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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy is a four teacher school with approximately 16 pupils. At the start of this school year there were three teaching vacancies out of a total teaching complement of four teaching posts at the school. Due to this exceptional number of vacancies, the school was unable to re-open in September 2007. The recruitment process is in hand and the Board of...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Nov 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' Scholarships Scheme, the Third Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for Trainees and the Maintenance Grants Scheme for Students attending Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) Courses. The HEG Scheme is administered...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to inform the Deputy that the breakdown of the 2008 school building budget between the various schemes administered by my Department's School Building Section, including the devolved schemes, has not yet been determined.

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (21 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is a second-chanceeducation 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 — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for third level grants is a matter for the relevant assessing authority — i.e. the local authority or VEC. These bodies do not refer individual applications to my Department except, in exceptional cases, where, for example, advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is required. If an individual applicant considers that she/he...

Written Answers — Post-Graduate Funding: Post-Graduate Funding (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: In 1998, the George Mitchell scholarship programme was established and the Government agreed to contribute an endowment of IR£2 million to the Programme. The purpose of the programme is to enable highly qualified American students to attend third level institutions in Ireland for post graduate studies The George Mitchell Scholarship Fund Act was enacted in December 1998 and it empowered the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is spending over €540m this year on the delivery of over 1,500 school building projects throughout the country. This is the first phase of investment under the Government's National Development Plan which will involve over €4.5 billion being invested in school buildings over the next 7 years. This year alone will see construction work that will ultimately deliver over 17,500...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: 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 — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied for roof replacement under the Summer Works Scheme 2008. The breakdown of the 2008 building budget between the devolved and other schemes has not yet been determined.

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The National Educational Welfare Board is developing a nationwide service on a continuing basis that is accessible to schools, parents/guardians and others concerned with the welfare of young people. For this purpose, Educational Welfare Officers (EWOs) have been deployed throughout the country to provide a welfare-focused service to support regular school attendance and discharge the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is spending over €540m this year on the delivery of over 1,500 school building projects throughout the country. This is the first phase of investment under the Government's National Development Plan which will involve over €4.5 billion being invested in school buildings over the next 7 years. This year alone will see construction work that will ultimately deliver over...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is available from the individual Vocational Education Committees. The Vocational Education Committees are responsible for the payment of the teachers employed by them.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The number of teachers currently serving in Community and Comprehensive schools between full-time and part-time is as follows:— Full-time — 3,093 Part-time — 1,338 The total wholetime equivalent number of teachers in Community & Comprehensive Schools is 4,213.

Written Answers — Traveller Education: Traveller Education (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The number of teaching hours allocated to Traveller Training Centres is 256,213.00 hours which equates to 348 whole time equivalent posts.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The breakdown of the 2008 building budget between the devolved and other schemes has not yet been determined.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department is in receipt of an application for large scale capital funding from the school to which he refers. The project have 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 School Building and Modernisation...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has given careful consideration to an application for a second level all-Irish school for the North Kildare area and has decided that the application is premature and should not be granted. In arriving at this conclusion, account was taken of the establishment of Coláiste Cois Life, Lucan, under the aegis of Co. Dublin VEC to serve the needs of the west Dublin /north Kildare...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Project to which the Deputy refers to is currently at early architectural planning. A stage 3 submission (detailed design) was received and further clarification was requested by the Department. This clarification has been received and is currently being examined by officials from my Department. The schools board of management will be kept informed of developments once the examination...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: In response to the need for additional primary school places in Celbridge, the Department recognised a new primary school which commenced operation this September. The schools initial intake was 79 pupils. The school is located in temporary accommodation, the refurbishment of which was funded by the Department to ensure that it was suitable for school use. Site identification and...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the deputy is detailed in the following table. New boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years Name Year of Establishment An Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta 2002 Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education 2001 Education Finance Board 2006 Further Education & Training...