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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I would like to inform the Deputy that my Department has finalised the long term projected enrolment for the proposed new second level school in Buttevant, County Cork. Department officials are currently engaged in an exercise to revise schedules of overall accommodation for the proposed project. The building project required to deliver this new accommodation is being considered in the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 290 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the home tuition scheme provides funding to facilitate the provision of 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. As there...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the tuition grant can be used towards the fees of the pre-school concerned as my Department has reached agreement with the provider in question.

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations, including organising the holding of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination. In view of this, I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to her.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Programme for Government commitment in this area is for the long term funding for the existing centres that are currently in the ABA pilot scheme subject to agreement with my Department on standards that will enable my Department to support them as primary schools for children with autism. In relation to specific provision for children with autism, my Department considers that as each...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. I have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply. All...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is not in receipt of an application for major capital investment for the purchase of a site or the construction of a new school, from the management authority of the school in Killeagh, County Cork as referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Interpretation Act 2005: Interpretation Act 2005 (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am not aware of any decisions in the area of education which have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act 2005.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The position regarding refuse collection charges for schools is that charges payable to the various Local Authorities do not come within the remit of my Department. It would be a matter for the Local Authorities to decide whether schools are liable to pay such charges. Where it is decided that schools are liable for such charges, the cost would form part of the normal running costs of schools...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that an extension and refurbishment project is currently in progress for the school referred to. The project is in the early stages of Architectural Planning. Approval to proceed to Stage 3 (Developed Sketch Scheme) of Architectural Planning has been granted to the school authorities. Officials from my Department will be in further contact with the school...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school in County Galway referred to by the Deputy. The assessment of the long term projected staffing, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is required. Once the long term projection has been determined and agreed with the school authorities the building project will be considered...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the Higher Education Grants (HEG) Scheme, the Vocational Education Committees' (VEC) Scholarships Scheme, the Third Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for Trainees (TLT) and the Maintenance Grants Scheme for Students attending Post Leaving Certificate Courses (PLC). The decision on...

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: On the 16 May 2007, I announced the provision of a new second level school for the Kinvara area. This decision was and remains predicated on the Mercy Order as Trustees of Seamount College accepting first year students each year until the end of the 2011/2012 school year. As part of this announcement, I indicated that I had instructed my officials to enter into discussions with the Trustees...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware of my commitment to ensuring that all children, including those with autism, receive an education appropriate to their needs. Therefore, I share her interest in the opening of the autism unit to which she refers to facilitate the children concerned and ensure that they receive the supports they need to reach their potential. However as the Deputy will be aware, the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. I have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply. All...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The long term accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy has been determined as 6 mainstream classrooms plus appropriate ancillary accommodation and the school authority have been notified of same. The building project required to deliver the school accommodation is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department recently received an updated application for large scale capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The updated application is currently being assessed. When this has been completed, the project will be assigned a Band rating under the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and progress on the project...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Schools with students who have special educational needs can be provided with a wide range of supports and assistance including additional teaching and care resources as well as specialist equipment and assistive technology if this is considered necessary. As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am having enquiries made into the matter and will revert to the Deputy in the near future.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department is considering a number of options to address the long term accommodation needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. One of the options proposed by the schools Board of Management is the building of a permanent structure on the school's current site which is based at the local GAA club. In this regard, a member of the Department's technical staff visited the school...