Results 601-620 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: All applications for temporary accommodation for the 2005-06 school year are currently being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish a list of the successful applicants shortly. However, no application for temporary accommodation has been received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Applications for temporary accommodation for the 2005-06 school year are currently being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish a list of the successful applicants shortly. However, no application for temporary accommodation has been received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Department officials are currently examining an amended stage 3 submission and the school authorities will be kept advised of developments. I recently announced details of 122 major school building projects that will progress to tender and construction phase over the next 12 to 15...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners. Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the school building programme and the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 programme that...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners. Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the school building programme and the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 programme that...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Phase 2 of the extension project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners. Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the school building programme and the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Although my Department does not have the authority to compulsorily purchase lands for the provision of educational facilities, I wish to assure the Deputy that the property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, is continuing to explore all possibilities in relation to the acquisition of a site for a...
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1224 and 1225 together. The school to which the Deputy refers commenced operation with provisional recognition from my Department in September 2002. Newly established schools are generally required to undergo a period of provisional recognition, during which the operation of the school and the growth of pupil numbers are monitored. An application for permanent...
- Written Answers — Asbestos Remediation Programme: Asbestos Remediation Programme (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The roof of the community school in question has been surveyed by the health and safety unit of the Office of Public Works which manages the asbestos remediation programme on behalf of my Department and the presence of asbestos has been confirmed. The Office of Public Works has been authorised to carry out all necessary roof works to the school in question. It is not possible to release...
- Written Answers — Summer Work Scheme: Summer Work Scheme (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: A key plank in the modernisation of school buildings is the summer works scheme, SWS, which was widely welcomed when introduced earlier this year. In the current year â¬31 million was allocated to that scheme covering 448 projects in 291 primary schools and 157 post-primary schools.
- Written Answers — Educational Welfare Service: Educational Welfare Service (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Since its formal launch in December 2003, the aim of the National Educational Welfare Board has been to provide a service to the most disadvantaged areas and most at-risk groups. Five regional teams have been established with bases in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford and staff have been deployed in areas of greatest disadvantage and in areas designated under the Government's RAPID...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction is well underway on the new 16 classroom school at Sallins Road, Naas. It is envisaged that the new school will be completed in the latter half of 2005.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The percentage of national schools in the State with access to the psychological service provided by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, is 53%, representing 63% of pupils in the sector. In County Kildare. The percentage of national schools with access to NEPS is 40%-52% of pupils. Those schools that do not have access to the NEPS service are entitled to avail of the scheme...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The recently announced list of projects for proceeding to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months includes six projects in County Kerry. The projects in question are: Lisivigeen mixed NS, Killarney; St. Gertrudes, Scairt Liath; Nano Nagle Special NS, Lixnaw; Rathmore NS, Kenmare NS; and Presentation SS, Milltown. My Department's building unit has arranged general information...
- Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In accordance with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989, it is the responsibility of individual school management authorities to have a safety statement in place in their schools. The statement should identify potential hazards, assess the risks to health and safety and put appropriate provision in place to safeguard the safety and health of employees and pupils. The safety...
- Written Answers — Dunsink Observatory: Dunsink Observatory (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I understand that the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has no intention of closing Dunsink and that the institute continues to regard it as a valuable resource which it is seeking to develop for the benefit of science and the institute. The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, in its strategy statement, identified the conduct of regular reviews of the academic work of its three...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department is proposing a new system for the allocation of resource teaching supports to pupils with special educational needs, SEN. This system will involve a general teaching allocation for all primary schools to cater for pupils with higher incidence SEN, that is, those with borderline mild and mild general learning disability specific learning disability,...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department is proposing a new system for the allocation of resource teaching supports to pupils with special educational needs, SEN. This system will involve a general teaching allocation for all primary schools to cater for pupils with higher incidence SEN, that is, those with borderline mild and mild general learning disability, specific learning disability...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, is continuing with negotiations for the purchase of a site for a new school in Ballygarvan, County Cork. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, it is not proposed at this stage to identify specific sites to be acquired. However,...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, is continuing with negotiations for the purchase of a site for a new school in Ballygarvan, County Cork. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, it is not proposed at this stage to identify specific sites to be acquired. However,...