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

Seán Haughey: The Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) provides an opportunity for adults to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Programmes are offered on a part-time basis: in the mornings, afternoons, evenings or at weekends. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to expand the number of BTEI places to 10,000 by 2009. 1,000 additional BTEI places were...

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

Seán Haughey: My Department's policy is to seek to encourage and facilitate the participation of people with disabilities in Further Education by making available the supports required to enable them to access the various programmes on offer. The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), while primarily targeting the unemployed, also facilitates people with disabilities. Under VTOS, full-time...

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

Seán Haughey: There has been a significant increase in expenditure on school transport, from €49.5 million in 1997 to €172 million in 2007. The allocation for school transport in 2008 is €175 million. This upward pressure on costs will undoubtedly continue due to the anticipated rise in overall transport costs in the years ahead. This issue has been under consideration as part of the arrangements...

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. In the meantime, the terms of the post-primary school transport scheme will continue to apply. A pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: To address special educational needs and provide the necessary supports for learners in Youthreach centres, my Department introduced the Special Education Needs Initiative (SENI) in 2007. The SENI was introduced to 25 groups of 25 learners across 20 Youthreach centres. The SENI involves a general allocation model similar to that introduced in the primary sector in September 2005. It is...

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Deputy is a man of substance himself.

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: So do we.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. An application for transport for the pupil, attending the school referred to by the deputy in the details supplied was received in the School Transport Section of my Department on the 16 September...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has sanctioned a transport service for the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department, has advised that the service commenced on Wednesday, 3rd September, 2008.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The position in this case is that the children referred to by the Deputy are not attending their nearest national school and, therefore, are not...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Finance Act 2008 provided the legislative changes to withdraw relief in respect of fuel used for public transport vehicles with effect from 1 November 2008 in line with the European Union Energy Tax Directive. The appropriate full excise duties will apply from that date. My Department is in discussions with the Department of Finance on the impact of the withdrawal of the relief in...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. Pupils who are eligible for transport to the education centre in the catchment area in which they reside may avail of 'catchment...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: In August 2007, the City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee (CDVEC) became the anchor tenant of the school referred to by the Deputy. It ceased operating as a post primary school on the 31 August 2007. Currently, part of the accommodation is being used by CDVEC to accommodate Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses operated by Coláiste Dhulaigh. In addition, Killester College has...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has received an application for a change in the transport arrangements for the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied. A report has been requested from Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the Department. When this report is received and considered, my Department will be in contact with the family.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. The pupil referred to by the Deputy resides less than 4.8 kilometres from the Post Primary Centre serving the catchment area in...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: City of Cork Vocational Education Committee submitted a request for €55,000 for the fit out of the new premises referred to by the Deputy. In consultation with the VEC, it was agreed that funding for these works would be met from surplus funds available at the end of 2007. A letter to this effect was issued to the VEC on 27 June 2008.

Written Answers — Home-School Liaison Scheme: Home-School Liaison Scheme (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1726 and 1728 together. My Department has recently completed a full review of the allocation of posts and clustering arrangements under Home School Community Liaison (HSCL). As a result, posts are allocated to schools on the basis of their levels of disadvantage and enrolment, having regard to geographic proximity or 'association' (where children from the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The School Transport Section of my Department has requested the Transport Liaison Officer for County Mayo to examine the background to the case referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied and to liaise directly with the families concerned.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department, has been asked to provide a report on the case referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied. When this report is received and considered, my Department will be in contact with the family.