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Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: It should be like a correction.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: No, in the lifetime of the Government.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The programme for Government states during the lifetime of the Government. I would advise everyone to read it.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Only for the opening debate.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: It was announced in the budget.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I personally announced it.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Not for want of educational resources.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: All of the other 17 schools are open.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: From where would the Deputy like us to get it?

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Ní thaispeánann.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Agus tuigeann a lán daoine eile.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Tá airgead agam le haghaidh na múinteoirí.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: He would have banished the snakes.

Written Answers — School Funding: School Funding (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365, 391, 406 and 440 together. I can confirm that I have recently received correspondence from An Taoiseach on behalf of the Primary Management Bodies in relation to primary school funding. It is a key priority for the Government to improve funding for the day-to-day running costs of schools. For that reason specific commitments in relation to improving...

Written Answers — Property Transfers: Property Transfers (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The Grangegorman Development Agency was established in May 2006. The remit of the Agency is to oversee the development of the lands at Grangegorman on behalf of the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Dublin Institute of Technology and the Health Service Executive. Section 13 of the Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 provides for the transfer of ownership of...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the Permanent Accommodation Scheme, a grant was approved for the school in question to provide 3 permanent classrooms. The Scheme allows Boards of Management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives Boards control of their building project. The intention of the scheme is to provide funding to schools to...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The progression of all large-scale building projects into architectural planning, including that referred to by the Deputy, is considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special needs. SNAs are sanctioned specifically to assist in the care of pupils and students with disabilities in an...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the new action plan for educational inclusion provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The DEIS plan states that as well as provision being made for schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage, financial support will also continue to be provided...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Hanafin: All applications for large scale capital funding, including the application in question, are assessed against published prioritisation criteria and assigned a band rating. The progression of this project as with all large scale building projects, from initial design stage through to construction phase, will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual...