of Public Works. This documentation is now being examined by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 and 310 together. The schools to which the Deputy refers were included in my recent announcement of 62 large scale building projects which have been approved to progress under the school building and modernisation programme. These will be progressed by way of the appointment of a design team under the Department's capital programme for 2006. The building...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers is one of those which, as I announced in January, would commence planning for a new school building with immediate effect. The first key step in this process is the appointment of a suitably qualified design team. At an information seminar held recently in Tullamore by the school building section of the Department of Education and Science, the mechanics...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule which is issued annually to all primary schools. The general rule is that the schedule provides at least one classroom teacher for every 29 pupils in the school. Schools with only one or two teachers have much lower staffing...
- Written Answers — Educational Needs: Educational Needs (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am aware that the areas to which the Deputy refers, like many areas located within close proximity to Dublin, continue to experience population growth, a position that almost inevitably places some strain on existing educational provision. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a range of significant measures has been undertaken by my Department to address the current and future need for...
- Written Answers — School Accounts: School Accounts (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Section 18(2) of the Education Act 1998 provides that, except in the case of a school established or maintained by a vocational education committee, a board of management shall keep all proper and usual accounts and records of all moneys received by it or expenditure of such moneys incurred by it and shall ensure that in each year all such accounts are properly audited or certified in...
- Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I do not do auction politics.
- Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: One issue involves money and the other people.
- Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I apologise.
- Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Senator is not comparing like with like.
- Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Senator is comparing two different figures.