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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The Higher Education Grants Schemes operate under the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts, 1968 to 1992. Under the Higher Education Grants Scheme an approved course is defined as a full-time undergraduate course of at least two years duration or a full-time postgraduate course of not less than one year duration pursued in an approved institution. An approved institution is...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The proposed project for the schools in question is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The further progression of the project will be considered on an ongoing basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The specific information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within my Department and would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. My Department has recently published a Data Strategy covering the period 2008 to 2010. The Strategy outlines a number of goals and actions to improve the quality and supply of data over the coming three-year period within the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: As you may be aware, a recently established Developing Areas Unit, within the School Planning and Building Unit of my Department is working on providing educational facilities in rapidly developing areas, including Dublin 15. The projects to which the Deputy refers are at various stages of early architectural planning and submissions made to the Department are awaiting approval by the...

Written Answers — Third Level Qualifications: Third Level Qualifications (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables. There is an issue with reporting and calendar years. The 2002 tables are from the old paper returns, and relate to the 2002 calendar year only. Subsequent years moved to academic calendar years when counting graduates so the 2003 file refers to the 03/04 academic year. The latest data is for 05/06, since graduates...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that negotiations, currently being lead by the VEC on behalf of my Department, are ongoing regarding the acquisition of the site in question. The further progression of the acquisition of the site and the associated building project will be considered in the context of the Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: An application for major capital works was received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The Department has agreed the expansion of this school to a 24-classroom school with the school authorities. As the Deputy may be aware a Developing Areas Unit was set up recently in my Department to focus on the school accommodation needs of rapidly developing areas including the area to which the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The details requested by the Deputy will be forwarded directly to the Deputy's Office as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers is at early architectural planning. Officials from my Department have requested a Stage 2(a) submission; Developed Sketch Design, on receipt of a date for receipt of this submission a date for a review meeting will be arranged. The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to tender and construction, including...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: A tender report for the project in question was received by my Department in January of this year. As the Deputy may be aware, the Programme for Government included a commitment to establish a Developing Areas Unit in the Department of Education and Science, dedicated solely to progressing school planning in rapidly developing areas, building on improvements that have already been made in...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Class size data for primary schools for 2007/2008 are currently being compiled by my Department and are not yet available. The source of this data is the Annual Census of Primary Schools. Data will become available when returns for all schools have been processed. As the Deputy will be aware, major improvements have been made in staffing at primary level in recent years. There are now 6,000...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The Stage 2(a) submission referred to by the Deputy is due to be delivered to my Department by the design team on Thursday, 10th April 2008.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The commencement and progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase, including this project, will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Officials from my Department are still awaiting a date for receipt of the Stage 3 submission (i.e. Developed Sketch Scheme) from the school's Design Team.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The proposed project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage. Further progression of the project will be considered on an ongoing basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware all primary and post-primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA, whereby the school can have an assessment...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, my Department implemented a general allocation system of learning support/resource teachers (LS/RT) to mainstream primary schools in September 2005. The system is intended to cater for children with high-incidence special education needs such as borderline mild general learning disability and mild general learning disability and specific learning disability. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together. In 2007 my Department held a competition to recruit Temporary Clerical Officers for assignment to the Department's offices in Athlone and Tullamore and to the State Examinations Commission in Athlone. The competition was advertised in local press in the midlands area and on a local radio station. The cost of advertising for the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for third level grants is a matter for the relevant assessing authority. These bodies do not refer individual applications to my Department except, in exceptional cases, where, for example, advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is required. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a maintenance...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: This site will be acquired under the Fingal School Model Agreement and is required to provide adequate play space for the schools once the site is fully developed.