Results 14,201-14,220 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a third-level admissions scheme for students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions to the institutions are regulated by the institutions themselves. The Deputy may wish to contact the Irish Universities Association in this instance.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy may be aware, 30 schools are currently included in the JCSP Demonstration Library project. I am pleased to say that the Librarians in those schools who are currently employed under the terms of Fixed Term Contracts will be retained for a further year.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The common pay date for the July Education Programme was introduced in 2009 as part of my Department's continued effort to improve our service to parents of children with special educational needs. The benefit of the common day date is that parents and teachers receive payment on the same date irrespective of whether they are included in a school-based or home-based programme. The common...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...

Written Answers — Educational Services: Educational Services (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland are the State agency responsible for assisting private higher education institutions in attracting international students, both on an institutional basis and on a sectoral basis. The responsible section within Enterprise Ireland is the International Education Services section. This section is based in Enterprise Ireland's headquarters in East Point in Dublin, and can...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 4 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...

Written Answers — Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The dates of the deadlines to which the Deputy refers are outlined in Sections 12 and 13 of the revised Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. Section 13 details the additional information that the Chairperson must furnish to me in conjunction with the annual report and accounts of the body including confirmation that the 'Code of Practice has been adopted and the extent to...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has recently approved funding for fire safety works at the school in question.

Written Answers — Third Level Staff: Third Level Staff (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is the responsibility of the individual higher education institutions, subject to the continued oversight and review by the HEA and both my Department and the Department of Finance, to manage their staffing resources in the context of implementing the Employment Control Framework and to ensure compliance with all the conditions. Institutions are required to maintain appropriate...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The aim of Community Employment Programme (CE) remains as an active labour market programme with the emphasis on progression into employment and/or further education and training. The programme is managed within this context, with consideration to the availability of resources and the needs of participants and the community. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department operates payrolls for the payment of approximately 85,000 serving and retired teaching and non teaching staff on a fortnightly basis. A total of 913 applications for the cycle to work scheme for 2010 have been processed for the serving teaching and non teaching staff paid on these payrolls. The applications for the scheme were processed with existing staffing resources. As...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware my Department recently submitted a planning application for two sixteen classroom schools. This application was made as part of the exchange of contracts for the acquisition of the potential school site. As part of the pre-planning process my officials met with the Local Authority planners. It was not considered necessary to meet with the education...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is an independent agency with responsibility for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream and special schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's policy in allocating this support. The correspondence referred to by the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687 to 689, inclusive, together. The Forward Planning Section of my Department has carried out a study of the country to identify the areas where, due to demographic changes, there may be a requirement for significant additional school provision at both primary and post-primary levels over the coming years. This study has been conducted using data from...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The State Examinations Commission has operational responsibility for the certificate examinations. I have been advised by the Commission that it continues to assess the situation and has sought special reports, in addition to the normal reporting, from the examination superintendents who were invigilating the Leaving Certificate Accounting examination sessions in the 16 schools affected...

Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The closing date for receipt of grant applications under the 2009 maintenance grant schemes was the 31st August 2009. However, clause 11.1 of the Higher Education Grant Scheme provides the awarding authorities with discretion to accept applications after this date and treat such applications as if they had been received on time. Therefore, the candidate referred to by the Deputy should...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information sought is being compiled at present and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I recommend Lough Derg to Deputy Durkan. It is a great place where he could reflect on matters and calm down.