Results 12,081-12,100 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Early School Leavers. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: It is widely accepted that the participation rate of 15 year old students is within 0.5% of the total numbers. Clarification on this question was sought from the Central Statistics Office and the Taoiseach answered a question on it last week when he stated: "It should be borne in mind that the figures for persons aged 15 years may be affected by the fact that this age was used in a filter...
- Early School Leavers. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information I gave in respect of the census was that given by the Taoiseach in reply to the same question last week on the 15 year olds and it is a valid answer. The National Educational Welfare Board is one part of the picture. It has 109 people employed currently doing very valuable work throughout the country.
- Early School Leavers. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: No. There are 109 people employed in the National Educational Welfare Board.
- Early School Leavers. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: There are 620 people working directly with young people at risk of dropping out of school and the work they do is just as valuable. They are the home school community liaison people who are a link between the parents and the schools to ensure the children stay on in school. They are the school completion fund programme co-ordinators who organise activities such as transition into primary...
- Early School Leavers. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The changes in curriculum have also ensured that young people stay on in school.
- Early School Leavers. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: It is a much broader report. The National Educational Welfare Board is the stick element of it. The rest of them are the carrot element, and both are necessary.
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Increased enrolments and the appointment of nearly 5,000 extra primary teachers since 2002 alone have created a considerable demand for extra school accommodation in recent years. This is being met by unprecedented investment in the school building programme, with more than â¬540 million being spent this year. My Department has sought to provide schools with permanent solutions to their...
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: A Minister cannot be criticised for putting on the record what is occurring in respect of a substantial building programme. My reply, which has been circulated to the Deputy, statedââ
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I ran out of time before I reached page four of my reply, but it will be circulated to the Deputy.
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: It stated: The board of management of a school is responsible for acquiring temporary accommodation, including the procurement of prefabs. In practice, a rental contract is between the school's board of management and the supplying contractor. The Department examines all applications for additional accommodation to determine whether it is necessary and we determine the level of funding...
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Some â¬24.5 million is a substantial amount, but it is small in the context of the â¬540 million being spent on the capital programme. The Deputy asked what details the Department has regarding the terms of the contract and the rental cost. As I made clear, that information is kept by the individual schools and we do not have it, for example, on a computer database that would make it...
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: We check the cost of each case.
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The schools to which the Deputy referred, the prefab accommodations of which are being put on hold, have been given the go-ahead subject to the tendering process not running out of control.
- Site Acquisitions. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Land has been acquired as a result of my Department and Fingal County Council working in partnership over the past number of years. The focus is on finalising arrangements for sites needed for the next school year. The innovations in the design and delivery of school buildings put in place in recent years mean that once the land has been acquired, we can provide school accommodation quickly....
- Site Acquisitions. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I did not hold or arrange a press briefing. Fingal County Council organised it.
- Site Acquisitions. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: For the past couple of years, we have been working closely with the council regarding these sites. Site acquisitions are commercially sensitive and the amount of available land in many developed areas is limited. I cannot give specific details as to which sites are in play.
- Site Acquisitions. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The general areas under consideration include Balbriggan, Skerries, Donabate, Lusk, Swords and the Dublin 15 area. Fingal County Council is working on the Department's behalf to acquire sites. We are further along in some cases than in others, but there is good co-operation. For commercial reasons, I am not in a position to give the details of individual sites.
- Site Acquisitions. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: All schools that must be built are subject to site acquisitions, planning permission and construction. We are working actively in all three respects.
- Site Acquisitions. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: They were announced by Fingal County Council, not by me.
- School Accommodation. (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: In light of increases in population in the south Galway area and the decision of the Sisters of Mercy to close Seamount college, Kinvara, on a phased basis, I determined that a new post-primary school would be required in the south Galway area. I asked the commission on school accommodation to conduct a survey of school accommodation in the area to determine the location of the proposed...