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- Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be issued to the Deputy by my Department shortly.
- Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: In 2004, the Government commissioned a major OECD review of higher education to support Ireland's strategic ambition of placing our higher education system at the front rank of the OECD in the context of the wider national objective of developing as a world leading knowledge economy and society. A key recommendation of the OECD report was that Ireland should retain the differentiation in...
- Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I am currently considering the report referred to by the Deputy in conjunction with my officials. As I have already informed the Deputy, the application from Waterford Institute of Technology for university status must be considered in the context of overall Government policy towards higher education.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to civil servants employed by my Department is provided on the following table. Officers transferred to posts based outside Dublin Officers transferred to posts based in Dublin in the interim before decentralisation Department of Education & Science (DES) Other organisations Department of Education & Science (DES) Other organisations...
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As part of the tender competition, the initial design and layout for the school has already been done and some pre-planning discussions have taken place with Meath County Council in order to help ensure that it meets their requirements. Following the placing of the design and build contract, the first task for the successful contractor will be to submit the application for planning...
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy cannot.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: It is not allowed.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I did not sneer at them. There is no facility for a Member to speak again on the Adjournment.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: They got a lovely facility in September.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputies stated, an application for an extension to St. Mary's and St. Gerard's national school was received. When the original application was made, the extension would have been too small for the school's needs. Subsequently, an assessment was made of the long-term needs of the school and it was determined, and agreed with the school authority, that the school should be extended to...
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Band one is the correct status. The band one rating is the highest rating and that was indicated to the principal in November.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The letter to the principal is correct. I confirm that for the Deputy. The school has band one status. It is located in a rapidly developing area. Band one status is the highest rating a school can get within the building programme. Approximately â¬600 million will be available for the school building programme next year and the school's band one status gives it a very high priority....
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I will ask the technical staff. It has band one status.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I will clarify the reply to the parliamentary question.
- Schools Amalgamation. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I thank Deputy Deenihan for raising this issue. I hope the local newspaper is as laudatory of the multi-million sums that have been spent on schools in County Kerry. I have had the pleasure of opening extensions and new buildings in the county and I am sure they will give equal coverage to that.
- Schools Amalgamation. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: With 4,000 schools throughout the country, it has only been in recent years that we have made substantial progress. County Kerry has done well because it has so many small schools. It is always a great pleasure to visit them. The fact that so many educational conferences seem to take place in the county means that I visit more schools there than anywhere else.
- Schools Amalgamation. (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: That is true but it also applies in respect of other counties. In regard to the school building for Ballybunion, planning permission, a fire certificate and the tender report for the project are being examined by the Department's building unit. This will lead to the provision of a new two storey, eight classroom generic repeat design school. As the Deputy might be aware, generic repeat...
- Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 and 391 together. Under the immigration regime, students from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland who are not asylum seekers, refugees or who do not have humanitarian leave to remain in the State, may access education on a fee paying basis and are required to be self sufficient during their stay in Ireland. Such students attending full time courses of at...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Under my Department's School Building and Modernisation Programme there will be close to â¬600 million available to address first and second level school infrastructure deficits/improvements in 2008. While there will continue to be a focus next year on providing extra places in developing areas, my Department will also be delivering improvements in the quality of existing school...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the valid enrolment of the school on 30th September of the previous school year and the staffing schedule which is issued annually to all primary schools. If the current staffing schedule were to be applied to all primary schools based on the provisional enrolment figures of the 30th September 2007, forwarded to my...