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Written Answers — Skills Shortages: Skills Shortages (12 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: Since its establishment I have been the chair of the Inter-Departmental Committee for the implementation of the National Skills Strategy. The other members of the Committee are as follows: Mr Sean Gorman — Secretary General, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ms Brigid McManus — Secretary General, Department of Education and Science Mr Paddy McDonagh — Department of...

Written Answers — Skills Shortages: Skills Shortages (12 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: An Implementation Plan for the National Skills Strategy is currently being developed by an Inter-Departmental Committee which I chair and comprises of the Secretaries General and other senior officials of my Department and the Department of Education and Science. The Department of Finance is also represented at senior official level. The plan, which is due for completion next year, will...

Employment Rights. (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The consolidated EU directive on working time, which has been transposed into domestic legislation, represents a key instrument on working hours. In that respect, it is a very important achievement which has established standards in the areas of health and safety for workers. These core standards embody periods of daily and weekly rest, breaks, annual leave, maximum weekly working time,...

Garda Stations. (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: Unfortunately, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is unavailable, so I will take this Adjournment matter on his behalf. I have listened with great interest to what the Deputy had to say. I know the area quite well, and it was my understanding that Dublin City Council's north fringe area action plan was planning at its best. These housing estates, including those in...

Foreign Conflicts. (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The process of moving towards peace in Colombia has seen significant developments during the course of this year, and this is an opportune moment to consider the current situation. Deputies will recall the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages in July of this year, which was welcomed by the world as a signal that the situation in Colombia is changing. This high profile...

Schools Building Projects. (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to this House the Department's plans for the proposed building project for Scoil Eoin national school, Tralee, County Kerry. Scoil Eoin national school is a coeducational facility at junior level and a single sex girls school at senior level. It has a current enrolment of 567 pupils. The staffing...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I indicated to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question Number 620 of 21October, 2008 that eligible pupils may avail of school transport services, subject to certain criteria, under the terms of my Department's Primary or Post Primary School Transport Schemes which are operated on behalf of the Department by Bus Éireann. Bus Éireann advised my Department that pupils, where eligible,...

Written Answers — Schools Funding: Schools Funding (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: As you will be aware, the Education budget for 2009 has been increased by some €302 million. Notwithstanding this, a number of tough and difficult decisions have had to be taken, which have seen a number of spending cuts across the education sector. However, the overall allocation for the School Completion Programme in 2009 will increase by approximately 1% over the allocation for 2007/08....

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to this House my Department's plans for long term accommodation for Gaelscoil Bharra in Cabra, Dublin 7. Gaelscoil Bharra is a fully vertical co-educational primary school teaching through the medium of Irish. It has a current enrolment of 221 pupils and a staffing complement of a principal, eight...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I appreciate the question but I am not in a position to give a definite answer to the Senator, other than to restate the Department's commitment to achieving a satisfactory solution. Much depends on factors such as funding and when the Minister intends to make new announcements. I will bring the Senator's comments to the attention of the Minister and the Department's building unit with a...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: There is an overall provision for expenditure of €420,496,861 on further and adult education in 2009. This includes projected expenditure on the pay of teaching staff, participant allowances and other non-pay costs. The following supplementary table contains the details requested by the Deputy. Further and Adult Education Spending 2000-2009 Years Adult Education Spending Total...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: There is an overall provision of €43,658,000 for Special Initiatives in Adult Education, from which funding is provided for Adult Literacy and Community Education (including Special Initiatives for Disadvantaged Adults Scheme (SPIDAS). The allocation of funding from this provision has not yet been determined. The funding provided for Adult Literacy and Community Education (including...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf since the late 1960s, is primarily a rural based scheme that facilitates the transportation of over 134,000 children, including about 9,000 children with special needs, to primary and post-primary schools each day. It is a major logistical operation involving about 42 million journeys over 82 million...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Transport Liaison Office for County Kildare has confirmed that an application for school transport for the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, was received in May 2008. The family in question should liaise with the Transport Liaison Office regarding their application.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, is primarily a rural based scheme, in which children who are eligible for transport, under the terms of the scheme, are provided with a transport service subject to sufficient numbers offering for transport from distinct localities. Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme,...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The National Council for Special Education has responsibility, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for the establishment of special education facilities and for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. My Department has advised the parent of the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has requested Bus Éireann to furnish a report regarding the issues raised by the Deputy in his recent representations.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (19 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The school to which the Deputy refers is the among the schools that were judged by an independent identification process in 2005 not to have a sufficient level of disadvantage among their pupils to warrant their inclusion in DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools), the Action Plan for educational inclusion. The next identification process is scheduled to be held at the end of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for the establishment of special education facilities and for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. School transport for children with special needs is generally provided to the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (20 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I indicated in replies to recent Parliamentary Questions from the Deputy that my Department has requested Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme, to review the issues in question. My Department has no plans, however, to extend school transport services to children who are not eligible for transport and who use public scheduled bus and train services. If the Deputy has any...