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- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: There is no current funding available to enable children from disadvantaged backgrounds to attend courses in the Gaeltacht. However, as an important step in progressing the first phase of the 20-year strategy for the Irish language, an additional â¬3 million has been secured for the development of materials and resources for schools at primary and post-primary level, the provision of...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level for the coming school year is the pupil enrolment at 30 September 2009. The staffing schedule for the coming school year was recently published by my Department. The additional posts in the renewed Programme for Government enabled some improvement to be made to the staffing schedule. The...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. Local SENOs...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is aware of the accommodation issues at the school to which the Deputy refers. Notwithstanding the fact that the school has provisional recognition and that during this period it is the responsibility of the Patron to provide accommodation, my Department has been assisting the Patron in sourcing alternative suitable, cost effective accommodation. An proposal was recently put...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The new post primary school referred to by the Deputy, 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 now been received for all schools in...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: School enrolment data can only be provided at aggregate county level or at individual school level and is not available by local area, neighbourhood, suburb or town. Overall enrolments figures for each primary school for the 2008\2009 academic year are available on my Departmentââ¬TMs website at www.education.ie. This is the most recent year available for primary schools. Attached are...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The progression of a building project for the school to which the Deputy refers necessitates the acquisition of a site. The progression of a project for the school, from site acquisition through to the initial design stage and construction will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Data on Travellers are available from the Annual Census of National Schools and relate to the total number of pupils taught by a Resource Teacher for Travellers. Data from the September 2008 Census show that there were, in total, 6,843 pupils taught by an RTT teacher. Of these, 6,810 were enrolled in schools identified as having a Roman Catholic patron according to my Department's central...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Financial assistance is available to students under the maintenance grant schemes, which are administered by the local authorities and Vocational Education Committees on behalf of my Department. Students who are entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the relevant conditions as to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Financial assistance is available to students under the maintenance grant schemes, which are administered by the local authorities and Vocational Education Committees on behalf of my Department. Students who are entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the relevant conditions as to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic...
- Written Answers — Teacher Training: Teacher Training (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 together. The five state funded Colleges of Education each provide a Bachelor of Education course and, with the exception of the Church of Ireland College of Education, an 18-month postgraduate course. Depending on the College of Education there are various mechanisms for funding the programmes. St Patrick's College and Mary...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Since my appointment to the Department in March 2010 I have made a number of appointments to the Governing Bodies of Institutes of Technology. These appointments were made on the nomination of the relevant VECs in accordance with the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992-2006. I will arrange for my Department's officials to forward a copy of appointments made to bodies under the aegis of my...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is currently in communication with special schools whose students are pursuing courses leading to accreditation, such as Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Applied. These students will be allowed additional time in special schools to complete these courses. In addition, my Department is currently reviewing its policy concerning school...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As I advised the Deputy in my response to Parliamentary Question 193 on 21 April 2010, all primary schools were allocated Learning Support/Resource Teaching support through the General Allocation Model. These teaching resources were provided in order to enable schools provide additional teaching support to pupils who have learning support needs or who have been assessed as having a high...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy is aware, notification of a decision to grant planning permission issued last week for the project to which she refers. Subject to no appeals, the final grant of planning permission will not issue until 4 weeks after the initial decision to grant. The progression of this project is contingent on the receipt of the necessary statutory approvals and the completion by the school...
- Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The vast majority of the approximately 1,100 Parliamentary Questions submitted to my Department to date in 2010 have received a full and comprehensive response. Unfortunately, due to the industrial action undertaken by some civil service grades, it has not been possible to fully address all of the issues raised by Deputies in a small number of Parliamentary Questions. In such instances, my...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Financial assistance is available to students under the maintenance grant schemes, which are administered by the local authorities and Vocational Education Committees on behalf of my Department. Students who are entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the relevant conditions as to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, on 16 February my predecessor announced details of 51 major school building projects that will appoint design teams this year. I am pleased to inform the deputy that the project in question is scheduled to have a Design Team appointed in the fourth quarter of 2010. My Department will contact the school regarding this matter in due course. Details on all of these...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers have made applications to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published criteria for large scale capital projects and assigned an appropriate band rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with assessed applications for major capital...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The project to which the Deputy refers is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Planning permission has been received and the Design Team is currently working on completing the stage 2(b) submission for this project. Following receipt and review of the Stage 2(b) submission, my Department will revert to the school regarding next steps in the progression of the project...