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- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The statutory process involved in the appointment of chairpersons and members of bodies varies considerably, according the statutory scheme. The following details relate to those appointments which have a statutory basis. The Deputy may wish to note that a number of bodies operate on an administrative rather than statutory basis, and they have not been included in the following table. The...
- Written Answers — Education Grants: Education Grants (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163, 166, 168, 195 and 199 together. The financial information requested by the Deputy relating to the grants payable by this Department to schools over the past five years would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The information relating to the basis for each grant will be compiled and provided to the Deputy by letter as soon as...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164, 176, 179, 187, 188, 190, 192 to 194, inclusive, 197, 198, 205 and 206 together. The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 196 together. The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169, 170 to 174, inclusive, 177, 178, 180 to 184, inclusive, 189, 191 and 207 to 211, inclusive, together. The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 204 together. The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 200 together. The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of his Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. The financial information requested by the Deputy involves an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The various parts of this Department responsible for each grant will compile the information relating to the basis for each grant and will provide this information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that last year I launched a new action plan for educational inclusion, DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), one aspect of which will be more staffing for the most disadvantaged schools. The plan provides for an extra 300 posts across the education system over the course of the five year implementation period. I expect that approximately 180 extra...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: In the 2005/06 school year there were 562 Language Support Teachers allocated to primary schools and 263 wholetime equivalents allocated to post-primary schools. The corresponding figures for the 2006/07 school year are 802 posts and 359 wholetime equivalents respectively. In addition, grant aid towards the cost of employing language support teachers was provided in the 2005/06 school year...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has in the past operated a number of schemes to tackle educational disadvantage and reduce class sizes in schools in disadvantaged areas. These existing schemes are being integrated into the new action plan for educational inclusion, DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) which I launched last year, one aspect of which will be more staffing for the most...
- Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The school which the Deputy refers received funding in respect of their homework club under the Fund for the Development of Targeted Educational Responses to Certain Children at Risk in 2005. The school is now participating in Band 1 of the School Support Programme under DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion and now has access to:...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The new school to which the Deputy refers was provided by my Department to meet the growing need for extra primary provision in the area in September, 2005. When fully occupied, the school will operate as a two-stream 16-classroom school. To enable it develop in this manner, it can only enrol two junior infant classes annually. This incremental development is common to all newly established...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The report of the Action Group on Access to Third Level Education made detailed recommendations concerning the introduction of special rates of maintenance grants for disadvantaged students, usually referred to as 'top-up' grants. The target group of "those most in need" was defined in terms of the dependants of people receiving long-term welfare payments, where the necessary conditions are...
- Estimates for Public Services 2007: Motion (21 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: This year's allocation for special educational needs measures is â¬820 million.
- Estimates for Public Services 2007: Motion (21 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Tá an-áthas orm a rá that 2007 will be another record year for increased investment in education. With an increase of 10% on last year's Estimates, a net provision of nearly â¬8.4 billion is being provided to support improvements right across the sector. Comparable figures in the 1997 Estimates show that â¬2.8 billion was provided for education. In 2002 the figure was â¬5.1 billion....
- Estimates for Public Services 2007: Motion (21 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: A total of 11,000 more teachers have been hired since 1997; unprecedented levels of extra support have been provided for children with special needs and those from disadvantaged areas, while â¬3 billion has been provided for school building projects, with 1,300 under way this year. Improvements have been made in the curriculum at levels underpinned by substantial investment in teacher...