Results 6,821-6,840 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (23 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The data requested by the Deputy must be compiled from a number of files and other sources and would take an inordinate amount of time for my officials to put the information together.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The numbers of Special Need Assistants (SNAs) currently paid on my Department's payroll and employed in the schools referred to by the Deputy are as follows: Marist College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 0 St. Joseph's College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 1 full-time post St. Aloysius' College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 1 part-time post (21 hours per week) Our Lady's Bower, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: 1...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (23 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works has been requested by my Department to source a site for the school in question. While a suitable site has been identified, OPW are now in the process of clarifying issues relating to the site.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (23 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I understand from my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) that the needs of the pupil in question was discussed informally by the school with a NEPS psychologist with a view to the psychologist providing advice and support in the case. I understand that the pupil has not been prioritised by the school for assessment and that he is not attending school at present....
- Written Answers — Public Service Recruitment: Public Service Recruitment (23 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Departmental Expenditure. (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: He is worth it.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: In recent years a new planning model was introduced for educational infrastructure to ensure that, in future, school provision is decided after a transparent consultation process. In this regard, trustees, parents, sponsors of prospective schools and all interested parties from a locality have the opportunity to have their voices heard in the process. A draft area development plan for North...
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to assure the Deputy that no school has been told that they are going to lose any of the resources that they have been receiving under existing schemes for tackling disadvantage as a result of the introduction of the new DEIS initiative. On the contrary, the new School Support Programme is aimed at providing even more extra resources for the most disadvantaged schools in the country....
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy has now been finalised and is set out in the tabular statement below. This provides a full listing of all contracts in the years concerned together with the relevant details. The information in respect of 2006 is based on financial provision for the respective projects. Because of the scope and detailed nature of the information sought, it was necessary...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The contract for the translation of the Harris report â Irish in Primary Schools: Long-term National trends in Achievement was awarded to Europus Teoranta, An Cheathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe. The contract price agreed was â¬160.00 per 1000 words. The total estimated cost for translating the report which contains 80778 words in total and including VAT at 21% will amount to â¬15,638.62.
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The RAPID programme is designed to harness the opportunities and resources of the national development plan through the front loading and prioritisation of investment in the 45 disadvantaged communities (25 urban areas and 20 provincial towns) identified in the programme. In accordance with the aims of the RAPID programme, my Department endeavours, where possible, to frontload resources to...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled at present. I will arrange for the information to be forwarded directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 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 — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide additional classroom and ancillary accommodation has been received from the school. The project, as will all other applications for school development work, is assessed in accordance with the prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects which, as the Deputy will be aware, was published following...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: My Department funds three means tested maintenance grant schemes for third level education students in respect of attendance on approved courses in approved third level institutions and one grant scheme in respect of Post Leaving Certificate courses (a) The Higher Education Grants Scheme; (b) The Vocational Education Committees' Scholarship Scheme; (c) The Third Level Maintenance Grants...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Health Service Executive (HSE) has direct responsibility for provision for young adults over eighteen years of age with special needs. The Deputy will be aware that part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 provides a statute-based right to an assessment of disability-related health, personal social service and education needs. My Department is unaware of any...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 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 has been assigned a Band 2 rating. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be pleased to learn that the school referred to has been allocated funding under the Permanent Accommodation Scheme 2006 to provide a resource room at the school. This is in addition to the funding already approved under the Scheme for the provision of an additional mainstream classroom.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I want to state emphatically that no school has been told that they are going to lose any of the resources that they have been receiving under existing schemes for tackling disadvantage as a result of the introduction of the new DEIS initiative. On the contrary, the new School Support Programme is aimed at providing even more extra resources for the most disadvantaged schools in the country....
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: A new 1,000 pupil post primary school is being provided for Donabate. This will be delivered by way of a Public Private Partnership. Site issues and the management model for the new school are currently being worked on in my Department. When these matters have been finalised, the school will be included in a PPP bundle for delivery. The project has already been assigned a Band 1 Priority...