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

Mary Hanafin: The revised primary curriculum was launched in 1999 after extensive consultation with the partners in education. Page 27 in the Introduction to the Curriculum states "It is a particular feature of Irish primary education that children, from the beginning of schooling, have experience of language learning in two languages." It also sets out a suggested minimum weekly time framework for...

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

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments in the area will be required in order to determine the long term projected enrolment figure on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. Once the...

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

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, all applications for large scale capital funding are assessed against published prioritisation criteria and assigned a band rating. Progress on individual projects is then considered in the context of the multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme consistent with that band rating. This is the case for the project in question which has been assigned...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 489 to 494, inclusive, together. Information on the breakdown of individual projects and the funding allocated in each individual case is not readily available in the format in which it has been sought. However, if the Deputy requires information on a particular building project, I will arrange same to be provided.

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

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding for works 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 (4 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 provides for an appeal to the Secretary General of my Department where a Board of Management of a school or a person acting on behalf of the Board refuses to enrol a student; suspends a student for a cumulative total of more than twenty days in an academic year; or expels a student from the school. In the year up to 19 September 2007, the number of...

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

Mary Hanafin: The teacher referred to by the Deputy is currently on secondment approved by her Board of Management. The scheme of secondment is designed to facilitate the temporary release of a permanent teacher from his/her teaching post and the procedures for secondment arrangements are set out in Department Circular 11/02. Under these arrangements a Board of Management, in framing a policy position on...

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

Mary Hanafin: The schools referred to by the Deputy are recognised primary schools and attract funding in the same way as all recognised primary schools. The funding arrangements for primary schools currently include a start up grant of €6,348.69. I will be considering revisions to the funding position of primary and post-primary schools following the Budget statement by the Minister for Finance which...

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

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments in the area will be required in order to determine the long term projected staffing figure on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. Once the long...

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

Mary Hanafin: My Department recently received a revised contract sum in respect of the new primary school referred to by the Deputy. As the documentation was not accompanied by a Quantity Surveyor's report, officials in my Department are now conducting a financial analysis of the revised contract sum. When the assessment is complete my Department will be in contact with the school's Board of Management....

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

Mary Hanafin: An extension/refurbishment project proposed for the school referred to by the Deputy is at the early stages of architectural planning.

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: There are.

Written Answers — School Absenteeism: School Absenteeism (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board are to ensure that each child attends a recognised...

Written Answers — School Absenteeism: School Absenteeism (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational WelfareBoard (NEWB) as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board are to ensure that each child attends a recognised...

Written Answers — School Absenteeism: School Absenteeism (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board are to ensure that each child attends a...

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a grant has been approved by my Department for the school project in question. Additional information has been requested and on receipt of this information the grant will issue to the school.

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: All primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) that is administered by NEPS and full details of which are available on my Department's website. NEPS does not keep waiting lists for assessments of...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Schedules of overall accommodation for the school to which the Deputy refers have been agreed with Co. Cork Vocational Education Committee to cater for a long term enrolment of 325 pupils. The building project required to deliver this new accommodation is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that my officials recently met with representatives of the National Braille Production Centre (NBPC). The matter of additional funding was raised by the NBPC and it was agreed that a formal proposal would be presented to my Department. This proposal is awaited. With regard to the element of the Deputy's question concerning the number of students awaiting the...

Written Answers — Video Conferencing Facilities: Video Conferencing Facilities (5 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department uses video conferencing whenever feasible and practical so that officials in various locations do not have to travel to attend meetings. In particular, video conferencing is used extensively by officials in the Department's three main offices in Dublin, Athlone and Tullamore. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to availability of video conferencing facilities...