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- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that an application for resource teaching support for the pupil in question was considered by my Department. Resource teaching support was not granted as the assessed intellectual ability is not in the required range. The Deputy may be aware that the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which became operational on 1 January 2005, now processes applications for special...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has been actively engaged in pursuing the development of a second level unit for children with Asperger's syndrome on Dublin's north side. The management authority of the school referred to by the Deputy has accepted a proposal to host such a unit and this is now being established in that school.
- Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: 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 in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places....
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. The number of teachers required to implement any adjustment to the staffing schedule will depend on the level of improvement introduced and on pupil numbers. In line with Government policy, my Department will continue to provide further reductions in the pupil-teacher...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department launched a pilot project for modern languages in primary schools in September 1998. The aims of the pilot project included the development of communication skills in four target languages which are French, German, Spanish and Italian, the fostering of positive attitudes to language learning and the diversification of the languages taught in schools. To achieve these aims in the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: An application for funding in relation to a temporary structure provided by Stepping Stones, Meath ABA School was recently the subject of an appeal in my Department. The appeals process is now finalised. An official from my Department's school building section recently met with members of Stepping Stones Meath ABA Limited to discuss the outcome. Further consideration is now required on behalf...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school in question has the services of two full-time resource teachers and a shared learning support teacher. It is a matter for the school to deploy these resources to meet the special educational needs, SEN, of the pupils in the school. It would be expected that this pupil's SEN can be met from within the current resource-learning support teaching allocation available to the school. In...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The information which the Deputy has sought is as follows: the Higher Education Authority chairperson is paid a departmental Secretary General level salary. The 18 ordinary board members, who are directors, receive an annual fee of â¬6,348.69. The Residential Institutions Redress Board chairperson is a High Court judge who is paid a salary from the Courts Service. The ten ordinary members of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Only one new two classroom school has been built in the past three years at a cost of â¬444,395. Another new two classroom school was approved to go to tender and construction on the 2004 school building programme. This project went to tender in late 2004. However, the tender outcome was significantly in excess of the budget for the project. My Department has advised the school authority...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: An application for resource teaching hours for the pupil referred to by the Deputy was considered by my Department. The school was advised that the pupil's special education needs, SEN, appear to be within the high incidence disability category. It would be expected that the pupil's SEN can be met from within the current resource-learning support teaching allocation available to the school....
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The scope of the works required at the school concerned is appropriate to the summer works scheme. The school referred to by the Deputy applied under the 2005 scheme for the installation of security lighting. I am pleased to announce that the school's application was successful. I will announce details of the summer works scheme 2006 shortly and it will be open to the management authority of...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning and the primary administration sections or the relevant regional offices of my Department did not receive any notification of the transfer of non-national families from Athlone to Dundalk as referred to by the Deputy, nor would such notification necessarily be required. Arrangements may have been made locally with the relevant school authorities in the normal way in...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Enrolments at the two primary schools in Skerries are stable and I have not been made aware of particular difficulties regarding demand for primary school places in the area. However, officials in the school planning section of my Department are reviewing the overall primary educational needs of the area. As the Deputy will be aware, a new school planning model involving published area...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has not carried out any assessment of the effectiveness of the policy of integration of special needs pupils into mainstream classrooms that is related to class size, nor am I aware of research internationally. Conducting such research to draw reliable conclusions would be difficult because of the variety of variables involved such as children's skills and knowledge on entry,...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has the services of two full-time learning support teachers, a full-time resource teacher and a part-time resource teacher. The school has submitted an application for an additional resource teaching post for Traveller pupils. A decision will be conveyed to the school as soon as the matter has been considered.
- 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 21 mainstream class teachers...
- 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 19 mainstream class teachers...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 21 mainstream class teachers...