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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme, a pupil with special needs is eligible for transport if s/he is attending the nearest recognised: mainstream school, special class / special school or a unit, that is or can be resourced, to meet the child's special educational needs under the Department's criteria. In this case, my Department has been advised that the pupil in...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme, a pupil with special needs will be eligible for school transport if s/he is attending the nearest recognised special class / special school or a recognised unit, that is or can be resourced, to meet the child's special educational needs under Department of Education and Science criteria. The purpose of the School Transport Scheme for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, is a major logistical operation that facilitates the transportation of over 125,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day; it involves about 42 million journeys and over 82 million kilometres on 6,000 routes every school year. Given the numbers being transported, and the fact that...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: Has the Deputy a ticket?

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: The Value for Money Review of the School Transport Scheme, including catchment boundaries, is currently underway and is due to be completed before the end of this year. The Steering Committee is looking at the original objectives of the scheme, whether these objectives remain valid today, the extent to which the objectives are being achieved and whether there are possibilities for economies...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Section 1.4 of the primary school transport scheme a service may be continued for as long as there are four eligible children and a minimum of six fare-paying children availing of the service. Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme, on behalf of my Department, advised that the number of children availing of the service to the school referred to by the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: 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. As the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied resides less than 4.8 kilometres from the Post Primary centre in his own catchment area, he is not eligible for school transport....

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (12 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: FÁS, in addition to their own delivery of courses, already contract with other education and training providers for the provision of relevant courses. It is open to Vocational Education Committees (VECs) and the Institutes of Technology to bid for the provision of appropriate courses. VECs already provide courses on behalf of FÁS under the One Step Up initiative. Examples include the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: My Department understands that the case referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied is being appealed to the School Transport Appeals Board. The Board is independent of my Department and it would not be appropriate for me to intervene at this stage.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this pre-budget debate. For some considerable time the Government has announced its intention to reduce the budget deficit by €4 billion next year. Earlier today the Minister for Finance indicated that the scope for increases in taxes is minimal and that reductions in expenditure will be the priority on this occasion. Over the last 12 months the...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (17 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. For full time programmes, the number of approved places is supplied. For part-time programmes, the number of participants is supplied. The number of participants for 2009 will not be available until early 2010. FURTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME PLACES Full time approved places 2007 2008 2009 Post Leaving Certificate...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: The grant payment referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, is being processed at present and will be issued in the normal way.

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Courses: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (17 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: The overall number of approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places is set at its current level because there is a continuing requirement to plan and control numbers and to manage expenditure within the context of overall educational policy and provision. An additional 1,500 PLC places were allocated in 2009 for the 2009/2010 academic year, bringing the total number of approved PLC places...

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: Deputy O'Connor is well able to protect himself.

Seanad: Adoption Services (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: I thank Senator Healy Eames for raising this matter. I am responding on behalf of the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs, Deputy Barry Andrews, who is currently speaking in the Dáil Chamber in the debate on human trafficking on Private Members' business. The Government's objective in regard to adoption is to provide a regime in which the child will be at...

Seanad: Adoption Services (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: I would not take that interpretation from my reply.

Seanad: Adoption Services (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: The record speaks for itself and I have nothing further to add.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House the progress made by the Grangegorman Development Agency since its establishment in 2006. As the Senator is aware, in 2001 the Government appointed an...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: I cannot anticipate a Government decision on this but I appreciate the Senator's interest in the matter. My interpretation of the response to the House is that it was reasonably positive.

Seanad: Transport of Musical Instruments (18 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey. Aviation security at EU airports is governed by EU Regulations (EC) Nos. 2320/2002, 300/2008 and 820/2008. These regulations established common Community rules in the field of civil aviation security and have been in force since January 2003. The regulations, along with a series of...