Results 721-740 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I am most anxious that all children, including children with autistic spectrum disorders, receive education appropriate to their needs. The facility in question is operating on a pilot-project basis and involves a comprehensive application of behaviour analysis to schooling approach. I wish to confirm that my Department is prepared to continue to provide funding for this facility for the next...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department received an application for resource teaching support for the pupil referred to by the Deputy on 1 March 2004. Applications for special educational resources, SER, received between 15 February and 31 August 2003 are currently being considered. In all, more than 5,000 such applications were received. Priority was given to cases involving children starting school last September...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department received more than 8,400 applications for special education resources since 15 February 2003. Approximately 5,000 applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003 are currently being considered. Priority was given to almost 1,000 cases involving children starting school last September and all those cases were responded to on or before the commencement of the current...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: A report on this case has been requested from Bus Éireann. The Deputy will be advised of the position as soon as the report has been received and assessed.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: A large-scale building project for St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny, County Donegal, is listed in section 9 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie This project is at early stages of architectural planning and has been assigned a band 3 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large-scale...

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: As is the case in all the children detention schools, Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre is managed by an administrative board of management pending the commencement of the relevant provisions of the Children Act 2001 which provides for statutory boards of management for the children detention schools. The boards of management at the Finglas Centre and the schools in Lusk date from 1997...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The school referred to by the Deputy currently has the services of two full time resource teachers, one full time learning support teacher and two special needs assistants. An application for additional special educational resources, SER, was received in respect of the pupil in question on 12 January 2004. SER applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003 are currently being...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The objective of the fund for the development of targeted educational responses to certain children at risk is to develop preventative and supportive programmes which are targeted at children and young people who are at risk of educational disadvantage and social exclusion. A key focus of the initiative is the empowerment of local communities to develop innovative and flexible programmes that...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: Presentation secondary school made an application for replacement windows under the summer works scheme 2004. As part of the assessment of all applications received each application was categorised and assessed by reference to published criteria. In the context of available funding and the number of applications for that funding it was only possible to consider the priority one project as...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: When publishing the 2004 school building programme, I outlined that my strategy going forward will be grounded in capital investment based on multi-annual allocations. My officials are reviewing all projects which were not authorised to proceed as part of the 2004 school building programme with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual school building programme from 2005. I expect to...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I understand that the persons in question are on a waiting list for enrolment in the language unit in Kilkenny. The enrolment of pupils in the language unit is a matter for the school's board of management and is considered in the context of criteria set out by it. I understand that the board will shortly be making decisions on pupil placements in the unit for the coming school year. The...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The school in question currently has the services of a shared learning support teacher based in the school and also a full time resource teaching post. I can confirm that my Department received two applications for additional special education resources, SER, from the school. Approximately 5,000 applications for SER received between 15 February and 31 August, 2003, including one from the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has no record of having received an application for special education resources, SER, from the school referred to by the Deputy. Any application received will be considered in the context of the criteria set out in the relevant Department circulars and the existing level of SER provision in the school.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The school in question currently has the services of a shared learning support teacher. I can confirm that my Department has received an application for additional special education resources, SER, from the school. Approximately 5,000 applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003, including the application from the school in question, are currently being considered at present....

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department received more than 8,400 applications for special education resources, including special needs assistant support, since 15 February 2003. The batch of approximately 5,000 applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003 are currently being considered. Priority was given to almost 1,000 cases involving children starting school last September and all those cases were...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The inclusion of additional institutions on the Schedule of institutions in the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 does not require an amendment to the Act. Section 4 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 allows for the addition to the Schedule of institutions that are identified as reformatory schools, industrial schools, orphanages, children's homes and special schools in...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: To date, 137 special classes have been established to provide dedicated educational support for children with autism. These classes include eight pre-school classes, 68 classes in mainstream national schools, including four classes for children with Asperger's syndrome and 61 classes in special schools. All such facilities receive enhanced capitation grants and each of these classes operate...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The school to which the Deputy refers progressed a capital project without the prior agreement of my Department and is now seeking retrospective funding. Since the introduction of the school building programme, in which all projects to be funded from the annual allocation are listed, it is not possible to consider applications for retrospective funding.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The issue of speed control measures, lights, road markings and increased parking at Mount Temple national school may be outside the vested site area of the school and should, therefore, be raised with the local authority. It is open to the school's board of management to make an application under the summer works scheme 2005 for necessary safety measures within the school's boundary. Details...

Written Answers — Juvenile Detention Centres: Juvenile Detention Centres (25 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: There are five children detention schools which provide residential accommodation for children under 16 years who have been convicted of an offence or remanded in custody by the courts. As the Deputy may be aware, the capacity of the Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre has recently been reduced from 26 to 12 beds. This reduction in capacity was recommended by Mr. Michael Donnellan, director...