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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. I have made a number of announcements relating to the 2005 school building programme since the beginning of the year which included details of 122 major school building projects countrywide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during the next 12 to 15 months; 192...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 867, 956 and 982 together. The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 868 to 870, inclusive, together. The compulsory school starting age in a national school is six 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 in such matters. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has received a request from the board of management of the school in question for an increase in funding. However, additional information is required and has been requested from the school management authority to facilitate my officials in their deliberations in this matter. Upon receipt of the requested information further consideration will be given to the matter and the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The case referred to by the Deputy has been considered by the school transport appeals board which found that the present level of service to the school in question is reasonable and that the benefits of an exclusive service would not justify the costs involved. In the circumstances, it is not open to me to re-examine the case.

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 983 together. The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. In accordance with the staffing schedule, the staffing of the school referred to by the Deputy for the school year 2004-05 is a principal and eight mainstream class teachers...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for grant aid for temporary accommodation for inclusion in the schools building programme 2005. The application from the school referred to was unsuccessful on this occasion.

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The issue of legal costs relating to an application to the Residential Institutions Redress Board is addressed in section 27 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. This section provides that the redress board shall pay an applicant to whom the board has made an award a reasonable amount for expenses incurred by the applicant in the preparation and presentation of the application to...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers applied for the provision of a play area under the summer works scheme for 2005. The application fell under category 9 of the published prioritisation criteria for the scheme. Due to the level of demand for funding for higher priority projects, it was, unfortunately, not possible to fund the project in question this year.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria and is being considered for progression in the context of the school buildings and modernisation programme 2005-09. I have made a number of announcements about the 2005 schools building programme since the beginning of the year. I will make further announcements on...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for third level grants is a matter for the relevant local authority or VEC. These bodies do not refer to individual applications to my Department except in exceptional cases where, for example, advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is desired. It appears that no such advice or instruction has, to date, been sought in the case of...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for third level grants is a matter for the relevant local authority or VEC. These bodies do not refer individual applications to my Department except in exceptional cases where, for example, advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is desired. It appears that no such advice or instruction has, to date, been sought in the case of...

Written Answers — School Libraries: School Libraries (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides library facilities of 100 sq.m. in second level schools with an enrolment of 200 to 499 students, while it provides 136 sq.m. of accommodation for a library in schools with more than 500 students. Schools with fewer than 200 pupils are examined individually. Responsibility for the stocking of school libraries falls to be met by individual school authorities from within...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of my Department's 2004 third level student maintenance grant schemes, students entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the prescribed conditions with regard to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic attainment. The condition relating to residency requires, in the case of a candidate under 23, the candidate's...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The pupil to whom the Deputy refers resides nearer to a school that closed and amalgamated with Killahan national school. In the case of amalgamations, the national school children for whom the closed national school would have been the nearest, had it remained open, are eligible for transport to the school of amalgamation only. However, as there is no school transport service to Killahan...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...