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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The scheme for the award of incremental credit to teachers was agreed at the Conciliation Council for Teachers which is comprised of representatives of the teacher unions, school management, the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Science. The scheme, as agreed, makes no provision for the award of incremental credit in respect of teaching service in educational...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The position is that all candidates applying for state funded teaching positions in schools must be registered teachers under the terms of the Teaching Council Acts 2001, 2006. In addition, a school authority may specify that an applicant holds specific qualifications relevant to the requirements of the post to be filled.

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Individual school authorities are responsible in the first instance for health and safety issues, including making adequate security arrangements, at schools. School authorities should liaise with their local Gardaí who are best placed to provide practical advice and support and to make recommendations on how best to mitigate the potential risk to the school. Primary school authorities may...

Written Answers — Students' Medication: Students' Medication (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998 and the regulations of the Department of Education and Science, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. It is important that the management authorities of primary and post-primary schools request parents to ensure that the school is made aware of any medical condition suffered by any pupil attending....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the School Planning Section of the Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. This application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale works and has been assigned a band 2 rating. Progress on the proposed project isbeing...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department is in correspondence with the management authorities of the schools to which the Deputy refers regarding amalgamation proposals. When formal agreement to the amalgamation is received from both Boards of Management, the Department will carry out an assessment of the long term projected staffing of the proposed new school and following that will also arrange a...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware of the circumstances of the person to whom the Deputy refers and as the Deputy is aware the matters referred to are the subject of ongoing High Court proceedings against my Department as well as the Department of Health and Children and the Health Services Executive. In those circumstances it would be inappropriate for me to comment in any detail on the particulars of the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The existing models of school patronage have served the education sector well over many decades. However, it can happen in a small number of rapidly developing areas that a traditional patron is not readily available. In view of same, I announced on the 17 February 2007, that a new additional model of Primary school patronage would be introduced on a pilot basis at a school to be built in...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Government's recently published National Development Plan 2007-2013 highlights the importance of higher education skills in the economy in order to maintain competitiveness into the future. To increase the levels of workplace learning and upskilling, the Government agreed under Towards 2016 to establish a targeted fund to alleviate the fees in public institutions for part-time courses at...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the general allocation system was implemented with effect from September 2005. The new system means that rather than schools having to make individual applications to this Department for resources for pupils with high incidence special educational needs, that is, pupils with borderline mild and mild general learning disability and specific learning disability,...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Department has appointed an architect directly to carry out the necessary refurbishment works for the school to which the Deputy refers. The architect will be in direct contact with the school to discuss the delivery of the project.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The recruitment and appointment of personnel to fill teaching posts, including language support posts, is a matter for the Board of Management of each individual school. Agreed procedures with regard to the filling of posts (e.g. compliance with any redeployment panel arrangements in place, composition of selection boards, advertising etc) must be followed. It is the policy of my Department...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. I have made enquiries with the Commission in relation to the issue raised by the Deputy and the position is as follows. Practical coursework is accepted for assessment by the State Examinations Commission only where it has been completed by candidates under...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The job sharing scheme for Primary Teachers was first implemented by the Minister for Education and Science for the 1997/98 school year and has continued to apply since then. Boards of Management of Primary Schools are required to develop a policy on job-sharing specific to the needs of the particular school so that staff may be fully aware of the Board's position on the matter. Board's of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the report to which she refers is an internal report prepared for my Department by the National Council for Special Education. This report was not intended for publication.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department recently wrote to the school authorities regarding their Stage 1 submission (site suitability and design options) and a reply has now been received. My Department will be in contact with the school authorities shortly regarding further progression of their project....

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department's criteria for allocating additional supports in respect of pupils with a specific learning disability (SLD) are that such pupils have been assessed by a psychologist as being of average intelligence or higher and having a degree of learning disability specific to basic skills in reading, writing or mathematics which places them at or below the 2nd percentile on suitable,...

Written Answers — School Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Catchment boundaries have their origins in the establishment of free post-primary education in the late 1960's and were determined following consultation with local educational interests. For planning purposes the country was divided into geographic districts each with several primary schools feeding into a post-primary centre with one or more post-primary schools. The intention was and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that officials from the Department and a consultant architect met with the school authorities concerned in recent days to discuss the delivery of the building project in question.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The closing date for receipt of applications under the Dormant Accounts / RAPID Leverage Fund Small Scale Capital Grants Scheme was 1 March 2007. The Midland Regional Office of my Department received over 1,000 applications for the scheme, including applications from both of the schools referred to by the Deputies. These applications are currently being logged and acknowledged. Once this...