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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for major capital works in February 1999. The building project for the school is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The next stage for this project will be the completion of stage 2(b) of architectural planning. This will require tender documents for this project to be prepared in line with the new form of Public Works...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction is dependent on the prioritisation of competing demands on the funding available under the Department's capital budget. The proposed building project...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. I have arranged for the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that my Department has received a major capital application from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band rating of 2.2. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band rating of 2.1. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers recently applied to my Department for temporary accommodation to cater for increasing enrolments. This application is being assessed and a decision will issue to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: No office accommodation was rented or acquired by the Office of Public Works (OPW) for my Department as a result of the 2003 decentralisation programme. A new office block was built on the state owned campus in Cornamaddy, Athlone which has been occupied by the Department since the summer of 2008. 208 staff were accommodated in the new building, 88 of whom decentralised from the...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The range of information requested by the Deputy is substantial and as this information is not held centrally by my Department it would take an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. If the Deputy has an interest in a particular agency then officials in my Department will request the agency concerned to provide the relevant information insofar as it is possible given the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5815/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person who was using her old insurance number since 1971 (details supplied). [5834/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department provides funding for thirty eight projects in Local Drugs Task Force areas, including the project referred to by the Deputy. These projects, through a variety of programmes and activities, seek, in the main, to encourage young people not to engage in drug-taking. My Department originally took on responsibility for funding these projects through a mainstreaming process, whereby...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The 2010 Budget required difficult choices to be made across all areas of public expenditure. These decisions were made to control public expenditure and to ensure sustainability in the long run. Accordingly exchequer funding for the higher education sector for this year will take account of pay savings to be achieved by the recent reductions in public service pay as provided for under the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 333 to 335, inclusive, together. I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Summer Works Scheme 2010 in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy. Following an assessment process, projects will be selected for funding from all valid and approved applications on a top down basis in accordance with the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers recently applied to my Department for temporary accommodation to cater for increasing enrolments. This application is being assessed and a decision will issue to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Fees are waived in the certificate examinations for candidates who are dependants of persons who hold a full medical card. The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. This include the charging and collection of fees for examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: A full-time course, commencing in early 2010 and concluding in mid-2011 will be held in the following Colleges of Education for the purpose of enabling third level graduates to qualify as primary teachers: St. Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, Limerick Coláiste Mhuire, Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: It is not the policy of my Department to provide data in relation to the take home pay of teachers paid on my department payrolls as there are a number of factors that may affect the take home pay of a teacher in any payroll period such as amendments to the taxation position of the individual or the award of incremental credit. The PRSI system applies universally to employees and the impact...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department has engaged a specialist firm to develop new procedures and systems for the provision of temporary accommodation with a view to achieving best value for money. Work is well underway and the firm of specialists is working closely with officials in the Planning and Building Unit of my Department. The focus of this review is the development and adoption of practical measures and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Feb 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The closing date for receipt of tenders was 25th January 2010. The Design Team are currently assessing the tenders and will issue a Tender Report shortly for my Department to consider.