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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I have consistently said that the 2009 Budget required difficult choices to be made across all areas of public expenditure. These decisions were made to control public expenditure and to ensure sustainability in the long run. In this respect Education, while protected to a much greater extent than most other areas of public expenditure, could not be totally spared. The various impacts at...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy will be aware, I announced in February last that the building project in the school he mentions is to proceed to tender and construction. The Stage 2B (Detailed Design) submission was received by my Department from the Vocational Education Committee on the 18th of June and is currently being examined. My officials will revert to the County Donegal Vocational Education Committee...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am committed to providing information in relation to the allocation of teachers to schools and as a new feature on my Department's website. The process has begun with the provision earlier this year of initial information on the allocation of mainstream classroom teachers to primary schools under the revised schedule for 2009/10. In terms of the position at individual primary school level...

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the position regarding travel expenses in respect of public health nurses who are not covered for travel for call-out purposes (details supplied). [24269/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is liable for charges at a Health Service Executive community hospital; and if a refund will be made. [24270/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in the matter of having a replacement wheelchair made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24271/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having specialised shoes released to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24272/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the reinstatement of the maximum rate of rent subsidy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24273/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Deputy will be aware that the home tuition scheme provides a grant to parents to facilitate the provision of education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting an educational placement and to provide early intervention for pre-school children...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193, 204 and 205 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department issued responses to all schools who appealed the decision to suppress classes for pupils with a Mild General Learning Disability (MGLD) on 11 June. Correspondence was received from 49 schools in this regard. My Department has considered the correspondence and has determined that: - 10...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The building project for the above school is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. I met with a deputation from the school last October when the school's situation was fully outlined. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will continue to be considered in the context of my Department's...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: In the 2007/08 school year there were 32,831 pupils attending schools that stated Irish as their medium of instruction in the Annual Census of Primary Schools. Of these, 3,584 pupils were in sixth class. I will arrange that the Deputy be contacted directly regarding the numbers receiving tuition through the medium of Irish at second level. The Commission on School Accommodation published a...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department would only hold records on those former residents who were placed in Industrial & Reformatory schools by way of a Court hearing. Many children would have been placed in Industrial & Reformatory schools by alternative means, e.g. Health Board referrals, voluntary placements, etc and, in such...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department is guided by a Commission on School Accommodation (CSA) Report produced in 2004 on the "Criteria and Procedures for establishing and maintaining provision through the medium of Irish in second level schools". The report recommends that for an Irish Medium school to be recognised, it must have: • An initial first year projected enrolment of 30 pupils; • A projected average...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 to 201, inclusive, together. Some 217 schools have applied for additional/ replacement temporary accommodation this year. 100 schools have been approved so far to either purchase temporary accommodation, to build a permanent structure with the funding available or to rent accommodation. Rentals have been approved where the duration of the need is likely...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department has permitted the retention of a mild general learning disability (MGLD) class in the schools in question for the 2009/2010 school year subject to the schools' acceptance of the administrative arrangements.

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Applicants for the approved Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary Teaching) and the Higher Diploma in Arts in Primary Education must have the following academic qualifications: (a) an honours Bachelor degree - level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications or a qualification at level 9 or 10 on the National Framework of Qualifications, and (b) one of the following sets of second level...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The funding arrangements made by my Department for second-level schools reflect the sectoral division of our second-level system. At the core of all arrangements is reliance upon capitation as the principal determinant of funding. My Department provides funding to secondary schools by way of per capita grants, which affords schools considerable flexibility in the use of these resources to...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that schools which have enrolled children with autism have access to a wide number of support measures. These include the allocation of teaching and/or care resources by the National Council for Special Education, reduced pupil-teacher ratios, enhanced capitation for special schools and special classes for pupils with autism; provision of funding for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Jun 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will investigate the possibility of having a larger size bus put in place for persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [24264/09]