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Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (23 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 process of identifying primary and second level schools for participation in the new school support programme has been completed. As a result of the identification...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The data sought by the Deputy is provided in the following table. Class Size Categories 0-9 10-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 and over Total Ordinary Pupils in National Schools 2004/2005 2,095 63,492 103,988 155,398 99,464 8,931 162 Infant Class Pupils in Our Lady of Consolation N.S., Donnycarney 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 Infant Class Pupils in Scoil Chiaráin, Donnycarney ...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (23 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 process of identifying primary and second level schools for participation in the new school support programme has been completed. This process was managed by the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides a range of supports to second level schools to enable them to cater for pupils with special educational needs. The supports in question include remedial and resource teaching support, special needs assistant support and funding for the purchase of specialised equipment. The National Council for Special Education, NCSE, has been established as an independent statutory...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that Sallins, Naas, Kill and Johnstown, 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. However, a range of significant measures has been undertaken by my Department to address the current and future need for pupil places in these areas. At...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The compulsory school starting age in a national school is six years of age. Enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools and my Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools in such matters. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places....

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, is now operational. A specific function of the NCSE, through its network of local special educational needs organisers, SENOs, is to identify appropriate educational placements for all children with special educational needs. The SENO is a focal point of contact for parents-guardians and schools. I am advised by the...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department allocates additional teaching hours to Vocational Education Committees to support the delivery of education programmes in a range of facilities including special schools under the heading co-operation hours with other institutions. These allocations are made in response to specific applications which are submitted by the relevant VEC in advance of the commencement of the school...

Written Answers — School Support Programme: School Support Programme (28 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. This standardised system replaces all of the existing arrangements for targeting schools for participation in initiatives to address disadvantage. The process of...

Written Answers — School Support Programme: School Support Programme (28 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 process of identifying primary and second-level schools for participation in the new school support programme has been completed. As a result of the identification...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: When the decision was made to include the Law Society's professional practice course under the higher education grant scheme, regard was paid to the structure of the course. I have no plans to change the status of the course under the relevant third level grants schemes. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department reviews the schemes on an ongoing basis. In this regard, it will be having...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 495 together. The bachelor of science in nautical science is a three-year ab-initio course in Cork Institute of Technology and students are based at the National Maritime College of Ireland, NMCI. The course programme is as follows: stage 1 — 36 weeks based in the NMCI; stage 2 — 15 months sea service training aboard ship; and stage 3 — 35 weeks...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Teacher allocations for second level schools are approved by my Department on an annual basis in accordance with generally applied rules based on recognised pupil enrolments on 30 September of the preceding school year. Each school management authority is required to organise its curriculum, teaching time-table and subject options having regard to pupils' needs within the limits of its...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to made an application under the summer works scheme 2006. Due to the volume of applications received, it was not possible to allocate funding to all proposed projects. It is open to the school's management authority to re-apply for funding for the required works as part of the 2007 summer works scheme, details of which will be announced later this year.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Grangegorman is a unique site and is of strategic importance in the context of Dublin as a whole and to the north inner city in particular. The Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 makes provision for the establishment of an agency to undertake the development of the Grangegorman site. The functions of the agency include, inter alia, the promotion of the Grangegorman site as a location...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The project referred to by the Deputy was part of my announcement last year of projects to proceed to tender and construction over a 12 to 15 month period. Planning permission for this project was obtained in January 2006. The tender documents are currently being finalised and it is envisaged that the project will be tendered in early summer 2006. Based on this timeframe, construction of the...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Since the previous parliamentary question of 15 February 2006 was answered, 840 schools have been invited to participate in the new programme for educational inclusion which provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage — the school support programme, SSP, under DEIS, delivering equality of opportunity in schools. These comprise 640 primary schools — 320...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides funding towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services in primary schools under two separate schemes. One scheme is the 1978-79 scheme for the employment of full-time secretaries and caretakers in primary schools, under which my Department meets the full cost of salary. This scheme is being phased out as posts become vacant and no new posts are being created....

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The first point of contact for my Department in dealing with the school amalgamation referred to by the Deputy is the boards of management of the schools concerned. My Department has been in communication with the boards for some time regarding this issue and most recently representatives of the schools management authorities have attended an information meeting for all schools due to have a...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides funding towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services in primary schools under two separate schemes. One scheme is the 1978-79 scheme for the employment of full-time secretaries and caretakers in primary schools, under which my Department meets the full cost of salary. This scheme is being phased out as posts become vacant and no new posts are being created....