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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 304 together. I will arrange for a response to these queries to be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The site for the development of the school to which the Deputy refers is being acquired by my Department under the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. When the acquisition has been finalised, consideration can be given to including the project in the capital programme from 2005 onwards.

Written Answers — Children Act 2001: Children Act 2001 (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Part 10 of the Children Act 2001 relates to the governance and operation of children detention schools. Section 159(1) of the Act has been developed for the purpose of allowing three representatives of children detention schools to be appointed to the special residential services board. Part 10 of the Act cannot be developed more fully at this time as its effect will include replacing the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In light of the reality that pupils in the high incidence disability categories of mild and borderline mild general learning disability and dyslexia are distributed throughout the education system, my Department, in consultation with educational interests, developed a general model of resource teacher allocation to schools to support students in these disability categories. This model, which...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for third level and further education 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 advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is desired. Under the prescribed terms and conditions of my Department's student...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The numbers of teachers in service at primary level on 30 June of each year from 1999 to 2004 are: 1999 — 21,258; 2000 — 21,850; 2001 — 22,850; 2002 — 23,935; 2003 — 24,700; and 2004 — 26,039 The information that the Deputy requested regarding schools in the Dublin 24 area is not readily available in my Department. If the Deputy would like information on a particular school, I...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: There are two staff who are not civil servants but who are appointed to full-time posts in my office in the Department of Education and Science. The names and salaries of these staff are: special adviser to the Minister, Ms Averil Power, salary €71,990 per annum; and personal assistant to the Minister, Mr. Carl Gibney, salary €46,119 per annum. Each of the above staff has a standard...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: As requested by the Deputy, the following home and foreign travel and subsistence payments were made during 2004 to staff in specific posts in ministerial offices in my Department: Minister, Deputy Hanafin, 29 September — 31 December 2004: Averil Power, special adviser, foreign travel and subsistence —€828.90; and Geraldine Butler, press officer, foreign travel and subsistence...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 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. Under current arrangements, the enrolment figure required for the appointment of up to the eleventh mainstream class teacher and the retention of up to the twelfth...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department for site acquisitions generally, has identified a site which could provide for the long-term accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy. Negotiations are ongoing regarding the acquisition of this site. However, the building of a new school on a greenfield site is only one...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In light of the reality that pupils in the high incidence disability categories of mild and borderline mild general learning disability and dyslexia are distributed throughout the education system, my Department, in consultation with educational interests, developed a general model of resource teacher allocation to schools to support students in these disability categories. This model, which...

Written Answers — Teacher Exchange Schemes: Teacher Exchange Schemes (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department arranges teacher exchange schemes at post-primary, on a post-to-post basis, between Ireland and Germany and between Ireland and France. The purpose of these schemes is to improve the quality of the teaching of German and French in Irish schools. The exchanges take place either on the basis of a one term exchange or one year exchange. Applications for participation in the 2005-06...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 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 Placement: School Placement (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My officials have been advised that the child in question is currently attending a Montessori school. I can confirm to the Deputy that my officials are continuing to liaise with the parent in relation to appropriate education provision for this child. Contact will be made with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, in this regard.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (20 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The vast bulk of the cost of school building projects is borne by my Department. In the circumstances referred to by the Deputy the amount of the local contribution for schools with disadvantaged status is 5% of the project cost subject to a maximum amount of €12,500. These arrangements have been approved by the Department of Finance and are of a general application.

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (21 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce to the House the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005. The Bill amends the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 and the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 and establishes a statutory body to administer a €12.7 million education fund for former residents of institutions and...

Written Answers — Public Capital Programme: Public Capital Programme (21 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A total of 35 school building projects with a construction cost in excess of €5 million was undertaken during the last five years. The detailed information requested by the Deputy in relation to each project is not readily available in the format requested and the compilation of such data would require the diversion of staff resources. However, if the Deputy has a query in respect of a...

Written Answers — Public Capital Programme: Public Capital Programme (21 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The current five year capital envelope provides for investment of €3.4 billion to 2009. It will be necessary as a minimum to sustain that level of investment for the following five year period to 2014 in order to address the infrastructure deficit at all levels of the education system and to meet emerging needs. My Department is working on a continuous basis to estimate future requirements...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (21 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I have not met with any person in the private sector to discuss infrastructure projects to be supported by public expenditure.