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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department has requested the Transport Liaison Officer for County Kildare to examine the background to the matter referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied. The Transport Liaison Officer will communicate directly with the family in question when this investigation is completed.

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (18 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Provision was made in the National Development Plan 2000-2006 through the Employment and Human Resources Development Operational Programme for funding for Lifelong Learning — Back to Education Initiative. The Back to Education Initiative provides new opportunities for learning through the provision of flexible part-time and full-time programmes that consolidate and build on existing further...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: A list of pupils and their addresses was received by my Department's School Transport Section. This list was forwarded to Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department, in order to determine these pupils' eligibility for school transport. The families concerned should liaise with the local Bus Éireann office in Athlone regarding the outcome of their...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I recently met a delegation from the group in question which briefed me on its work and financial support needs. While I took note of the work of the group and of its needs, I explained that the financial resources available to me for 2007 are committed and that I was not in a position to make any future commitments at this juncture. The position of Drogheda Youth Development will be kept...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department allocates funding to schools to enable them to employ escorts on school transport services. These escorts are specifically engaged to cater for children with special educational needs whose care requirements are such as to necessitate continuous support. My Department has no plans currently to provide funding for the provision of supervisors on all school buses. The Deputy...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department is aware, since the phasing out of the three for two seating arrangement on school buses, that vacant seats, where they arise, are now more conspicuous than heretofore. My Department is obviously concerned that some parents would reserve seats for their children and then not make full use of these seats. In circumstances where a complaint of this nature is received Bus...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Deputy will be aware from my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 124 of 11 October 2007, that subject to availability, the most that can be offered in this case is catchment boundary transport. However, the Transport Liaison Officer for Co. Limerick and Bus Éireann have advised that the transport service in question is operating to capacity. The families in question should continue...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 and 421 together. The Deputy will be aware from my response to Parliamentary Question No. 736, that the Road Safety Authority has informed my Department that the law in relation to the use of safety restraint systems in buses reflects the requirements in relation to these vehicles as set down in EU Directives 91/671/EEC and 2003/20/EC relating to the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

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. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: In general, to be eligible for school transport pupils must reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and be attending, their nearest Gaelscoil. My Department's School Transport Section has forwarded the list of pupils, supplied by the school to Bus Éireann in order to determine their eligibility for school transport. My Department would advise the families concerned to liaise with the local Bus...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for school transport if s/he lives 4.8 kilometres or more from the post-primary centre in the catchment area in which s/he resides. The Transport Liaison Officer (TLO) for County Sligo has advised that the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied is eligible for school transport and is availing of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

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 Gaelscoil are eligible for free school transport. Where it is not feasible to arrange a school transport service for eligible pupils, grant-aid may be provided to parents/guardians towards the cost of making their own transport arrangements. My...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more, and are attending, their nearest suitable school, as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The pupils referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, are not attending their nearest school and therefore, do not meet the eligibility criteria for free...

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Residential Institutions Redress Board was established under statute in 2002 and is governed by the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. The board was established to make fair and reasonable payments to persons who, as children, were abused while residents in industrial schools, reformatories and other institutions subject to State regulation or inspection and who were...

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: It should be pointed out that ineligibility to be considered for redress under the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 does not affect a person's statutory right to pursue other legal avenues which may be open to them. In dealing with correspondence relating to the inclusion of Bethany Home on the Schedule, the issue of the religious ethos was put forward as a possible...

Irish Prison Service. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: At the request of the Irish Government, the Council of Europe yesterday published the report of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, CPT, on its visit to Ireland in October 2006, as well as the response of the Government of Ireland to the points raised by the CPT in that report. Its previous visit to this jurisdiction was May 2002. It...

Irish Prison Service. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: I will do so. In the meantime, we must take action within the constraints imposed by our older prisons. The CPT quite rightly has identified that the level of violence among prisoners in our prisons has increased. There have been specific incidents in Mountjoy Prison, Limerick Prison and St. Patrick's Institution, which are a cause of serious concern. There is additional information in my...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 Oct 2007)

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. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...

Hospital Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 Oct 2007)

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. The scheme is not designed to facilitate parents who choose to send their children to a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully...