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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: This project was on the 2005 school building programme to go to tender and construction. Tenders for this project were received on 24 February 2006 and are currently being examined by my Department's technical staff. It is expected that this examination will be completed shortly and the school management contacted in the matter without delay.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Following an assessment of the accommodation needs of the school in question, a revised schedule of overall accommodation issued to the school in July 2005. The school's design team was requested to submit a revised stage one-two, developed sketch scheme, based on the new...

Written Answers — Home Tuition Grant: Home Tuition Grant (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Home tuition is primarily intended to provide compensatory instruction for pupils with a medical ailment that is likely to cause major disruption to their attendance at school on a continuing basis. In recent years home tuition has been extended as an interim support for children with a significant special educational need pending the provision of an appropriate school based educational...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school development planning initiative, SDPI, is a support service established by my Department to assist schools in furthering the process of whole school planning. The initiative has a team of ten regional co-ordinators, who provide advisory services to schools at no charge. SDPI regional co-ordinators have co-operated with the commission on school accommodation and with amalgamation...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I understand from my officials that the local special educational needs organiser is liaising with the family in question in the context of arranging an early meeting to discuss the issues in question. My Department is continuing to fund a home tuition grant to the family concerned pending the provision of an appropriate educational placement.

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (9 Mar 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. Under current arrangements the enrolment figure required for the appointment of a mainstream class teacher in an ordinary school is the same as that which applies in the case of...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers is a new school which opened in September 2005. It currently accommodates two junior infant classes. When fully occupied, the school will operate as a two-stream 16-classroom school. To enable it develop in this manner, it can only enrol two junior infant classes annually. This incremental development is common to all newly established schools to ensure...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school in June 2000. The application has been assessed and the long-term projected enrolment figure on which the accommodation needs will be based has been determined and schedules of accommodation have been drawn up in consultation with the school authority. The project is being considered for...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I will be in Dubai for the St. Patrick's Day functions from 21 March 2006 to 23 March 2006. The itinerary has not been fully finalised yet but it includes the following engagements; meeting with Minister for Education; visit to higher colleges of technology; lunch meeting with educationalists hosted by higher colleges of technology; meeting committee of Irish Society; meeting EI office and...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: 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 actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference 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...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Where schools are amalgamating there is provision for the allocation of a concessionary mainstream teaching post in cases where the approved number of mainstream teachers serving in the schools at the time the amalgamation takes place exceeds the number warranted by the total enrolment on the basis of the staffing schedule. The continued allocation of the concessionary post is dependent on...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: In January of this year, I announced details of 62 projects which were being given the go ahead to proceed with major works such as new school building projects, extensions or refurbishment. The first step for these schools is the appointment of an architectural team that will design and plan the works. To aid the schools in appointing these architectural teams and to brief them on the steps...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 710 and 763 together. The Department of Education and Science, in the first instance, is most anxious that all children, including children with autistic spectrum disorders receive an education appropriate to their needs. In this regard, the preferred approach to the provision of appropriate education for all children, including children with autism, is...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that a number of members of staff of public sector bodies, including vocational education committees and institutes of technology, have formerly worked in the company referred to by the Deputy and wish to have service given with the company aggregated for superannuation purposes with their service with their current employer. Service given in one public sector body may be...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide ancillary accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The project has been assessed in accordance with the prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects. The project is being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2006-10.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Following an assessment of the accommodation needs of the school in question, a revised schedule of overall accommodation issued to the school in July 2005. Various options were also explored for the delivery of accommodation for the school. The Department of Education and Science...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS, Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, the new action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated school support programme, SSP. The school support programme will bring together and build upon a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The new action...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application has been assessed and the long-term projected staffing, on which the accommodation needs will be based, has been determined. Officials from school planning section will be in contact with the school authority as soon as it is feasible to arrange...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The function of the Residential Institutions Redress Board is to provide financial redress for persons who as children were subjected to abuse while resident in institutions which are listed in the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is mandated under legislation to conduct an inquiry into child abuse in the State, including...

Written Answers — Professional Qualifications Recognition: Professional Qualifications Recognition (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the person in question has not submitted an application to the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, NQAI, regarding the recognition of their Nigerian qualifications or to the Honourable Society of Kings Inns regarding professional recognition for employment purposes. The NQAI has established Qualifications Recognition — Ireland as the Irish centre for the...