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- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Forward Planning Section of the Department is in the process of carrying out detailed analysis of over 40 locations of highest population growth in order to identify the school accommodation requirements up to and including the school year 2014/2015. Given the increase in the birth rate in recent years the initial focus of this analysis is on primary school accommodation requirements and...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers recently applied to my Department for an additional mainstream classroom. This application is currently being assessed and the school authority will be notified of my Department's decision in this matter in due course.
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations, including organising the holding of examinations, making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination and issuing the results of examinations. In view of this, I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 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. The NCSE is an...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I announced details of successful applicants under the current Summer Works Scheme on 19 April, 2010. 1,490 primary and post primary schools across the country will benefit from small and medium scale building works this summer under the â¬122 million investment programme announced. The Planning and Building Unit of my Department has recently...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I announced details of successful applicants under the current Summer Works Scheme on 19 April, 2010. 1,490 primary and post primary schools across the country will benefit from small and medium scale building works this summer under the â¬122 million investment programme announced. The Planning and Building Unit of my Department has recently...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations, including organising the holding of examinations, making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination and issuing the results of examinations. In view of this, I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: To date in 2010 a total of just over â¬65 million of this year's capital allocation of â¬578.8m for the primary and post-primary sectors has issued from my Department under the school building and modernisation programme. This expenditure level is very much on target with expenditure expectations for the early months of the year.
- Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that the Renewed Programme for Government provides for funding to be made available to allow schools to provide grant assistance for books. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that â¬7.65m of additional grant support has been made available as a result of the Budget for 2010, which is in addition to the â¬7m that was allocated for books to DEIS schools in 2009. I...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 380 and 386 together. The project to which the Deputies refer has a priority band rating of 2.4 and is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. I announced details of successful applicants under the current Summer Works Scheme on 19 April, 2010. 1,490 primary and post primary schools across the country will benefit from small and medium...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The priority for my Department is to apply all capital funding allocated to it for school and college buildings. It has no role to play in resourcing privately owned and managed facilities, including swimming pools. The Deputy may wish to pursue this matter with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, which is responsible for the disbursement of the sports capital grant, and/or the...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Grangegorman Development Agency was established under Section 8 of the Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005. The general aim of the Agency is to oversee the development of the lands at Grangegorman on behalf of the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Dublin Institute of Technology and the Health Services Executive. Section 12 of the Act provides that the Agency...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Forward Planning Section of my Department has carried out a study of the country to identify the areas where, due to demographic changes, there may be a requirement for significant additional school provision at both primary and post-primary levels over the coming years. This study has been conducted using data from the Central Statistics Office, the General Register Office and the...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 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. The NCSE is an...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: On 16th February last, details of large scale capital projects proceeding under my Department's Capital programme for 2010 were announced. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a project for the school to which she refers, and which has a band 1 rating, was included in that announcement for the appointment of a design team in the fourth quarter of this year. The school authority will be...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned an appropriate band rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I announced details of successful applicants under the current Summer Works Scheme on 19 April, 2010. 1,490 primary and post primary schools across the country will benefit from small and medium scale building works this summer under the â¬122 million investment programme announced. The Planning and Building Unit of my Department has recently...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I announced details of successful applicants under the current Summer Works Scheme on 19 April, 2010. 1,490 primary and post primary schools across the country will benefit from small and medium scale building works this summer under the â¬122 million investment programme announced. The Planning and Building Unit of my Department has recently...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Forward Planning Section of the Department is in the process of carrying out detailed analysis of over 40 locations of highest population growth in order to identify the school accommodation requirements up to and including the school year 2014/2015. Given the increase in the birth rate in recent years the initial focus of this analysis is on primary school accommodation requirements and...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Forward Planning Section of the Department is in the process of carrying out detailed analysis of over 40 locations of highest population growth in order to identify the school accommodation requirements up to and including the school year 2014/2015. Given the increase in the birth rate in recent years the initial focus of this analysis is on primary school accommodation requirements and...