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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Capital funding expended on school building projects in County Sligo for the years in question are detailed as follows: Year € 2005 6,299,404 2006 12,224,070 2007 6,975,564 In addition, all primary schools with permanent recognition benefit annually from the Minor Works Grant, which has a current rate of €5,500 per school, €18.50 per pupil and €74.00 per special needs pupil. In...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Capital funding expended on school buildings in County Mayo for the years in question are detailed as follows: Year € 2005 8,846,358 2006 9,878,095 2007 11,423,862 In addition, all primary schools with permanent recognition benefit annually from the Minor Works Grant, which has a current rate of €5,500 per school, €18.50 per pupil and €74.00 per special needs pupil. In 2006, all...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Capital funding expended on school building projects in County Donegal for the years in question are detailed as follows: Year € 2005 24,021,348 2006 17,575,517 2007 18,408,690 In addition, all primary schools in the county with permanent recognition benefit annually from the Minor Works Grant, which has a current rate of €5,500 per school, €18.50 per pupil and €74.00 per special...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Capital funding expended on school building projects in County Leitrim for the years in question are detailed as follows: Year € 2005 1,373,895 2006 950,186 2007 3,838,625 In addition, all primary schools in the county with permanent recognition benefit annually from the Minor Works Grant. The current rate of this grant is €5,500 per school, €18.50 per pupil and €74.00 per...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The tender report for the school referred to by the Deputy is under examination in my Department at present. The school's Board of Management will be kept advised of developments when the examination is complete.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The tender report for the school referred to by the Deputy is under examination in my Department at present. The school's Board of Management will be kept advised of developments when the examination is complete.

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The specific information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, the Deputy can be assured that my Department fully recognises the key role of physical exercise within the school environment and continues to respond to the need to improve PE facilities for all pupils attending schools. My Department's design guidelines include, where appropriate, for PE Halls, general purpose...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy points out, it is intended to expand the school to which he refers to 32 classrooms. In its recently published Area Development Plan for North Dublin, the Commission on School Accommodation concurs with this development. There are no plans at the moment to extend the school site. It will be a matter for a Design Team, when appointed, to suggest architectural solutions for the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the Higher Education Grants Scheme, the Vocational Education Committees' Scholarships Scheme, the Third Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for Trainees and the Maintenance Grants Scheme for Students attending Post Leaving Certificate Courses. The Higher Education Grants Scheme is...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Office Address Disabled Access Disabled Toilet Marlborough Street Headquarters Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 Yes Yes Athlone Cornamaddy, Athlone Yes Yes Tullamore Portlaoise Road, Tullamore Yes Yes Dublin City/Fingal Regional Office Findlater House, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1 Yes Yes Dublin South County...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Payroll costs for the Press Office of my Department for these periods were: â'¬66,935 â'¬88,576 â'¬72,626

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The information sought by the Deputy is being compiled in my Department and will be sent to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Board is developing a nationwide service on a continuing basis that is accessible to schools, parents/ guardians and others concerned with the welfare of young people. For this purpose, Educational Welfare Officers (EWOs) have been...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Section 15(2)(d) of the Education Act 1998 requires the Board of Management to publish the policy of the school concerning the admission to and participation in the school. The schools enrolment policy should have the prior approval of the Patron. In summary, Section 15, subsection (2) of the Education Act states that: "A board shall . . . publish, in such a manner as the board with the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 to 544, inclusive, together. The site which is being acquired by the Department in Gorey will be developed to accommodate a new post primary school and at least one primary school. Decisions relative to further developments on site will be taken in due course. The Department expects to be in a position to determine the Patronage of the post primary school...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, the school to which he refers has applied to the Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned Band 2 rating. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department does not have a pilot project to evaluate the use and effectiveness of interactive whiteboards as a teaching and learning tool. However, the National Centre for Technology in Education is involved in a project, which explores the use of different technologies, including interactive whiteboards, in addressing the English curriculum at primary level. I am aware of a specific...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that while individual institutions in the education sector have varying degrees of autonomy according to their status and statutory provisions, the Minister has an overarching responsibility for education policy across all levels of the education system and responsibility for funding provided from the Education Vote. Set out below are a list of bodies that have been...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The cost of providing an ICT grant of €130 per post-primary pupil would be in the region of €43 million, based on 334,000 post-primary pupils in 2006/7. As the Deputy will be aware, I intend publishing a comprehensive Schools ICT Strategy, to be underpinned by the investment of €252m in the National Development Plan 2007-2013.

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the pupil:teacher ratio counts all the teachers in our schools – not only those employed as mainstream classroom teachers, but also those working in areas such as resource teaching and language support. There are now in the region of 5,000 more primary teachers than there were in 2002. The estimated annual value of additional expenditure on these posts is in...