Results 7,141-7,160 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I do not want to mislead the Deputy. I will return to the Deputy with confirmation.
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The report prepared by Dr. Jim Port of J M Consulting on the application from Waterford Institute of Technology for designation as a university under section 9 of the Universities Act 1997, is available on my Department's website since this morning. I was wondering why the Leas-Cheann Comhairle wanted to get to the question. Waterford Institute of Technology is a very important institution...
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The reason the report has been published today is because it was cleared by Government just yesterday. Any consideration of a university for anywhere, be it the Dublin Institute of Technology or the Waterford Institute of Technology, must be based on very strict academic criteria, on the case made for the region, as the Deputy said and must be considered in the context of national education...
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The increased participation rate is very good. County Wexford is above average.
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I must correct myself, it is on the average figure.
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: If one was starting again, one would probably not put the universities where they are now but we are where we are and it is not fair to tell us to look at a map. However, with regard to Waterford I understand the great demand in the area but the Deputy is showing a scant lack of knowledge about the process. I do not have the say; I do not designate universities. One of the great provisions...
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy is misinformed. Neither does the Cabinet have a say. That power was taken away under the Education Act. A process must be undergone with regard to academic criteriaââ
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: ââand all the other criteria set in the context of policy. My views do not matter in this regard. The power to designate a third level institution, by whatever status, is no longer the power of the Minister and this is as it should be.
- University Status. (20 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: We do not have that power.
- Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Macquarie Partnership for Ireland (MPFI) has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the provision of the first Bundle of Public Private Partnership Schools consisting of two schools in County Laois and two in County Offaly. Negotiations between the National Development Finance Agency, which is responsible for the procurement of the school, and MPFI are ongoing. It is envisaged that the...
- Written Answers — Percent for Art Scheme: Percent for Art Scheme (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 482 and 483 together. During the period of the last National Development Plan 2000-2006 my Department accelerated the school building programme with record levels of investment and the streamlining of delivery systems. An aggregate total of well over â¬2.6 billion was invested in upgrading existing school infrastructure and providing new school accommodation...
- Written Answers — Financial Management Systems: Financial Management Systems (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has one financial management system. The system was provided by Oracle and the annual cost of maintaining the software is in the region of â¬162,000.
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware the Programme for Government includes a commitment to establish a Developing Areas Unit in my Department, dedicated solely to progressing school planning in rapidly developing areas, building on improvements that have already been made in recent years. This Developing Areas Unit, in conjunction with Fingal County Council has been working to identify and acquire...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I advise the Deputy that a site has been identified for the school in question and will be acquired in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that the schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. This may result, however, in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for temporary accommodation. The application is being processed and a decision will be communicated to the school authorities as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Officials in my Department have been pursuing the question of sourcing a site to accommodate the school to which the Deputy refers. All applications for large scale capital funding are assessed against published prioritisation criteria and assigned a band rating. Progress on individual projects are then considered in the context of the multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Officials from my Department have been in contact with the school authorities regarding additional information required to process their application. On receipt of this information the application will be fully examined and the school authorities will be contacted without delay.
- Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: There is no record of an application in my Department for funding in relation to the provision of an astro turf pitch for the school referred to by the Deputy. The school should contact the School Building Section of my Department about the matter.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Feb 2008)
Mary Hanafin: A tender report for a new school building has been received for the school referred to by the Deputy. The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered on an ongoing basis in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.