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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: 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 an educational placement. An application for a home tuition grant for the pupil in question in respect of the 2006/07 school year was...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 244 to 246, inclusive, together. The funding arrangements made by my Department for second level schools reflect the different management and ownership arrangements for Vocational Schools and Community Colleges, Comprehensive & Community Schools and Voluntary Secondary Schools. At the core of funding arrangements at second level is reliance upon...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: All school building projects are selected for inclusion in the School Building and Modernisation Programme on the basis of priority of need. No differentiation is made between voluntary secondary schools and community and comprehensive schools. All applications for capital funding are assessed in accordance with my Department's published prioritisation criteria for large scale building...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The position is that the universities receive a block grant from the Higher Education Authority and it is a matter for each institution, as an autonomous institution, to determine how it is allocated internally.

Written Answers — Home Tuition: Home Tuition (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy may 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. There is an educational placement available for the child referred to...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Decisions on the entry requirements for admission to courses of further and higher education are a matter for the college authorities. The Leaving Certificate Art syllabus is designed to promote the development of students' creative, aesthetic, design, and critical skills as well as an appreciation and awareness of the role of the visual arts in history and contemporary culture. The syllabus...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Officials from my Department have been in contact with the school authorities advising them on how to apply for funding for the security fencing, as part of the large scale building project currently taking place at their school.

Written Answers — Statutory Instruments: Statutory Instruments (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1947, as amended by section 1 of the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act 1955, places a number of requirements in course of the publication of a statutory instrument. The critical obligation under section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Acts is to ensure that a notice is published in Iris Oifigiúil of the making of an order or regulation, as...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is in receipt of correspondence regarding works required at the school referred to by the Deputy. An official of the Building Section of my Department has contacted the management of the school. An application form for an Emergency Works Grant is being prepared for submission to the Building Section. As soon as the completed application form is received it will be considered as...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I have arranged that an application form for emergency works for the school in question be issued to the Deputy. As soon as the completed form is received it will be considered as a matter of urgency and the outcome will be notified to the school authorities without delay.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The management authority of the school in question applied for funding for carparking and replacement of windows and doors under the Summer Works Scheme 2007. Carparking was listed as the Priority 1 project. Under the prioritisation system these works were classed Category 10 (External Environment). Unfortunately the category applying to this type of project was not reached. The school...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Major improvements have been made in staffing at primary level in recent years. At the beginning of the current school year there are no less than 4000 extra teachers in our primary schools, compared with 2002. The average class size in our primary schools is 24 and there is now one teacher for 17 pupils at primary level, including resource teachers etc. Children with special needs and those...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Funding is allocated to the Life Centre, Pearse Square through the Fund for the Development of Targeted Educational Responses to Certain Children at Risk (CAR Fund) to provide a programme for young people between the ages of 12 and 16 who are out of the mainstream school system. This fund is the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan. The objective...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Higher Education Grants Schemes operate under the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts, 1968 to 1992. Under the Higher Education Grants Scheme an approved course is defined as a full-time undergraduate course of at least two years duration or a full-time postgraduate course of not less than one year duration pursued in an approved institution. An approved institution is...

Written Answers — Small Schools Scheme: Small Schools Scheme (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application under the Small Schools Scheme 2007 from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. Applications under this scheme are currently being assessed and a list of successful applicants will be published shortly.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department both recognises specific learning disability or dyslexia as a high-incidence special educational need in schools and funds the Dyslexia Association of Ireland. I have given a very high priority to the provision of resources to address the learning difficulties of children with low levels of achievement in reading. As the Deputy is aware,...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I have asked my officials to examine the position of this school and I will advise the Deputy as to the outcome of the examination once completed.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Office of Public Works (OPW), which acts on behalf of my Department has been asked to source a suitable site for the new school at Summercove. The negotiations on the acquisition of any suitable site is a matter for the OPW in the first instance and my Department will be guided accordingly.

Written Answers — Summer Works Scheme: Summer Works Scheme (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied under the Summer Works Scheme 2007 for car parking facilities. On the 8 January 2007 I announced details of the schools to receive funding to improve facilities under the Summer Works Scheme 2007. However, due to the volume of applications received it was not possible to allocate funding to all proposed projects. My Department's School Planning...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy made an application for temporary accommodation to accommodate the learning support and resource teacher. My Department has approved rental of temporary accommodation to meet this need.