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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 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. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 3.1 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 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. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 3.1 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 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. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.2 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 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. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 3.2 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 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. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.5 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 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. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 4.1 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Discover Science & Engineering (DSE), was established in October 2003 with the aim of raising general awareness of the Physical Sciences and engineering among students, teachers and members of the public. This programme brought together and developed many existing awareness strategies in a unified strategy. Its overall objectives are to increase the numbers of students studying the physical...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department is fully committed to strengthening the quality of science teaching and learning, promoting increased scientific literacy and encouraging more students, both girls and boys, to choose science subjects. Progress in these areas is a vitally important part of our national strategy to support competitiveness and employment. Significant progress is being made in regard to curricular...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Department of Education and Science is responsible for provision, funding, policy and quality assurance of first and second level schools across the totality of the school curriculum, and for the provision of further and higher education across a wide spectrum of disciplines. My Department's Inspectorate, Qualifications Curriculum and Assessment Policy Unit, Teacher Education Section,...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department has received an application for permanent recognition from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 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 a new school building. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.4 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project,...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The authority from the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for additional accommodation to my Department. If successful, the school proposed using the grant aid to provide a permanent classroom. Following an assessment of the information supplied by the school authority in its application, the school authority was advised that the application was refused on the basis...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 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. All schools have the names...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department gave careful consideration to an application for a second level all-Irish school for the North Kildare area. It decided that the application was premature and should not be granted. In arriving at this conclusion, account was taken of the establishment of Coláiste Cois Life, Lucan, under the aegis of Co. Dublin VEC to serve the needs of the west Dublin /north Kildare area,...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The decision on eligibility for a higher education grant is a matter for the relevant local authority as appropriate. These bodies do not refer individual applications to my Department, except in exceptional circumstances. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a maintenance grant, or that the rate of maintenance grant awarded is not the correct one,...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: As part of the recent budget, the Deputy will be aware that the Government has taken the decision to introduce a year of free preschool for all children with effect from January 2010. This is a highly significant step in the development of Ireland's early childhood care and education policy. The Government has, by announcing this decision, demonstrated our commitment to our children's social...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 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 (SENO) for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support students with autism. The SENO will also consider applications from schools to establish special classes for students with autism. All schools...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: There are 33 Vocational Education Committees (VECs) established under, and governed according to the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 2001. Each VEC is a statutory body with its own corporate status. Financial allocations are made to the VECs as part of a block grant. VECs are given a high level of autonomy in the management and appropriation of their budgets and each VEC is allowed to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 584 to 586, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy on design team fees relates to almost 700 projects which have moved through architectural planning over the past five years and which are either currently progressing through architectural planning, are currently in construction or have completed construction in that time. Given the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 May 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: There have been many reports and reviews conducted worldwide on educational provision for children and young adults with autism. In its October 2001 report, the Task Force on Autism made many recommendations concerning broad educational provision for children on the autistic spectrum from pre-school through to third level. These recommendations provided a basis for the development of...