Results 8,501-8,520 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service, established in 1999, allows for all primary and post primary schools to have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) whereby the school can have an assessment...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the home tuition scheme provides funding to parents to provide education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement. I recently advised that as there is an educational placement...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The vast majority of primary schools are owned by the relevant Diocese or Parish. Post-primary schools are, in the cases of Community and Comprehensive schools owned by the Minister for Education and Science or, in the cases of voluntary secondary schools and private fee-paying schools generally by Religious Orders. Those sites that are acquired by my Department for the purposes of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide additional accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. In the light of an increase in the enrolments at the school in recent years, a reassessment of the long term projected enrolment, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is required. This reassessment will take...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The most recent OECD 'Education At A Glance' report provides figures for 2003/04 which are out of date and fail to reflect the major increases in second level funding in recent years. Spending by my Department on second level education increased by 17% between 2003 and 2005. In 2005, â¬2.7 billion was spent on second-level education â up from â¬2.3 billion in 2003 and â¬1.25 billion in...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the Higher Education Grants (HEG) Scheme, the Vocational Education Committees' Scholarships Scheme, the Third Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for Trainees and the Maintenance Grants Scheme for Students attending Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) Courses. The HEG Scheme is administered by...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 475 and 476 together. My Department has received approximately 530 applications for home tuition for the current school year, 470 of which have been processed and a decision conveyed to the applicants. The remaining 60 applications are a combination of recently submitted applications and applications for which additional information was requested to further...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: A number of queries have been raised on the stage 4/5 submission (detail design/bill of quantities). My Department is currently awaiting a response to these queries from the school authority. Once these have been resolved the project will proceed to the invitation of tenders.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Commissioners of Public Works have recently confirmed to the Department that the site in question is not available for consideration as a new school site. At present, my Department is actively engaged in sourcing a suitable site to facilitate the construction of a permanent building for the school referred to by the Deputy. The Deputy can be assured that the permanent accommodation...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware of my commitment to ensuring that all children, including those with autism receive an education appropriate to their needs, preferably through the primary and post primary school network. The school in question is not an ABA school. It is a special school which caters for pupils with moderate, severe or profound learning disabilities as well as children on the...
- Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Under Article 42 of the Constitution the State has a duty to provide for free primary education and to ensure that each child receives at least a certain minimum level of education. The State discharges the latter obligation through the establishment of the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB). Under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000, the NEWB has a function to advise and assist children...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that an early intervention class for children with autism was recently sanctioned in the school in question. This class provides pupil-specific approach to the education of children with autism drawing on a range of teaching methods, including ABA, specific to the needs of individual pupils. The Deputy will be familiar with the variety of current provision...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware of my commitment to ensuring that all children, including those with autism receive an education appropriate to their needs, preferably through the primary and post primary school network where children can mix with their wider peer group and have maximum opportunities for integration. My Department supports an eclectic approach to the education of children with...
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Vehicles used by Department of Education and Science staff to perform their duties do not use fuel from a particular fuel supplier. Departmental staff are not issued with fuel cards in connection with their duties.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I refer to my reply to Question No. 549 on 1 November 2006. The position remains the same.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The proposed extension project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning and is one of the 124 schools that I announced last year to progress through the architectural planning process. Following an increase in the long-term projected enrolments at the school, my Department's officials visited the school in question in September of this year and...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers has applied for capital funding under the Department's Permanent Accommodation Scheme for 2007. I will be publishing the list of successful applicants when all applications have been assessed.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The proposed refurbishment and extension project for the school referred to by the deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. A Design Team was appointed on the project in July of this year and following a project briefing meeting the Design Team were instructed to prepare a stage 1, 2 submission (site suitability/sketch scheme). Part of the Design Team's brief at Stage 1, 2 is...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has recently made an application under the Summer Works Scheme 2007 for grant aid to upgrade science and home economic facilities. All applications under this scheme are currently being assessed and I intend to publish the list of successful applicants before Christmas. The school also has an application with the Department for major capital grant aid for...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can inform the Deputy that no such requirement exists for the assessment of special needs children by psychologists from within my Department. In certain circumstances a pupil with special needs may be re-assessed on an ongoing, rather than cyclical, basis to process additional teaching resources commensurate with that individual's particular needs.