Results 12,241-12,260 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that on 22 February 2007, my Department gave devolved authority for the project in question to proceed to tender and construction. I understand that tenders have been returned and my Department is currently awaiting the tender report.
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: In accordance with the Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools, all second-level schools should offer Physical Education as part of the curriculum. The programme should be based on the Department's approved syllabuses and teaching hours should be registered on the school timetable. The syllabuses in Physical Education have been developed on the basis of a time allocation of two hours per...
- Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools and the Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools in such matters. The Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. This may result, however, in some pupils not obtaining a place in the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department is in receipt of an application from County Kildare VEC for large scale capital funding for second level accommodation in Castledermot. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the multi-annual...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together. The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. However, if the Deputy wishes to request details on a specific school, my officials will provide the required information.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is not maintained by my Department. Third Level Colleges and Institutions are autonomous bodies and are responsible for the day to day management of their affairs, including applications for planning permission for building projects.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 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. All schools have the names and contact details of their local SENO. Parents may also contact their local SENO directly to...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The admission requirements for entry into third level colleges and the delineation of points for particular subjects are matters for decision by the colleges themselves. The Central Applications Office provides a processing service on behalf of the colleges, based on the parameters stipulated by the colleges for entry purposes. I am on record as favouring the provision of bonus points for...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I would presume that the Deputies is alluding, in his reference to private psychologists, to those who participate in the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). This Scheme was established in 2001 to allow schools, who do not have a NEPS psychologist assigned to them, to commission individual psychological assessments from a panel of private psychologists set up by NEPS...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that I secured approval for a 10% increase in the standard rate of student grant with effect from September 2007. This very substantial increase, at twice the rate of inflation, will benefit over 56,000 students who receive a maintenance grant to attend higher and further education. In addition, over 13,200 students are expected to benefit from a...
- Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is a second â chance education initiative, which is funded by my Department, for unemployed persons who are at least 21 years of age and in receipt of certain social welfare payments for at least six months. It is operated through the Vocational Education Committees. The aim of the Scheme is to give unemployed people education and training...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The table contains a breakdown of the monthly expenditure on travel incurred by the Minister and Ministers of State since the formation of the new Government. The costs for the Minister for Education and Science include the recent visit to new Zealand where she accompanied the President. Monthly Expenditure on Travel since the formation of the new Government on the 14th June 2007 Name of...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: A reasoned opinion has been issued by the European Commission relating to the transposition of EU Directive 2006/100 of 20 November 2006 in relation to mutual recognition of qualifications on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Council Directive 2006/100 of 20 November 2006 was published on 20 December 2006 in the EU Journal. It sets out the titles of certain qualifications in respect of...
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The organisation referred to by the Deputy has written to my Department and a reply will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. I understand that the tender documentation for the project referred to by the Deputy is nearing completion. Progression of all projects to tender and construction will be considered in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
- Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The universities are autonomous institutions and my Department does not have any function in their day to day operational affairs. The universities receive a block grant from the Higher Education Authority and it is a matter for each institution to determine the programmes it runs.
- Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Funding of recurrent grants to universities is provided through the Higher Education Authority. The Authority has advised that the amount of recurrent core grants funding, including fees, allocated to date for UCD in 2007 is â¬176.9 m. The amount allocated to UCD for 2006 was â¬178.3m. The universities are autonomous institutions and it is a matter for each institution to determine the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The tender report for the school referred to by the Deputy is under examination in my Department at present. The school's Board of Management will be kept advised of developments when the examination is complete.
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The assessment of means under my Department's Student Maintenance Grant Schemes is based on gross income from all sources, with specified social welfare and Health Service Executive payments being excluded from the calculation. The following Social Welfare and Health Service Executive payments are excluded in the calculation of reckonable income:â Child Benefit; â Family Income...
- Written Answers — Road Safety Strategy: Road Safety Strategy (15 Nov 2007)
Mary Hanafin: My Department is at present working in co-operation with the Health and Safety Authority and the State Claims Agency on the development of guidelines and resources for schools on health and safety, with an initial focus on second-level schools. It is envisaged that these guidelines and resources, which will include guidance on the preparation of a road safety protocol for inclusion in the...