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

Seán Haughey: The Finance Act 2008 provided the legislative changes to withdraw relief in respect of fuel used for public transport vehicles with effect from 1 November 2008 in line with the European Union Energy Tax Directive. The appropriate full excise duties will apply from that date. My Department is in discussions with the Department of Finance on the impact of the withdrawal of the relief in...

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

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department. Routes are planned in such a way to ensure that, as far as possible, eligible pupils have a reasonable standard of service, while at the same time, ensuring that school transport vehicles are fully utilised in the most efficient and cost effective manner. My Department has been advised by Bus Éireann and the...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (30 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Circular Letter 46/00 sets out the arrangements for the delivery of self-financing part-time adult education programmes in second level schools and provides for a reduction of teaching hours for Directors of Adult Education, depending on the level of enrolment in the preceding year. The issue of a review of Circular Letter 46/00, regarding the provision of reduced teaching hours, was...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (25 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Finance Act 2008 provided the legislative changes to withdraw relief in respect of fuel used for public transport vehicles with effect from 1 November 2008 in line with the European Union Energy Tax Directive. The appropriate full excise duties will apply from that date. My Department is in discussions with the Department of Finance on the impact of the withdrawal of the relief in...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. An application for transport for the pupil, attending the school referred to by the deputy in the details supplied was received in the School Transport Section of my Department on the 16 September...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has sanctioned a transport service for the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department, has advised that the service commenced on Wednesday, 3rd September, 2008.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 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 suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The position in this case is that the children referred to by the Deputy are not attending their nearest national school and, therefore, are not...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Finance Act 2008 provided the legislative changes to withdraw relief in respect of fuel used for public transport vehicles with effect from 1 November 2008 in line with the European Union Energy Tax Directive. The appropriate full excise duties will apply from that date. My Department is in discussions with the Department of Finance on the impact of the withdrawal of the relief in...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. Pupils who are eligible for transport to the education centre in the catchment area in which they reside may avail of 'catchment...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: In August 2007, the City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee (CDVEC) became the anchor tenant of the school referred to by the Deputy. It ceased operating as a post primary school on the 31 August 2007. Currently, part of the accommodation is being used by CDVEC to accommodate Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses operated by Coláiste Dhulaigh. In addition, Killester College has...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: My Department has received an application for a change in the transport arrangements for the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied. A report has been requested from Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the Department. When this report is received and considered, my Department will be in contact with the family.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives. The pupil referred to by the Deputy resides less than 4.8 kilometres from the Post Primary Centre serving the catchment area in...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: City of Cork Vocational Education Committee submitted a request for €55,000 for the fit out of the new premises referred to by the Deputy. In consultation with the VEC, it was agreed that funding for these works would be met from surplus funds available at the end of 2007. A letter to this effect was issued to the VEC on 27 June 2008.

Written Answers — Home-School Liaison Scheme: Home-School Liaison Scheme (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1726 and 1728 together. My Department has recently completed a full review of the allocation of posts and clustering arrangements under Home School Community Liaison (HSCL). As a result, posts are allocated to schools on the basis of their levels of disadvantage and enrolment, having regard to geographic proximity or 'association' (where children from the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The School Transport Section of my Department has requested the Transport Liaison Officer for County Mayo to examine the background to the case referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied and to liaise directly with the families concerned.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department, has been asked to provide a report on the case referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied. When this report is received and considered, my Department will be in contact with the family.

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is a second chance education initiative for unemployed persons, who are at least 21 years of age or over and in receipt of specified social welfare payments for at least six months. VTOS is operated through 33 VECs nationwide. VTOS students are paid a training allowance in lieu of their previous qualifying social welfare payment, at a rate...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: As the Deputy is aware, given the significant investment by the Department in this scheme — €175.2 million in 2008 — it is a matter of concern for the Department that some parents would reserve seats for their children and then not make full use of these seats during the full school year. Bus Éireann Inspectors and drivers provide feedback to Bus Éireann in this regard on a regular...

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Haughey: The Department of Education and Science has as one of its primary goals the achievement of high literacy standards. Both the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (2007-2016) and the National Development Plan (2007-2013) have a high level goal of reducing the proportion of pupils with serious literacy difficulties in primary schools serving disadvantage communities from 30% to 15% by...