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- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Sep 2008)
Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for free transport, subject to certain conditions, to their nearest national school. However, pupils not attending their nearest national school may avail of fare-paying transport to another school, provided: (a) the written agreement of the board of management of the nearest school is secured; (b) there are spare...
- 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 child referred to by the Deputy is not attending his nearest national school and therefore is not eligible for...
- Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)
Seán Haughey: The Deputy is a man of substance himself.
- Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)
Seán Haughey: So do we.
- Written Answers — Youthreach Programme: Youthreach Programme (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: Youthreach was established in 1988 to provide second chance education to unemployed early school leavers aged 15-20. It is designed to offer courses of integrated general education, vocational training and work experience. Towards 2016 set out to increase the number of Youthreach places by 1,000 by the end of 2009. In 2007, 400 additional places were allocated, bringing the total number of...
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (10 Jul 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 an integrated School Support Programme (SSP). As a result of the identification and review processes, 873 schools have been included in the new School Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. These comprise 670 primary...
- Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 668 and 736 together. The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) as the national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework, promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board...
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: The Department of Education and Science provides for English language training for adult immigrants (English for Speakers of Other Languages, ESOL) under its adult literacy budget. Funds are allocated to VECs who are the main statutory providers of ESOL training. Currently, there are approximately 100 VEC colleges, 10 Prison Education providers, 100 Post-Leaving Certificate (PLC) colleges,...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: My Department is currently finalising proposals for progressing the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the school transport system including catchment boundaries .
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: Between 1997 and 2007, funding for adult literacy has increased from â¬1m to â¬30m and in the same period, the number of participants has increased from 5,000 to over 44,000. There are also a number schemes targeted at people with special literacy needs, e.g. deaf people and a literacy service in Irish for people in Gaeltacht areas. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment makes...
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: The Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) provides an opportunity for adults to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Programmes are offered on a part-time basis: in the mornings, afternoons, evenings or at weekends. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to expand the number of BTEI places to 10,000 by 2009. 1,000 additional BTEI places were...
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: My Department's policy is to seek to encourage and facilitate the participation of people with disabilities in Further Education by making available the supports required to enable them to access the various programmes on offer. The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), while primarily targeting the unemployed, also facilitates people with disabilities. Under VTOS, full-time...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: There has been a significant increase in expenditure on school transport, from â¬49.5 million in 1997 to â¬172 million in 2007. The allocation for school transport in 2008 is â¬175 million. This upward pressure on costs will undoubtedly continue due to the anticipated rise in overall transport costs in the years ahead. This issue has been under consideration as part of the arrangements...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: My Department is currently finalising proposals for progressing the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the school transport system including catchment boundaries. In the meantime, the terms of the post-primary school transport scheme will continue to apply. A pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: To address special educational needs and provide the necessary supports for learners in Youthreach centres, my Department introduced the Special Education Needs Initiative (SENI) in 2007. The SENI was introduced to 25 groups of 25 learners across 20 Youthreach centres. The SENI involves a general allocation model similar to that introduced in the primary sector in September 2005. It is...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: My Department is liaising with the relevant authorities and examining the background to the enrolment of the person named in the details supplied. When this examination is completed and the information received, the School Transport Section of my Department will liaise directly with the family concerned.
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (9 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: The Adult Literacy services are funded by my Department through annual grants to the Vocational Education Committees (VECs), which deliver the services locally. VECs employ Adult Literacy tutors on a full-time and part-time basis and it is the VECs which are responsible for their terms and conditions. The annual grant provided by my Department to VECs may be used to cover the cost of tutor...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: The Value For Money Review of the Youthreach and Senior Traveller Training Centre (STTC) programmes funded by the Department of Education and Science has been completed and was published on the Department's website in April 2008. The terms of reference of the Value For Money Review were wide ranging and included the following: Determine if the aims and objectives were still relevant and if...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: My Department has requested the Transport Liaison Officer for County Leitrim to provide more background information on the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied. When this information is received, the School Transport Section of my Department will liaise directly with the family concerned.
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (8 Jul 2008)
Seán Haughey: As the Deputy is aware, DEIS provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The DEIS plan also states that as well as provision being made for schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage, a measure of financial support will also continue to be provided for other primary schools where the level of...