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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The information sought is being compiled in my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The details sought by the Deputy are not readily available. As the Deputy may be aware, the Summer Works Scheme was introduced in 2004. Since then, over 3,000 projects costing in excess of €300 million have been completed. Considerable extra investment has been provided in the Budget to increase funding for school buildings to almost €600 million next year. With so many small projects...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating special educational needs resources, including assistive technology supports to schools to support students with special needs. On receipt of an application for assistive technology from a school, the SENO will examine the application in...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, all applications for large scale capital funding are assessed against published prioritisation criteria. Progress on individual projects, such as the one in question, will be considered in the context of the multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Primary Schools Patronage: Primary Schools Patronage (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Scoil Choilm, Diswellstown, Dublin 15 was opened last September under the temporary patronage of the Catholic Church. It was opened to provide for children who it had emerged could not be accommodated in the two established schools in the area, both under Catholic Patronage. I recently announced that it is my intention to roll out a new model of primary school patronage which will be...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department is working closely with Fingal County Council in relation to a number of sites to be acquired under the Fingal School Model Agreement for educational provision in the Dublin 15 area for 2008 and onwards. Site acquisitions, including the one to which the Deputy refers, can be commercially sensitive and for this reason, my Department does not as a...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Acquisition of a 6 acre site for primary school provision in Tyrellstown is well advanced at contract stage. The site is such that it should provide accommodation for up to two 24 classroom schools, each of which would have a 3 stream junior infant intake. This equates to a pupil intake of 162 junior infants per year. The Department will be discussing the configuration and size of the...

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together. The school to which the Deputy refers extended its provision of educational facilities in September 2007 on foot of an extension of the parish boundaries to take in the new housing developments in Tyrellstown. Due to the restricted nature of the existing school site, the Department agreed that the school could operate on a split campus...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Officials from my Department are currently examining the revised Stage 3 documentation that had previously been requested from the project's Design Team. The Schools board of Management will be kept informed of developments on completion of this examination.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Pre-procurement work is ongoing on the 2nd bundle of primary/post-primary projects consisting of Bantry Community College and Gaelscoil Bheanntrai, Co. Cork, Kildare Town Community School, Abbeyfeale Community College, Athboy Community School and Wicklow Town Community College. The preparation of Output Specifications and the Public Service Benchmark (PSB) are at an advanced stage. Outline...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has identified a suitable site for the school in question. The acquisition of this site is at the negotiation stage at present. When the site is secured, the proposed building project for the school will be considered for progression in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. The question of the future provision of primary school...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy involves the construction of a new single-storey school building of 1345 sq. m containing eight classrooms, library, G.P. Room and ancillary accommodation. The tender report for the school is under examination in my Department at present. The school's Board of Management will be kept advised of developments when the examination is...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the project to which he refers is due to commence construction shortly.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Progression of all projects to tender and construction, including the project in question, will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. I intend to announce in January the first tranche of projects that will be proceeding to construction with further announcements throughout the year as the school building programme is rolled out.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The allocation of funding in respect of the devolved scheme referred to by the Deputy is under consideration in the context of the overall 2008 school building budget.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of new school building 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...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 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. Progression of all projects to tender and construction, including the project in question, will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a Design Team has now been appointed and the process of architectural planning has commenced.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 311 together. The National Council for Special Education was required by the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004 to make a report on the implementation of the Act. This report is essentially advice to the Minister on the steps the Council considers should be taken to implement the Act. The report sets out an action...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (19 Dec 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware all primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA, whereby the school can have an assessment...