Results 14,601-14,620 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to establish a Developing Areas Unit in the Department of Education and Science, dedicated solely to progressing school planning in rapidly developing areas, building on improvements that have already been made in recent years. This recently established Developing Areas Unit, in conjunction with Fingal County Council has been working to...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy may be aware, the Fingal School Model is an agreement reached with Fingal County Council and is a partnership approach to fast-track the delivery of schools and community facilities throughout the Fingal Area. The intention is that the agreed approach will match the rapid pace of housing development in the area with the delivery of schools while at the same time providing...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to establish a Developing Areas Unit in the Department of Education and Science, dedicated solely to progressing school planning in rapidly developing areas, building on improvements that have already been made in recent years. This recently established Developing Areas Unit, in conjunction with Fingal County Council has been working to...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The current rate of pay for a secondary trained teacher employed on a casual basis in a primary school is â¬201.68 per day. A Board of Management of a primary school is obliged to recruit and employ fully qualified teachers for any vacancy in a school irrespective of the duration. Where a Board is unable to obtain the services of a fully qualified primary teacher to serve in a casual/non...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special educational needs. All schools have the names and contact details of their local SENO. Parents may also contact their local SENO directly to discuss their child's...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The development of a building project for the school referred to by the Deputy from initial design stage through to construction phase, as with all large scale building projects, will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments in the area was carried out in order to inform the determination of the long term projected staffing on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. This has been...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The development of a building project for the school in question is at an early stage. 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 Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I assume the Deputy is referring to a fire in the school in question last September. An official from my Department has been in contact with the school recently and correspondence in the matter is expected shortly. My Department will respond to the school on receipt of the correspondence.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: In my last reply to the Deputy I indicated that the new building on my Department's existing campus in Athlone would accommodate approximately 100 posts already based in Athlone that are currently accommodated in a temporary building, along with the posts to be decentralised to Athlone. The process of transferring the 100 posts located in the temporary building in Athlone is underway at...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30th September of the previous school year. The actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. Data submitted to my Department by the Board of Management of the school referred to by the...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: To date applications have been received to invoke Section 9 of the Universities Act, 1997 from Waterford Institute of Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology. These applications raise significant issues regarding Government policy towards higher education, in particular the existing roles of the Universities and Institutes of Technology which have...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Agreed Programme for Government includes a commitment to review the school transport system including catchment boundaries. My Department is currently developing proposals for progressing this commitment and the intention is to make substantial progress during the current year.
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments in the area was carried out in order to inform the determination of the long term projected staffing on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. This has...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 354 together. The compulsory school starting age in a National School is 6 years of age. 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, including decisions on criteria for enrolment and details of waiting lists for entry to...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The summer works scheme was introduced in 2004. Since its inception more than 3,000 projects costing in the region of â¬300 million have been completed. With so many small projects having been completed over the past few years, the concentration is on delivering as many large-scale projects as possible this year, as well as delivering improvements in the quality of existing primary and...
- Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: It is a matter for each individual teacher to provide their employer with a letter from the Registrar of the UK or Northern Ireland College to verify the overall marks achieved in the course. There is an agreed procedure established within my Department for the payment of an additional allowance where a teacher obtains the Post Graduate Certificate in Education.
- Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The proposal from Co. Westmeath VEC to which the Deputy refers was considered by officials of my Department and funding was not approved. The VEC subsequently appealed this decision, and the matter is currently being considered further by my Department. A final decision will be communicated to the VEC in due course.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The project referred to by the Deputy has advanced to the point where Schedules of Accommodation have been drawn up. These were issued for observations to the Vocational Education Committee and its response in this regard is being considered by the Department's Senior Building Inspector. While the Department is not in a position to give a timetable for the commencement of this particular...