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Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the Education and Science (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004 (SI No. 521 of 2005), the Government delegated to Mr. Brian Lenihan TD, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, the powers and duties of the Minister for Education and Science conferred on her by or under the Children Acts 1908 to 1989, the Children Act 2001 and the Education...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I presume the Deputy is referring to the proposed refurbishment/extension to the Model School, Dunmanway to accommodate the Dunmanway Education Centre. The project is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30th September of the previous school year. The actual 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has been in contact with Kildare County Council which has advised that the person referred to by the Deputy is in receipt of a maintenance grant for academic year 2005/2006 and all three instalments have been paid in full.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The date of the decentralisation of 100 posts in my Department to Athlone will be determined by the date of delivery of the office accommodation for these posts. The Office of Public Works is responsible for the delivery of this accommodation. The accommodation will be located adjacent to my Department's existing offices in Athlone. I understand that an application for planning permission has...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The new DEIS programme is designed to ensure that schools serving the most disadvantaged communities benefit from the maximum level of support available. Over the years, no less than 8 separate schemes for disadvantaged primary schools have been put in place. Some schools were benefiting from just one or two of these and others were benefiting from more. The DEIS initiative is designed to...

Written Answers — Education Needs Assessment: Education Needs Assessment (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Staff in the School Planning Section of my Department expect to have the position paper regarding educational provision in Carlow and its environs completed shortly.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Officials in my Department are in the process of making arrangements to meet the various interested parties regarding the proposed Ionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge, Baile Bhúirne in June. My aim is to complete these discussions in as thorough and prompt a fashion as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I announced the first PPP project bundle consisting of St. Mary's CBS and Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise, St. Rynagh's Community College, Banagher and Gallen Community School, Ferbane on the 22nd November 2005. Work on this project bundle is ongoing in my Department and as I previously stated will be offered to the market in the near future. I understand that County Cork VEC expect to be in a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the child in question commenced in the school referred to above in September 2005 having previously attended a special class for children with speech and language disorder. The school put in place four resource teaching hours per week for this pupil at the beginning of the current school year. The special education needs organiser (SENO) advised the school...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together. School Planning Section has been appraised of the situation, by the school management authorities of the first school referred to by Deputy Higgins. My officials have been informed that the school accepts enrolments from parents in the first three weeks of March each year. The school authority is currently carrying out a comprehensive...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: According to my Department's records, there are 556 teachers on secondment from primary, secondary and community/ comprehensive schools at present. Details of the number of vocational teachers on secondment are not readily available. The teachers concerned are seconded to various bodies or programmes as follows: Department of Education and Sciences programmes; The Oireachtas; Training...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: According to my Department's records, there are 720 Primary teachers and 406 Voluntary Secondary, Community and Comprehensive teachers on career break for the 2005/2006 school year. Details of the number of vocational teachers on career break are not available in my Department. The figures given do not include teachers on secondment. A career break is designed to provide eligible teachers...

Written Answers — In-service Training: In-service Training (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Primary Curriculum Support Programme (PCSP) provides on-going in-service and support to teachers in schools covering the revised Primary Curriculum which was introduced in 1999. The in-service provided annually is also available to teachers on secondment. The PCSP, through its Cuiditheoireacht service, provides support to individual teachers, including those returning from absence. The...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (18 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The report "Criteria and Procedures for the Recognition of New Second Level Schools" is currently being examined in my Department in conjunction with another of the Commission's reports entitled "Criteria and procedures for establishing and maintaining provision through the medium of Irish in second level schools or clusters of schools". Both reports are being considered together because many...

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Given that this matter is currently the subject of legal proceedings and is before the courts, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on this matter at this time.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The need for a new school building on a new site for Blennerville National School is acknowledged by my Department. A suitable site has been identified and contracts for the acquisition of this site have been signed. In the interim, my Department has recently approved the provision of a prefabricated classroom to alleviate immediate accommodation difficulties. Once the site acquisition is...

Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: There are currently 82 School Completion Programme (SCP) sites in 21 counties (108 post-primary schools and 302 primary schools) with 53 second level schools participating in the Stay in School Retention Strand (SSR) of the School Completion Programme in 17 counties, targeting approximately 23,000 young people at risk of early school leaving. Each School Completion project employs a local...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital works from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale projects and progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the School Building and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application form for emergency works has been issued to the school in question. As soon as the completed form is returned to the Building Unit of my Department, the matter will be considered as a matter of urgency and the outcome will be notified to the school without delay.