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Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, is in negotiations for the purchase of a site for the primary school referred to by the Deputy. A new post-primary school to serve emerging needs in the Dublin 15 area will be located at Phibblestown. Negotiations regarding the acquisition of a site...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for capital grant aid for a major refurbishment project. Its application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners. Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the school building programme. In this...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that construction is expected to commence in the coming weeks on the new school in question.

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department operates four student maintenance grant schemes which comprise the post leaving certificate scheme and three schemes which relate to third level courses. The schemes are administered by the VECs and local authorities on behalf of my Department. Under the prescribed conditions of all four schemes maintenance grants are payable at either the adjacent or the non-adjacent rate. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Dáil Select Committee on Education and Science concluded Committee Stage of the Grangegorman Development Agency Bill on 16 December 2004. The purpose of this Bill is to establish an agency whose function, in the first instance, is to prepare a strategic planning scheme for the Grangegorman site. The plan must provide for the needs of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Health Service...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Under my Department's guidelines on countering bullying behaviour in schools, all schools are recommended to have in place a policy which includes specific measures to deal with bullying behaviour, within the framework of an overall school code of behaviour and discipline. Such a code, properly devised and implemented, can be the most influential measure in countering bullying behaviour in...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: With regard to internal promotion for administrative grades in my Department, since December 2003 all office notices inviting applications for promotion have referred to the Government's decentralisation programme and have stated that the acceptance of an offer of promotion from the competition may be conditional on the outcome of discussions taking place between the Department of Finance and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The special class for autism has the services of one classroom teacher and two special needs assistants to cater for six pupils. My Department is considering an application for an additional special needs assistant at the school and a decision will be conveyed to the school as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department meets regularly with the planning department of South Dublin County Council with a view to identifying the need for additional educational provision and reserving sites for schools, where required. Arising from this process, sites for primary school purposes have been reserved in the Ballycullen and Fortunestown areas. A decision on the provision of any new schools in these...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers is listed for proceeding to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months. My Department's building unit held general information meetings for all schools due to go to tender and construction in the next 12 to 15 months to guide them through the process involved in moving projects to tender and construction. These meetings took place on 31...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, a new school planning model involving published area development plans is being piloted in five areas over the current school year. Laytown is included in the pilot scheme as part of an overall plan for the north Dublin, east Meath, south Louth area. The need for a new post-primary school in that area will be considered in this context. The purpose of this new...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has received an application for the recognition of a new primary school in Laytown, County Meath, for September 2005. As the Deputy may be aware, the new schools advisory committee, which was established in 2002, independently assesses and makes recommendations to me on all applications for the recognition of new primary schools. Decisions in respect of applications for the...

Written Answers — Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol Abuse (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department will make direct contact with the Deputy shortly with the information requested.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners. All available information was taken into consideration in the context of this assessment. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the school building programme. In this...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The issue of the reckoning of casual and non-casual teaching service for the purpose of incremental credit has been the subject of discussions at the teachers conciliation council. As no agreement has been reached the issue is now being referred for arbitration in accordance with the terms of the revised conciliation and arbitration scheme for teachers. My Department is not in a position to...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The complement of the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, has increased from 43 psychologists — 30 in permanent full-time posts and 13 on secondment — on the date of establishment to 128 in January 2005, plus two psychologists on career break and one on assignment to another section of the Department. Recruitment of psychologists has, until recently, been undertaken by the...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I attach the information requested by the Deputy as an Excel spread sheet. The schools listed as NEPS schools in the spreadsheet have NEPS psychologists directly assigned to them and have access to the full NEPS service. All schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, whereby the school can have an...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I confirm that my Department has received an application for special needs assistant support, SNA, for the pupil in question. The review of SNA provision in primary schools referred to by the Deputy commenced in September 2004 and is continuing. The review is concerned with the level and deployment of SNA posts in mainstream classes. The intention is to ensure that the level of approved SNA...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A new school building project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners, and the project is being considered for the 2005 schools building programme. I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 schools building programme which provided details...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the parent of the pupil in question has appealed the decision of a school to refuse enrolment under section 29 of the Education Act. A decision on the appeal will issue to the parent shortly. Meanwhile, my Department has approved ten hours per week home tuition while a school placement is being sourced.