Results 11,961-11,980 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The issue of road safety measures outside the vested site areas of schools, would be a matter that should be raised in the first instance with the relevant Local Authority. Local Authorities have the power to decide on road safety measures outside schools and should ensure that measures are in place to protect the safety of local school children. Individual school authorities are responsible...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The New School Advisory Committee (NSAC) has received formal notifications of intention to apply for the recognition of new primary schools in September, 2008 in the locations to which the Deputy refers. The (NSAC) is an independent advisory group established to process applications for the recognition of new primary schools and to make recommendations to me. I would expect that the NSAC...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: In order to meet the language needs of students in our schools whose first language is not English or Irish, additional support is given to their schools which can take the form of financial assistance, additional teaching posts or portions of posts. The level of extra financial or teaching support provided to any school is determined by the numbers of eligible non-English speaking students...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The total capital allocation for the Primary and Post-Primary sectors in 2007 is over â¬540m and this allocation will be expended by year-end. It is not possible to determine the level of contractual commitments that will be a constituent part of the 2008 allocation until later this year. This arises as projects on site will incur further expenditure in 2007 and a number of projects may...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: When a school is given approval to enter architectural planning the first step in the process is the appointment of a Design Team to design and plan the works. All Design Teams are made aware of the Department's Design Team procedures which include relevant and appropriate guidelines and these must be adhered to in advancing a school through the architectural design process.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Following a pre-planning discussion between the Design Team and officials from the Roads Section of Kildare County Council, it was confirmed that a traffic impact assessment was not required. During this discussion, Kildare County Council suggested alterations to the scheme to take account of traffic requirements and these alterations have been incorporated into the design. Kildare County...
- Written Answers — Grant Applications: Grant Applications (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The special rate of maintenance grant is available to students under each of my Department's four maintenance grant schemes. In order to qualify for the special rate of maintenance grant the following conditions must be satisfied: 1. An applicant must qualify for the standard maintenance grant; 2. The relevant income, in the prescribed tax year, must not exceed the lower income limit as set...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. However I can say that during 2007 awards totalling â¬93,000...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has applied for funding for the upgrade of toilet facilities under the Summer Works Scheme 2008. The closing date for the Summer Works Scheme 2008 was 28 September 2007. Decisions on the scheme will be made later in the year.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Planning and Building Unit of my Department, which is located in Tullamore, has a total staffing level of 128 posts. The unit deals with first, second and third level infrastructure, as well as Public Private Partnership. Details of the staff allocation at each grade are set out below. There are 5.5 vacancies in the unit and arrangements are being made to fill these. 8 â Principal...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information to which the Deputy refers is acquired by the Department in the context of applications which are made by schools under the various Capital Programme Schemes. The information received is maintained on an individual school basis and is used to assess applications under the published prioritisation criteria attaching to each Scheme. The Government is delivering on its...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: It is not clear what the Deputy is referring to, however, as he will be aware, funding of â¬4.5 billion is being provided by the Government under the new National Development Plan (NDP) for investment in school building infrastructure over the lifetime of the Plan. This will be the largest investment programme in schools in the history of the State and will enable the Department to ensure...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is not available as the parties to the contracts are generally the school authority and the rental company and as such the Department provides grant aid to individual school authorities towards these costs. The demand for additional accommodation in schools has risen significantly over the last number of years mainly due to the rapid expansion in...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently 230 large scale projects progressing from early design through to post-contract control stage in the primary sector. At the commencement of the process a Design Team is appointed to each of these large scale projects and comprises the services of an architect, structural engineer, mechanical and electrical engineer and a quantity surveyor. There are 120 consultant...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The most recent public service figures for September 2007 indicated that there were to the order of 29,720 teaching posts in primary schools. It is expected that circa 650 primary teachers will retire during or at the end of the current academic year.
- Written Answers — Higher Education Research: Higher Education Research (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: My Department engages with Science Foundation Ireland on a regular basis. SFI is a member of the Higher Education Research Group (HERG), an implementation structure established under the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation, chaired by my Department and representative of all stakeholders in research in higher education, including the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment,...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the pupil population in second level schools by sector is contained in the attached file. The data includes post leaving certificate pupils. All of the details with the exception of the 2005/06 and 2006/07 years have been published in my Department's annual statistical report. Data in relation to pupil enrolment in the 2007/2008 school...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The number of Permanent Wholetime Teacher Positions in Secondary and Community/Comprehensive schools from the 2000/2001 to the 2007/2008 school years is attached. The information regarding permanent wholetime teachers employed by Vocational Education Committees is available from the individual committees. Permanent Whole-time Positions 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The number of retirements from Permanent Wholetime positions in Secondary and Community/Comprehensive schools as recorded on my Department's database from 2000 to 2007 is as follows:â Year 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 Female 142 160 176 201 241 219 311 ...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The number of teachers appointed for the 2007/2008 school year to a PWT contract in Secondary and Community/ Comprehensive schools is currently 359. The information in respect of previous years for secondary and community comprehensive schools for contracts is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy at a later date. The number of teachers appointed to new PWT contracts for...