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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school in question currently has the support of two resource teachers (RTTs) for traveller pupils. I can confirm that an application for a third RTT is receiving consideration. A decision will be conveyed to the school authorities as soon as this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Departmental Publications: Departmental Publications (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department's 2006 Annual Report is being formatted for publication. The Report will be available on the Department's website in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department's inspectorate recommended the distribution of the Judging Dev publication on receipt of an application from the History In Service Team (HIST) to collaborate with the Royal Irish Academy and RTE to make the Judging Dev book available to all post primary schools, and I was happy to support this initiative. The release of the book, which reassesses the career of Eamon de Valera...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Area Development Plan for the N4/M4 corridor published by the Commission on School Accommodation finds that the extra accommodation being provided by the Department at the existing school will be sufficient to meet the immediate needs of the area concerned in the short term. The Commission also finds that the Department should determine how the long terms...

Written Answers — Home Tuition: Home Tuition (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to inform the Deputy that home tuition has been sanctioned until Christmas for the child in question.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: A final determination on the grading and status of these posts has not yet been reached.

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Under the Lisbon Convention and the EU Directive on Mutual Recognition of professional qualifications, Ireland is committed to giving appropriate recognition to qualifications from other countries. The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland hosts a network of qualifications and quality assurance agencies from Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, and this network has...

Written Answers — Scholarship Programmes: Scholarship Programmes (4 Dec 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...

Written Answers — Scholarship Programmes: Scholarship Programmes (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Since the commencement of the George Mitchell Scholarship Programme, a total of 93 US students have been awarded George Mitchell scholarships and have undertaken postgraduate studies in third level institutes in Ireland North and South. The breakdown for each academic year is as follows: Year 2000/2001 12 2001/2002 12 2002/2003 12 2003/2004 11 2004/2005 12 2005/2006 11 2006/2007...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers applied to the Department for funding under the Small Schools Scheme 2007. Due to the volume of applications received it was not possible to allocate funding to all applicants and the school was not successful in this instance. The school has applied for funding under the Summer Works Scheme 2008 for window replacement. Decisions on this scheme will be...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 455 together. My Department's offices in Dublin, Athlone and Mullingar open to the public from 9.15am to 5.30pm and do not close for lunch. The same times apply to the Department's main phone lines. The Department's Press Office operate from 8am to 8pm and the Press Officer can also be contacted outside normal office hours. The Department's Regional...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 453 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the school to which he refers opened in September 2007 under the Patronage of the Catholic Archdiocese on a two year temporary basis. A decision on the future of Scoil Choilm will be taken in consultation with the interested parties.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has recently developed its first eGovernment service — the Online Claims System. The system is a web based system which enables Primary, Secondary and Community/ Comprehensive schools to input claims for the payment of casual and non casual teachers and also record teacher absences on line using a computer in the school. The system was rolled out to Secondary and Community...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: A number of the bodies and agencies under the remit of my Department are not required to have public offices because of the types of functions they carry out. Information on those agencies and bodies that do have public offices is currently being compiled in my Department and will be sent to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 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 — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 459 together. 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...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension at the school referred to by the Deputy has been assessed and the long term projected enrolments has been determined. In order to determine how best to provide for the school's future accommodation needs, a technical assessment of the existing school buildings will have to be carried out in order to finalise the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, a new general allocation system was introduced in May 2005, under which schools have been provided with resource teaching hours, based on their enrolment figures, to cater for children with high incidence special needs such as dyslexia and those with learning support needs. The general allocation system means that rather than schools having to make individual...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 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 (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The assessment of means under my Department's third level student support schemes is based on gross income from all sources of the candidate and his/her parents/guardians, where applicable, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments being exempt. Clause 13 of the Higher Education Grant Scheme deals with the declaration of income and other information. The clause...