Results 721-740 of 4,782 for speaker:Olwyn Enright

Special Educational Needs. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the types of assistance available to students with disabilities in completing the leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27553/05]

Special Educational Needs. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: I thank the Minister for her reply. Students who get assistance during their leaving certificate examinations have that noted on their certificates. This matter has been raised with me by several such students. The assistance provided is there merely to help the students complete the exams, but they feel that noting the assistance on the certificates seems to imply they have not done the same...

Special Educational Needs. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: I have no difficulty with the indication regarding special assistance being noted on the exam paper going to the examiner. That is fair enough. However, when the person seeks work and another work candidate has a leaving certificate that does not bear a similar indication of special assistance, it leaves it open to the employer to choose the person who did not get assistance though both...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: That is like blaming the principal for the class size. Sometimes he or she cannot avoid having such class sizes. Often a school must wait a year to get an extra teacher so the principal has no alternative but to have larger classes. Does the Minister envisage any changes being made to ensure that schools need not wait a full year to get an extra teacher? Can the staffing be based on the...

Educational Disadvantage. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: How will the classification be done this time? What will be the criteria compared to when it was first done? On the subject of rural disadvantage, in certain areas of rural Ireland parents for one reason or another are choosing to take their children out of the bigger village school and move them to schools which are in a rural rather than an urban setting. These schools then need extensions...

School Transport. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: I take the point made by the Minister of State. It is obvious that lessons have been learned from what happened last week and the manner in which the system has operated this year. The Minister of State referred to timescales in an earlier reply. Will the Minister of State give serious consideration to a reply deadline as one means of resolving this matter? This could be one way of resolving...

School Discipline. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: In its interim report the task force noted that many schools are frustrated with section 29 of the Education Act and it has made some recommendations relating to that section pending publication of the full report. There is a genuine difficulty in schools in that they are being forced to accept for re-admission students whom they have expelled or who have been expelled from other schools for...

Special Educational Needs. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: There were a number of difficulties relating to the implementation of the special education needs programme over the summer and with the flow of information to teachers. These difficulties have largely been dealt with now, but it is important that systems are put in place to ensure that such problems do not recur. In terms of the special education system overall, does the Minister intend to...

Education Welfare Service. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: I thank the Minister for her reply. I take the point she makes that other people also operate in this area. I am concerned that the limited number of people working in the National Educational Welfare Board do not have time to liaise with the home-school-community liaison officers and all the others involved. The staff are particularly helpful but they engage in a fire brigade response to...

Education Welfare Service. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: The number is fewer than that recommended.

School Curriculum. (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Will the Minister consider making physical education compulsory at both primary and post-primary level rather than just recommend it? Has she concerns regarding the training of teachers, given that full-time physical education teachers are not employed at primary level? Has she read the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science which recommends full-time physical...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount being spent on prefabricated buildings in the education sector since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27575/05]

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of primary and secondary schools here; the number of such schools covered by the NEPS service, tabulated according to county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27817/05]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure the programme for Government commitment to reduce class sizes will be met by 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27798/05]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for disadvantaged status by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if she will review the status of the school in view of the fact that the neighbouring schools are so classified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27603/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to site acquisition for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; if a site has been agreed for this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27604/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in progressing a school building project (details supplied) in County Laois; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the schools involved will close in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27605/05]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of welfare officers employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; the number of primary and secondary schools here; the number of such schools covered by the NEWB welfare office, tabulated according to county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27818/05]

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of premises used by the National Education Psychological Service throughout the State; the cost of acquisition, running or refurbishment associated with each of these premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27819/05]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (11 Oct 2005)

Olwyn Enright: Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of premises used by the National Education Welfare Board throughout the State; the cost of acquisition, running or refurbishment associated with each of these premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27820/05]