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Seanad: Third Level Charges. (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: Third level institutions are autonomous bodies and they determine the internal disbursal of funding, including funding received under the student services charge. If the Senator provides details of the case, I will bring it to the attention of the Minister for Education and Science.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: I am responding on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children. I thank Senator John Paul Phelan for raising this matter and am pleased to have the opportunity to set out the position regarding the health repayment scheme. Following consideration of the implications of the Supreme Court judgment of 16 February 2005, the Government approved a statutory based...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: I have a great deal of sympathy for the family in question and the many others in a similar situation. I would not like to estimate the number. The Supreme Court issued its judgment on 16 February 2005, in response to which the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 was passed by the Dáil and the Seanad and signed into law. This position was decided by the Dáil and the Seanad and, in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Value For Money Review of the Youthreach and Senior Traveller Training Centre (STTC) programmes funded by the Department of Education and Science has been completed and was published on the Department's website in April 2008. The terms of reference of the Value For Money Review were wide ranging and included the following: Determine if the aims and objectives were still relevant and if...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has requested the Transport Liaison Officer for County Leitrim to provide more background information on the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied. When this information is received, the School Transport Section of my Department will liaise directly with the family concerned.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: As the Deputy is aware, DEIS provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The DEIS plan also states that as well as provision being made for schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage, a measure of financial support will also continue to be provided for other primary schools where the level of...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport scheme pupils are eligible for free transport if they reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest national school or school of amalgamation. In the case of amalgamations, pupils residing in a closed school area, may be deemed eligible for transport to the school of amalgamation only. Pupils may avail of transport to a...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Deputy will be aware, from my recent reply, that my Department is currently finalising proposals for progressing the commitment given in The Programme for Government to review the school transport system, including catchment boundaries.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has no plans at present to provide a post leaving certificate college in Navan, Co. Meath.

Written Answers — Youthreach Programme: Youthreach Programme (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Youth Reach programmes are designed to offer two years integrated education; training and work experience for young people aged 15-20 who have left school early without achieving qualifications. The programme, which is managed by Vocational Education Committees at local level, is available in 100 centres nationally and caters for almost 3,700 learners. My Department has no plans at...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and an integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The process of identifying schools for participation in DEIS was managed by the Educational Research Centre (ERC) on behalf of the Department of Education and Science and was...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department is currently finalising proposals for progressing the commitment given in The Programme for Government to review the school transport system, including catchment boundaries.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department is liaising with the relevant authorities and examining the background to the enrolment of the person named in the details supplied. When this examination is completed and the information received, the School Transport Section of my Department will liaise directly with the family concerned.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (9 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Adult Literacy services are funded by my Department through annual grants to the Vocational Education Committees (VECs), which deliver the services locally. VECs employ Adult Literacy tutors on a full-time and part-time basis and it is the VECs which are responsible for their terms and conditions. The annual grant provided by my Department to VECs may be used to cover the cost of tutor...

Written Answers — Youthreach Programme: Youthreach Programme (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: Youthreach was established in 1988 to provide second chance education to unemployed early school leavers aged 15-20. It is designed to offer courses of integrated general education, vocational training and work experience. Towards 2016 set out to increase the number of Youthreach places by 1,000 by the end of 2009. In 2007, 400 additional places were allocated, bringing the total number of...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and an integrated School Support Programme (SSP). As a result of the identification and review processes, 873 schools have been included in the new School Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. These comprise 670 primary...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 668 and 736 together. The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) as the national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework, promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Department of Education and Science provides for English language training for adult immigrants (English for Speakers of Other Languages, ESOL) under its adult literacy budget. Funds are allocated to VECs who are the main statutory providers of ESOL training. Currently, there are approximately 100 VEC colleges, 10 Prison Education providers, 100 Post-Leaving Certificate (PLC) colleges,...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department is currently finalising proposals for progressing the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the school transport system including catchment boundaries .

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: Between 1997 and 2007, funding for adult literacy has increased from €1m to €30m and in the same period, the number of participants has increased from 5,000 to over 44,000. There are also a number schemes targeted at people with special literacy needs, e.g. deaf people and a literacy service in Irish for people in Gaeltacht areas. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment makes...