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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: In the region of 4,000 vehicles are used each day in the school transport scheme. Over 80% of these vehicles are privately owned, most of these being small and medium sized buses. The number of Bus Éireann school buses in use fluctuates on a monthly basis as more modern buses are introduced and others are withdrawn from service on a continual basis throughout the School Year. However, Bus...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: Proposals for progressing the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the school transport system including catchment boundaries are now at an advanced stage.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 to 468, inclusive, together. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme has informed my Department that there are about 4,000 vehicles in the school transport scheme and 3,350 of these vehicles are owned by private operators on contract to Bus Éireann. In April, 2006, it was only possible to estimate the number of private contractors buses...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Educational Disadvantage Committee (EDC) was established under Section 32 of the Education Act, 1998. The role of the EDC was to advise the Minister for Education and Science on policies and strategies to be adopted to identify and correct educational disadvantage. The Committee's final report Moving Beyond Educational Disadvantage was published in December 2005. During the committee's...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The expenditure incurred on the National Adult Learning Council was as follows: â'¬21,012 in 2002 â'¬59,491 in 2003 The Council has not met since 2003 and no further expenditure has been incurred. It is estimated that to have proceeded with the Council as originally envisaged would have involved significant additional annual expenditure.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The school to which the Deputy refers is the among the schools that were judged by an independent identification process in 2005 not to have a sufficient level of disadvantage among their pupils to warrant their inclusion in DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools), the Action Plan for educational inclusion. The next identification process is scheduled to be held at the end of...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, which is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2006-2010 provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). DEIS brings together and builds upon a number of existing interventions in schools with a...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department's School Transport Section will arrange to have the transport issues investigated if the Deputy provides the names and addresses of the pupils concerned.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest national school are eligible for school transport. The position in this case is that the children referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, are not attending their nearest national school and therefore are not eligible for school transport.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The National Adult Learning Council last met in 2003. The Council has now been formally disbanded as part of the Government's programme for the rationalisation of agencies and bodies and the Chairman and members have been so advised.

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Educational Disadvantage Committee (EDC) was established under Section 32 of the Education Act, 1998. The role of the EDC was to advise the Minister for Education and Science on policies and strategies to be adopted to identify and correct educational disadvantage. The Committee's final report 'Moving Beyond Educational Disadvantage' was published in December 2005. The Government has...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: All of the schools that the Deputy has referred to are included in the DEIS programme and will continue to be following Budget 2009. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2005-10, and focuses on addressing the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and to outline the current position in regard to the specific difficulties and solutions for acquiring a site for Monreagh national school, Carrigans, County Donegal. At the outset, the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe,...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Senator for giving that additional information to the House. I will ensure it is considered by the schools building section.

School Transport. (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, operated by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department, is primarily a rural-based scheme which facilitates the transportation of more than 134,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day. The Deputy will be aware that the school transport system is a significant operation involving approximately 42 million journeys of more than 82 million km on 6,000...

School Transport. (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: School transport charges are escalating all the time owing to expanding numbers and the growing diversity of schools, and in order to meet the transport needs of special needs children. The allocation for school transport has increased from €51.1 million in 1998 to €175.2 million in 2008, a 340% increase. Major improvements, some of which I referred to earlier, have been made to the...

School Transport. (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: Unfortunately, it was not possible, in the current fiscal climate, to make additional funding available in respect of an increase in contractors' rates for the 2008-2009 school year. As announced in the budget, the increase provided allows for payment of a compensatory allowance to private contractors who may avail of the fuel rebate scheme until the end of the month. My officials are...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (30 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: DEIS, (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The process of identifying schools for participation in DEIS was managed by the Educational Research Centre (ERC) on behalf of my Department and supported by quality...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (30 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: The planning and organising of school bus routes is an operational matter for Bus Éireann. School bus routes are planned in such a way as to ensure that, as far as possible, eligible pupils have a reasonable level of service while at the same time, ensuring that school transport vehicles are fully utilised in an efficient and cost effective manner. A change to an existing route may be...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (30 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Transport Liaison Officer for County Cork has advised that a school bus ticket has been issued to the pupil referred to by the Deputy.