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School Utility Services (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Department, the Tánaiste, who is sitting beside me, and I would be in agreement with the thrust of the Deputy's points. We are trying to encourage a more collaborative approach to the procurement of goods and services within the school and VEC sectors. The Department would encourage schools to come together in terms of procurement and the issues raised by the Deputy. We will continue...

School Utility Services (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: We will look into it and determine what is the best way to encourage schools to take up this option.

School Utility Services (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The meeting occurred during my predecessor's term of office, but I can get the Deputy the date. The regulator is independent and the Department is pursuing these issues with him.

School Utility Services (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: Yes. We are encouraging the approach raised by the Deputies and we will pursue the matter further.

Institutes of Technology (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The proposals contained in the strategic plan for the Grangegorman site involve major capital expenditure which requires careful and detailed assessment by my Department and the other Departments involved in the project. This assessment is nearing completion. When it is completed, it is intended to bring the proposals contained in the plan to Government for consideration. The Grangegorman...

Institutes of Technology (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The assessment being carried out by the Department is nearing completion. When it is complete, it is intended to bring the proposals that will emerge to Government for consideration. The Tánaiste intends to bring this matter to the Government in the near future. I appreciate the Deputy's interest in this matter. As a Deputy who also represents a Dublin constituency, I have visited the...

Institutes of Technology (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Government would have been irresponsible if it had not taken account of the changed economic circumstances that have obtained during the past two years. As already stated, the revised plan takes account of the reduced prices that have materialised in the construction sector. It also revises the estimated value of the DIT's property portfolio to reflect current market trends....

Institutes of Technology (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: A procedure is in place in respect of the preparation of the strategic development zone. Work on the planning scheme relating to the strategic development zone has been progressed by the agency. I note the Deputy's comments in that regard. There is no doubt that this is a major revitalisation project for the part of Dublin city to which it relates.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The majority of schools include among their pupils, children with disadvantaged backgrounds. In general most schools address the individual needs of these children without recourse to additional targeted resources. Evidence has shown that disadvantage associated with poverty and social exclusion assumes a multiplier effect where the levels are highly concentrated in schools. DEIS...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: One of the main objectives of the school transport scheme is to provide a basic level of service for children who live long distances from school and who might otherwise experience difficulty in attending regularly. The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 125,000 children to primary and post-primary...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 May 2010)

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 — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (11 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 to 379, inclusive, together. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion was launched by the Minister for Education and Science in 2005. The DEIS action plan has replaced the range of pre-existing programmes in place in my Department to combat educational disadvantage in schools with concentrated levels...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (12 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to enrolments in Post-Leaving Certificate (PLC) and population, broken down by county, is included by way of a table below. Approval of PLC places involves incurring expenditure on teacher salaries, non-pay funding and means tested student support grants. Teachers are appointed to deliver PLC courses on the basis of a pupil teacher ratio of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 May 2010)

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. 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...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: We are donating it to Greece on this occasion.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together. Bus Éireann which operates the school transport scheme has informed my Department that a wide range of vehicle types are used to provide services under the Department of Education School Transport Scheme to meet the particular needs of the eligible children being carried. These include wheelchair accessible minibuses, standard minibuses,...

Seanad: School Patronage (19 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Coughlan. I thank the Senator for raising this matter, as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the current issues surrounding recognition and patronage in general. The Senator will be aware that section 10 of the Education Act 1998 deals with the...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: I had a little lapse for a few weeks.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am also taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Coughlan. I thank Senator Healy Eames for raising this matter as it gives me an opportunity of outlining to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects, in particular the Department's position regarding the upgrading of facilities in...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: Cregmore national school has a current staffing level of a principal and eight mainstream teachers. The school also has the services of two learning support-resource teachers. For the 2009-10 school year, the school has an enrolment of 220 pupils. In 1999 Cregmore national school applied to the Department for extension and refurbishment works at the school. In 2004, the school management...