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- Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: It is actually one of the highest in the country.
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The University of Limerick was requested by the SPHE Management Committee to carry out an evaluation of Implementation of SPHE at Junior Cycle in 2002. Two other evaluation reports were completed in 2003 â Review of SPHE at Junior Cycle by the SPHE Support Service (Rita Burtenshaw) Review of Records of In-Sevice Training for Teachers of SPHE (David Millar). The findings from these three...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. During 2007 a total of eighty five large scale projects were under way in the primary school sector. Of these projects thirty seven reached practical completion while the remaining forty eight are still in the construction phase. The details are shown in the attached tabular statement. Large Scale Primary Projects under Construction...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 306 and 307 together. The Small Schools Scheme allows Boards of Management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives Boards of Management control of the building project. The details of the primary schools sought by the Deputy are given in the following tabular statement. Project Completed in 2007...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: In the period from 2004 to 2007 around 3000 building projects for primary and post-primary schools were approved for funding under the Summer Works Scheme at a cost in excess of â'¬300m. The following tabular statement gives details of the schools approved for funding in 2007. I have arranged for the details of the capital funding approved by county to be forwarded to the Deputy. Sector...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The details of the schools approved for funding under the contingency fund in 2007 are given in the following tabular statement. I have arranged to have the details of total funding by county forwarded to the Deputy. Grants from this fund are available for very urgent unforeseen works, primarily of a major health and safety nature, to schools that are in most need of resources for capital...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: In the period 2003 to 2007, 335 primary and post primary schools accepted an allocation of funding under the Permanent Accommodation Scheme at a cost in excess of â¬103m. This Scheme allows schools to proceed with small scale permanent building projects with minimum interaction with my Department. Of the 335 approved projects, 166 were completed by the end of 2007, 47 are on site and the...
- Written Answers — Schools Funding: Schools Funding (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Bofield Mixed N.S. (RN 14418O) has received â¬119,718.98 in Capital Funding since 2000. This comprises â¬20,191 in 2005 for Radon Mitigation, â¬2,273.08 in 2004 and â¬97,254.90 in 2002 for repair to windows, play areas, walls and surface water. Ceara N.S. (RN 16630W) has received â¬384,323.46 in Capital Funding since 2000. This is comprised of â¬380,000 from the Small Schools Scheme...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I assume the Deputy is referring to contacts relating to the building project. The Planning and Building Unit of my Department would have had numerous contacts with the school in question from 2000 to date. These would have included correspondence/phone contacts etc, in relation to the development of the building project from initial application stage, development of a brief for the project,...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The commencement and progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase, including this project, will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy on a county by county basis is not readily available within my Department and would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. However, I can inform the Deputy that in 2006 and 2007 a total of 266 and 383 appeals respectively were dealt with by my Department under Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998. These figures cover both...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are 22 people working in the special education section of my Department. The National Council for Special Education has 98 staff comprising 79 Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) and 19 civil servants. There is currently a recruitment process underway to fill an additional 3 SENO posts. This is a significant allocation of staff working...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations, including organising the holding of examinations and determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted. I am advised by the Commission that it is very strongly committed to maintaining the anonymity of candidates in its examining processes. This...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special needs. SNAs are sanctioned specifically to assist in the care of pupils and students with disabilities in an...
- Written Answers — School Management: School Management (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the issue of patronage for the proposed new school at Clonburris will be decided in the near future. Enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools and my Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: My Department is not aware that the school in question does not have running water. Primary school authorities may use their annual minor works grant to deal with smaller scale works. In November 2006 I increased funding for the minor works grant by 44% on the previous year. Around â¬27m was paid out to primary schools throughout the country late last year to enable thousands of small...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The commencement and progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase, including this project, will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. Officials will be in contact with the school authorities when the Department is in a position to authorise...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for major capital works from the school to which the Deputy refers. Progress on all applications is being considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works (OPW), which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, has been asked to source a suitable site for the school in question. When a site has been secured the proposed building project for the school will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The development of the proposed building project for the school in question is at an early stage. The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase, including the application in question, is considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.