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Seanad: School Staffing (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: The Senator's comments will be taken into consideration in the context of the review to which I referred.

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The national cancer screening service is responsible for implementation of CervicalCheck, the national cervical screening programme, which commenced last September. Colposcopy services are an integral part of a cervical screening programme. Women who have pre-cancerous cell...

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: The Senator has asked very technical questions and I have no doubt they are very important. I will bring them to the attention of the Minister for Health and Children and the HSE.

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: In December 2008, the Government launched its strategy for the renewal of the economy. The strategy commits the Government to stabilising the public finances and restoring competitiveness. It also repositions the Irish economy in the medium to long term. The strategy involves investing heavily in research and development and implementing a new green deal. The economic renewal framework is...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (28 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: The school to which the Deputy refers is 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 the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (28 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme, the pupils referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied are eligible for school transport to the school in question. However, Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the Department, has advised that there is no service operating from the area in which they reside to the school. In the circumstances,...

Stardust Fire Tragedy: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a small contribution to this debate. This is an important motion, having regard to the history of the Stardust fire. The fire in the Stardust nightclub in Artane on St. Valentine's Day 1981 was an appalling tragedy which resulted in a terrible loss of life. Forty-eight people were killed and many more injured in the fire. All those who died were...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and an integrated School Support Programme (SSP). DEIS brings together and builds upon a number of existing interventions in schools with concentrated levels of disadvantage. The process of identifying schools for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport schemes on behalf of my Department, has advised that the specific school transport service referred...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: Following the introduction of DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) the Action Plan for Educational Inclusion, a commitment was given, as a concessionary measure to Non DEIS schools in receipt of resources under pre-existing schemes, that they would retain a level of support in line with their size and disadvantage levels for the duration of the DEIS Initiative. Given the...

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: I thank Senator O'Donovan on behalf the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for the opportunity to clarify the position in regard to the Courtmacsherry and Timoleague sewerage scheme. The scheme is included for funding in the Department's water services investment programme 2007-09. It is one of more than 20 water and sewerage projects, with an investment value of...

Seanad: Crime Prevention (4 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: I take the Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern. I thank Senator Fitzgerald for raising this important issue. Any abuse of children must be condemned in the strongest possible terms and using children to commit crimes is abuse. I will outline the strategy of the Garda Síochána in dealing with gun crime and...

Seanad: Physical Education Facilities (4 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I thank the Senators for raising this matter, as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and the current position in respect of Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, County Galway...

Seanad: Road Network (5 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: The Minister for Transport thanks the Senator for raising the matter of the improvement of Pottery Road, Dún Laoghaire. In response, the Minister would like me first to make a number of general points about the resourcing of regional and local roads. Responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area is a matter for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this adjournment on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, Minister for Education and Science. I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the position with regard to the proposed school building project for St. Mary's College, Knockbeg, County Carlow. St. Mary's College is an all-boys' post-primary school...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: Things are not that bad. This will allow the Department of Education and Science to continue to invest significant amounts in school buildings throughout the country, to provide additional school places and to refurbish existing schools such as St. Mary's College. I thank the Senator again for raising this matter and assure him that the Minister for Education and Science is aware of...

Seanad: School Staffing (5 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am replying on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, Minister for Education and Science. I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with an opportunity to outline to the House the Department's position on extra personal vacation days. EPV days are days in lieu granted to primary teachers for time spent attending an approved professional development course during...

Seanad: School Staffing (5 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: The Minister intends to keep this decision under review. From my experience in the Department, the decision was also taken in the context of the need to cut back on expenditure across the board.