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- Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The responsibility for curriculum development is a matter for the higher education institutions, having regard to internal and external quality assurance systems, and institutional strategy. I would fully expect that institutions in so developing such curricula would have regard to maintaining the highest possible standard in the science and practice of human nutrition and dietetics.
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, major improvements have been made in staffing at primary level in recent years. There are now in the region of 6,000 more primary teachers than there were in 2002. By the 2006/07 school year, we had reduced the average class size in our primary schools to 24, while the pupil teacher ratio was 16.4:1, including resource teachers etc. In that year, schools were...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: In relation to improved facilities for children with autism, Asperger's syndrome and children with similar needs, the Deputy will be aware of my commitment to ensuring that all children, including those with autism receive an education appropriate to their needs, preferably through the primary and post primary school network. There are now in excess of 275 autism-specific classes sanctioned...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Feb 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 (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The application from the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned a Band 2 rating.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the matter of the enrolment of a pupil in the centre in question is a matter for the Board of Management of the centre. I understand from enquiries that I have made, that the child in question is currently attending the ASD unit attached to the school referred to by the Deputy. While my Department does...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will issue directly to the Deputy by my Department shortly.
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is included in the following data. 2002-2003 Full-time Part-time Dublin Institute of Technology 10,240 5,634 Athlone Institute of Technology 3,466 365 Institute of Technology, Carlow 2,476 534 Cork Institute of Technology 6,068 3,187 Dundalk Institute of Technology 2,624 395 Galway â Mayo Institute of Technology 4,563 1,090 Letterkenny...
- Schools Building Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I thank Deputy Varadkar for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to outline to the House the actions being taken by the Department to address the school accommodation needs of the Porterstown, Caperterstown and Clonsilla areas of Dublin 15. I am very conscious that the Dublin 15 area as a whole is one of the most rapidly growing areas in the country and, as a result, there has...
- Schools Building Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter of a new post-primary school in Skibbereen, County Cork.The property management section of the Office of Public Works was requested to source a suitable site to facilitate the proposed new school in Skibbereen. However, the sourcing of a greenfield site has proved very difficult to date. Following an advertisement, a number of sites were identified...
- Schools Building Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I thank the Deputies for raising the issue of Springdale national school in Raheny. They will be well aware of the scale of investment that is going into school buildings this year. Under the national development plan, almost â¬4.5 billion will be invested in schools. That shows the commitment of the Government to continue its programme of sustained investment in primary and post-primary...
- Educational Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I thank Deputy Michael D. Higgins for raising this matter on the Adjournment. It offers me an opportunity to clarify my Department's funding measures and other support measures in place with the objective of assisting vulnerable groups such as the group in question to further their education. In assessing applications for funding my Department gives consideration to interventions already...
- Educational Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: This is the answer which sets out the facts.
- Educational Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: It would be inappropriate to support a second initiative in an area which provides a similar service to the same target group. Funding has been committed in 2008 to the eight teenage parenting support projects as a specific gender element of the school completion programme under DEIS in preventing early school leaving among teenage mothers. Links have been established between local school...
- Educational Projects. (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: In this regard, my Department is co-operating with the Department of Social and Family Affairs, the Office of the Minister for Children and FÃS in testing the non-income activation proposals in Coolock in Dublin and Kilkenny. My Department also received an application on behalf of the group in question to be considered for funding in 2008 under my Department's special projects for youth...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: My Department provides for the education of all children, including those with autism, through the provision of home tuition and through the primary and post-primary school network. The Health Service Executive is responsible for the provision of health supports such as therapies to children. My Department provides for educational provision for children with autism from 21â2 years of age up...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The school in question has an application with my Department for a new school building. The school is currently located in temporary accommodation in the Dublin 7 area. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, 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...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 151 together. An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension at the school to which the Deputy refers was received and assessed. The long term projected staffing, on which the future accommodation needs of the school will be based, has been determined and notified to the school authority. In order to determine how best to...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 147 together. The schools referred to by the Deputy are two of four schools that make up the First Bundle of the Department's current Public Private Partnership Programme. This bundle consists of two new schools in Portlaoise, Co. Laois and two new schools in Co. Offaly. The two schools in Portlaoise will be built on the one site â St. Mary's CBS,...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers is currently at stage 4/5 of architectural planning. The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase is considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. The particular emphasis in 2008 is on providing sufficient school...