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

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied for summer works scheme 2005 but was unsuccessful as the application was not accompanied by the necessary consultant's report. The appeal by the school and subsequent professional's report is being re-assessed in the school planning section of my Department. Contact will be made directly with the school authority when a decision is taken on the matter.

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

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied for grant aid under summer works scheme 2005 to facilitate an access for all project and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school's application was successful. The school also received sanction recently for additional temporary accommodation. The school planning section of my Department is also in receipt of an application for major...

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. In accordance with the staffing schedule, the staffing of the school for the school year 2004-05 is a principal and nine mainstream class teachers based on an enrolment of...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 962 to 964, inclusive, 971, 974, 1004, 1006 and 1007 together. 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 country-wide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during the next 12 to 15 months: 192 projects to be...

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

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works which acts on my behalf in relation to site acquisitions generally is continuing to explore the possibility of acquiring a site for the school in question. The question of the development of the school building will be considered in the context of the school building programme when the site has been acquired.

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

Mary Hanafin: The extension and refurbishment project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which was revised following consultation with the education partners. The project is being considered for progression in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-2009.

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

Mary Hanafin: The project referred to by the Deputy is listed among the large-scale projects on the capital programme for 2005 which have been approved to move to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months. Planning permission for the new school was applied for in February 2005. It is envisaged that the tenders will be sought in the latter half of 2005 and the contract period for the...

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

Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers is one of the 122 projects proceeding to tender and construction in the next 12 to 15 months. Approval was recently given to the school authority County Kildare VEC to proceed to pre-selection of contractors for tendering. It is the responsibility of the VEC to progress the project to tender and construction within the approved budget.

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

Mary Hanafin: My Department is not in a position to indicate the estimated cost of relocating an existing mainstream temporary classroom to the school in question as this is regarded as commercially sensitive information. My Department's school building section is currently accessing the available temporary accommodation and will be in contact with the management authorities of the school in question...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 970, 973, 986 to 991, inclusive, and 1009 together. Applications for capital funding from the schools in question are being considered as part of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme. Under this review, all projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which...

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

Mary Hanafin: My Department is moving towards a model of devolving the responsibility of building projects to school management authorities where appropriate. The devolving of funding to local level will accommodate school authorities to have responsibility and ownership of their building projects and assist in moving projects in a specific timeframe through the design process, to tender action and...

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

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department with regard to site acquisitions generally, is continuing to explore all possibilities on the acquisition of a site for a new national school in Kill. Every effort is being made to ensure that a site is acquired as soon as possible. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, it...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 976 and 998 together. The school in question has been granted permanent recognition effective from 1 September 2004. A letter to this effect issued to the school authority on 24 March 2005.

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 977 and 1014 together. County Kildare VEC submitted an application on behalf of Confey College, Leixlip for grant-aid under the summer works scheme 2005 for a covered walkway. The school also applied for two other projects and a list of all successful applicants has now been published by my Department. I can confirm that this school's highest priority project,...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's records show that the school in question currently has the services of a shared learning support teacher post, supporting a total enrolment of 63 pupils in the school. I trust that the Deputy is aware of the proposed new system for resource teacher allocation which involves a general allocation for all primary schools to cater for pupils with...

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

Mary Hanafin: I am sure the Deputy is aware that the teacher supply and demand issue at second level is very complex. Analyses undertaken by my Department in the past indicated that while there are regional and subject variations there is no overall shortage in teacher numbers. Another complicating factor is that vacancies in second level schools usually require specific subject combinations. My Department...

Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the higher education grants scheme, the vocational education committees' scholarships scheme, the third level maintenance grants scheme for trainees and the maintenance grants scheme for students attending post leaving certificate courses. The higher education grants scheme is...

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

Mary Hanafin: An application for an extension and refurbishment has been received from the management authorities of the school to which the Deputy refers. The Deputy will be aware that I have made a number of announcements relating to the 2005 school building programme which included details of 43 school projects which are being authorised to proceed to architectural planning immediately. I will be making...

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...