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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant assessing authority, i.e. the applicant's local authority or VEC. An applicant may appeal the decision to the relevant local authority or VEC. Where the assessing authority decides to reject the appeal, the applicant may appeal this decision to my Department by submitting an appeal form...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The school to which the Deputy refers made an application for a new school building in May 2005. The Department delivered an 8 classroom building in 2009 as the first phase of the project to meet the school needs. Forward Planning Section of the Department is in the process of identifying the areas where significant additional accommodation will be required at primary and post-primary level...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The project to which the Deputy refers is at an early stage of architectural planning. A stage 1 submission from the design team was received earlier this month and is currently being considered by my Department. A meeting has been arranged for early next month to discuss the stage submission with the school and its design team. The progression of this project, from initial design stage...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The new post primary school at Doon, County Limerick, is one of eight schools which were approved for inclusion in the 3rd Bundle of schools to be procured via Public Private Partnership. This bundle is in the pre procurement stage. Detailed output specifications and Public Sector Benchmark (PSB) are being finalised and outline planning permission has been received in respect of the eight...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant assessing authority, i.e. the applicant's local authority or VEC. An applicant may appeal the decision to the relevant local authority or VEC. Where the assessing authority decides to reject the appeal, the applicant may appeal this decision to my Department by submitting an appeal form...

Written Answers — Summer Works Scheme: Summer Works Scheme (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that my Department has received an appeal from the school to which the Deputy refers in respect of their Summer Works Scheme application. The appeal is currently under consideration and a decision will issue in due course to the school authority.

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that under the terms of my Department's free fees schemes the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students pursuing approved courses of study in an approved third level institution. Where students do not meet the eligibility criteria of the free fees schemes such students must pay the appropriate tuition fee as determined by the institution. As...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 442 together. Teacher allocations to all second-level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. In accordance with these rules each school is required to organise its subject options within the limit of its approved teacher allocation. The deployment of teaching staff, the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I understand that the income levy certificates have issued on a phased basis over the last week to approximately 100,000 teaching and non-teaching staff both serving and retired who are paid through my Department's centralised payroll system.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The school to which the Deputy refers to is currently in temporary accommodation on a split campus basis. The accommodation provided by the VEC, which was funded by the Department includes general classrooms, science laboratories and preparation area, home economics, arts and craft room and construction studies area and ancillary accommodation. At the commencement of this school year in...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Access courses are generally organised by individual institutions and are not approved courses under the terms and conditions of the student grant schemes. The Higher Education Authority recently estimated the number of students currently on full-time access courses at some 369.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not fund the provision of play equipment for children. Furthermore, due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the additional information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: To date 37 individuals have applied for vacancies advertised under the Work Placement Programme in County Clare, 36 have been approved and out of this 12 have been placed.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I am advised by FÁS that 1,081 National Employment Action Plan clients in County Clare received an offer of training during 2009. To date in 2010, 551 National Employment Action Plan clients in County Clare have received an offer of training. A breakdown per month is contained in the attached table. Analysis of Offers by Calendar Month – 2009/2010 Jan/2009 41 Feb/2009 52 Mar/2009 121...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of special needs assistants employed in schools in County Clare is not readily available in the requested format. As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENO) for allocating resource teachers and special needs...

Written Answers — Schools Building Programme: Schools Building Programme (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is my Department's intention to provide a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers on a site which is being made available by the VEC. The progression of a building project for the school, from initial design stage through to construction will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme. However, in view of the level of demand on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information is currently being complied and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has provided considerable support in the areas of Maths and Science over the last five years. Since 2006, almost €11m has been spent by support services in these subject areas. This has allowed teachers to access support in relation to Maths, Science, Project Maths, and Technology. The annual teacher attendance numbers and the costs are broken down as follows. Year Maths...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Details of schools where rented prefabs have been purchased including information on the number of prefabs purchased in each case is attached for the Deputy's information. As negotiations are on-going on the buy-out of other contracts the individual amounts spent are not being provided because this information is commercially sensitive. County Roll No School No of Prefab Units 2009 ...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: At the end of each year this Department prepares a set of Annual Accounts known as the Appropriation Accounts, comparing the sums voted by Dáil Éireann under the Appropriation Act for that year (including the amount that could be used as appropriations-in-aid of expenditure) with the actual expenditure outturn for each subhead in Vote 26: Education & Science (Education & Skills with effect...