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Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (21 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) as the statutory body with responsibility for school attendance. The general functions of the Board are to ensure that each child attends a recognised school or otherwise receives a certain minimum education. I am informed by the Board that on 31st December 2008 there were 104 staff employed....

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (21 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: Non-Irish nationals in the following categories are entitled to free access to some Further Education courses on the same basis as Irish nationals: *EU nationals; *persons who have refugee status in Ireland; *persons in the State as the spouse of an EU national, where the EU national has moved from one country to another within the EU to work; *persons (including their spouse and children)...

Written Answers — National Education Welfare Board: National Education Welfare Board (26 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB), which was established under the Educational Welfare act 2000, is just one aspect of the comprehensive framework that this Government has put in place to improve school attendance, to encourage more young people to finish school and to support parents and the wider community in addressing the individual needs of children at risk of educational...

Written Answers — Further Education: Further Education (26 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. For full-time programmes, the number of approved places is supplied. For part-time programmes, the number of participants is supplied. This information is collected at the end of the year so the 2009 information will not be available until early 2010. Full Time Approved Places 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Type of Centre PLC...

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (26 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: VTOS students are paid a training allowance in lieu of their previous qualifying social welfare payment, at a rate equivalent to the maximum rate of jobseekers benefit. Students retain their social welfare secondary benefits and may also receive a payment for an adult or child dependant if appropriate. Social welfare rates are determined in the annual Government Budget. VTOS students in...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (26 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and an integrated School Support Programme (SSP). DEIS brings together and builds upon a number of existing interventions in schools with concentrated levels of disadvantage. The process of identifying schools for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (26 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 135,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day. School transport is a very significant operation involving about 42 million journeys and over 82 million kilometres on 6,000 routes every school year. The cost of school transport in 2009 is now...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Courses: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (27 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: From September 2009, an additional 1,500 PLC places will be made available nationwide bringing the total number of PLC places to 31,688. On 22 May, these additional places were allocated to VECs and other providers. County Wicklow VEC, which has responsibility for the college referred to by the Deputy, was allocated an additional 30 PLC places, bringing their total allocation to 980 PLC...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (27 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: My Department has provided funding since 2000 to the project referred to by the Deputy towards programme costs, under the Fund for the Development of Targeted Educational Responses to Certain Children at Risk. This project has also been supported by my Department through an annual allocation of 968 teaching hours under the Co-Operation with Other Institutions Scheme since 2001. This project...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (28 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: The case referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, is subject of an appeal to the Independent School Transport Appeals Board. The School Transport Appeals Board is scheduled to sit on Thursday 18th June 2009. The Family will be advised of the decision thereafter.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (28 May 2009)

Seán Haughey: School transport ticket invoices for the 2009/2010 School Year will be issued by Bus Eireann in July 2009. The payment options being offered to parents are as follows: - Payment of the full amount by the deadline date of 31 July 2009 - Spreading the amount due over two payments payable in July and December 2009. Parents who pay the full annual charge, in advance, will benefit from...

Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: The latest Retention Report published by the Department of Education and Science provides data on the cohort of pupils who entered the first year of the junior cycle in 1997, 1998 and 1999 most of whom completed their senior cycle five to six years following the year of intake. This is the third such report tracking pupil retention and the trend is showing yearly improvements in retention...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The parents of the pupils living in the area referred to by the Deputy should liaise with their local Bus Éireann office in order to determine...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and an integrated School Support Programme (SSP). DEIS brings together and builds upon a number of existing interventions in schools with concentrated levels of disadvantage. The process of identifying schools for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 135,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day. School transport is a very significant operation involving about 42 million journeys and over 82 million kilometres on 6,000 routes every school year. The introduction of the annual charge which...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: The annual charges for school transport services are being increased from the first term of the 2009/10 school year as follows: Eligible post-primary pupils (junior) from €168 to €300 (78% increase) Eligible post-primary pupils (senior) from €234 to €300 (28% increase) Concessionary post-primary pupils from €234 to €300 (28% increase) Concessionary primary pupils from €120 to...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: The provision of school meals which is primarily funded by the School Meals Programme, administered by my colleague, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, is among the many measures available to schools participating in DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the Action Plan for Educational Inclusion and other schools included in older disadvantaged schemes. Educational...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The parents of the pupils living in the area referred to by the Deputy should liaise with their local Bus Éireann office in order to determine...

Written Answers — Education Projects: Education Projects (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: The project to which the Deputy refers, is an Afterschool Support Project, which my Department has funded since 2000 under the Fund for the Development of Targeted Educational Responses to Certain Children at Risk. This project is among a number of projects which are currently being evaluated by the Evaluation, Support and Research Unit in conjunction with the Inspectorate of the Regional...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. Children who are not eligible may avail of concessionary transport subject to a number of terms and conditions, including the availability of spare...