Results 14,501-14,520 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is currently in negotiations regarding the acquisition of a suitable site for the school in question. The progression of a project from site acquisition and initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing demands on the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The most recent projections used by my Department would see the projected enrolments at post-primary level increase from the current total enrolment (excluding PLCs) of circa 312,200 pupils to an expected enrolment circa 328,700 pupils by the year 2016. Meeting this level of significant increased demand for education services will be a major challenge. It is within this context that the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together. A detailed follow up to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 89 and 90 of 11 March 2010, is currently being finalised and it will be issued shortly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Third Level Staffing: Third Level Staffing (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy is aware, the purpose of the Government decision to implement a recruitment and promotion moratorium in the public sector is to facilitate a permanent, structural reduction in the numbers of staff serving in the public sector and is intended to contribute significant and ongoing savings to the Exchequer. In the higher education sector, the Government agreed that an...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The 14 members receive no remuneration for serving on the board of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware of my Department's commitment to ensuring that all children, including those with special needs, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. Children with special educational needs, including the specific conditions mentioned by the Deputy, have a range of placement options available to them. Many pupils with special needs, including those mentioned...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: 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...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. In terms of the position at individual school level the key factor for determining the level of resources provided by my Department for the current school year is the pupil enrolment at 30 September 2009. While the staffing schedule allocates on the basis of an average number of...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The overall policy goal of my Department is to ensure the highest standard of permanent accommodation for all schools. However, in the context of a rapidly increasing school population and competing pressure on the capital budget available to my Department, it is necessary to make use of temporary accommodation in order to meet the accommodation needs of schools. This temporary...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: In general, my Department approves the purchase or rental of prefabricated classrooms based on need at the time of application. My Department does not hold information on the numbers of pupils in individual schools who currently occupy temporary accommodation, this depends on the organisation of class groups by the school management within available accommodation and may vary from year to...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 to 391, inclusive, together. 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 educational needs. The NCSE operates within my...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The 2010/2011 National School Annual Census has yet to take place. In 2009/2010 there were 499,093 pupils attending mainstream National Schools and 6,905 attending Special Schools. There were 442,677 pupils attending mainstream National Schools and 6,621 attending Special Schools in 2004/2005.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The public sector numbers for the 2009-2010 school year were 31,880 primary teachers. The corresponding figure for the 2004/05 school year was 26,282 primary teachers.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: 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 the Central Statistics Office, the General Register Office and the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As I indicated to the Deputy in response to an earlier question today, my Department is engaged in the process of acquiring a site and to this end has applied for planning permission as part of the exchange of contracts. The future Patronage of any schools constructed on this property will be in the context of the educational demand in the area and the outcome of the application for planning...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The table below provides a breakdown of rental payments made to the school referred to by the Deputy from 2007 to date. Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann, Midleton 20107G Year Land & Buildings Prefabs Total â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ 2007 81,066.66 17,644.83 98,711.49 2008 82,883.33 43,141.87 126,025.20 2009 148,115.00 101,024.40 249,139.40 2010 Nil to date Nil to date Nil to date

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Table below provides a breakdown of rental payments made to the school referred to by the Deputy from 2007 to date. Midleton Educate Together 20336V Year Land & Buildings Prefabs Total â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ 2007 No rentals No rentals No rentals 2008 41,825.00 6,050.00 47,875.00 2009 10,384.62 37,830.07 48,214.69 2010 20,769.23 24,414.37 45,183.60

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Applications for planning permission are made in my Department's name only in cases where the site is owned by my Department. In the large majority of projects, the site is not owned by my Department and, in those cases, the application for planning permission is made in the name of the Board of Management of the school. In 2010, there were 21 planning applications relating to primary level...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: 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 educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. I have arranged...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Sep 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Under the National Employment Action Plan, the National Employment Services (NES) provides a dual-stranded approach from FÁS and Local Employment Services (LES) to systematically engage with unemployed people on reaching three months unemployment. As part of this process, the Department of Social Protection refers people in receipt of unemployment payments to the National Employment...