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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The process of appointing design teams to the building projects referred to by the Deputy is under way. Technical site inspections have been carried out to determine the suitability of the land to accommodate the two new schools and to determine the level of additional accommodation required for the school benefitting from an extension. An advertisement seeking design team consultants has...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy is a new school which opened in September 2005. It accommodates two junior infant classes. When fully occupied, the school will operate as a two-stream six-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 that a shortage...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. My officials wrote to the school authority on 10 April last requesting its agreement to the long-term projected enrolment for the school. Progress on the proposed works can be considered when agreement in this regard is secured.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The formal letter of offer has not yet issued and consequently the contract has not yet been signed. Once the project goes on site it is estimated that it will take 12 to 15 months to complete.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school in question was authorised to proceed to stages 4-5 — planning permission-fire certification, bill of quantities-tender documentation — of architectural planning on 14 March 2006 following a review of their revised stage 3 documentation which, subject to a number of issues being addressed in the next stage submission, was sufficiently...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department's officials have recently reviewed the stage 2 documentation. An on-site meeting has been organised for early May with the school authorities and their design team to evaluate this submission.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 925 and 926 together. As previously outlined to the Deputy, the school to which he refers made an application for additional temporary accommodation for the 2006-07 school year. This has been approved by my Department. The extra accommodation will meet the needs of the school's enrolment policy which operates a cut-off point. This cut-off point will result in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 927 to 929, inclusive, together. My Department has an internal legal services section, the functions of which are to ensure policymaking is informed and takes account of relevant legal and constitutional requirements; to advise the Minister and the Department on legal issues; to ensure the effective management of litigation in which the Department is named;...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The inquiry report was forwarded earlier this year to a number of individuals specifically referred to in the report. The report has also been provided to County Clare Vocational Education Committee and I have asked the VEC for its proposals in the light of the report's findings, following which I will consider what action to take. Once this process has concluded, I will consider the issue of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides a range of supports to second level school management to enable schools to cater for pupils with special educational needs. The supports in question include remedial and additional teaching support, special needs assistant support and funding for the purchase of specialised equipment. With effect from 1 January 2005, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE,...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school has not been removed from the school support programme. It was not selected for inclusion in this new programme which is aimed at providing extra supports for the most disadvantaged schools in the country. Schools not included in the new programme have no reason to worry, as they have not been told that they will lose resources as a result of DEIS, rather they have been assured...

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The following is a list of primary schools that have opened since 1996 in South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council areas: Monkstown Educate Together NS opened in 1997; Lucan Educate Together NS, opened in 1997; John Scottus NS, Dublin 4, opened in 1999; Griffeen Valley Educate Together NS, opened in 2002; Holy Trinity NS, Sandyford, opened in 2005; and Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada,...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year. The number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. According to data submitted to my Department by the board of management of the school referred to by the...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers is a new school, which opened in September 2005. It 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 a shortage...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. An application for capital funding towards the provision of a new school building has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of the school's current and projected accommodation needs is under way in conjunction with the school authority. The building project required to deliver suitable accommodation for...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The person in question, as a permanent whole-time teacher, was a member of the local government superannuation scheme during her service with Wexford Vocational Education Committee in the period 1952-53. On resignation from her employment with the VEC, the pension contributions which she had paid were returned to her. The minimum period of service needed at that time to qualify for payment of...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The appeal by County Roscommon VEC for an increased allocation of funding under the additional accommodation scheme 2006 is currently under consideration in the school planning section of my Department. The outcome of this appeal will be conveyed to the management authority of the school shortly.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The proposed refurbishment and extension project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The additional documentation requested has been received in my Department and is currently under examination. A decision on which school building projects will advance to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the school building and...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of the Department's maintenance grants schemes, and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992, a mature student is defined as a candidate who is at least 23 years of age on 1 January of the year of entry or re-entry to an approved course. Under the terms of my Department's 2005 third level student maintenance grant schemes the position is...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Hanafin: All primary and post-primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, or through the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, SCPA, that is administered by NEPS and full details of which are available on my Department's website. Since the establishment of NEPS in 1999, the number of NEPS...