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Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (28 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The OPW has been recently instructed to recommence negotiations up to contract stage for a site for the school. Due to commercial sensitivities attaching to site acquisitions generally, the Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position to comment on the details of the matter. The further consideration of the proposed site acquisition and any subsequent building project for the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department has built an 8 classroom building for the school to which the Deputy refers. The building, which opened in September 2008, meets the immediate accommodation requirements of the area to which the Deputy refers. The Forward Planning Section of my Department is currently identifying the areas throughout the country where significant additional accommodation will be needed at...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (28 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The acquisition of a site for the school to which the Deputy refers will be considered in the context of the capital budget available to my Department for school buildings generally. In light of current competing demands on the capital budget of my Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the acquisition of a school site at this time. Forward Planning Section of...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension/refurbishment. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.1 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension/refurbishment. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.1 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers made application under the Summer Works Scheme to provide for new footpaths and access ramps. I am pleased to confirm that the school concerned was successful in their application for funding and has been notified accordingly.

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Under the terms of the DEIS Action Plan, a commitment was made to extend the Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) Demonstration Library Project to the 50 School Support Programme (SSP) schools with the highest concentrations of disadvantage over the five years to 2010, with extension to further SSP schools to be considered subsequently. To date, the Project has been extended to 20 of...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The project to which the Deputy refers is at an early stage of architectural planning. The school's application for Major Capital Grant Aid has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned a Band rating of 2.1. A stage 1-2 submission is currently with my Department for review. As the Deputy will be aware, in...

Written Answers — School Patrons: School Patrons (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Officials from my Department recently met with the Office of the Attorney General to discuss issues regarding patronage of second level schools. Further advices on these issues are now awaited.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: 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 needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. The number of SNAs that...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. All schools have the names and contact...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Department is currently in the process of acquiring a new site for the proposed new school building for the school referred to by the Deputy. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from site acquisition and initial design stage through to construction will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme. However,...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the debate this afternoon on the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. At the outset, I emphasise the Government's abhorrence at what was allowed to happen to children in these institutions. No one could be unmoved by the horror of what occurred. For years the story of those who suffered in the residential institutions remained...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Are they mild learning disabilities?

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Then perhaps they should be reclassified.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Senator's tone is inappropriate to this debate.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: She will not get any credit from the people for her tone.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: It is a disgrace in this House.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I ask Senator Healy Eames to control herself.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The victims demand that we take a proper tone in this debate.