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Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (25 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Discussions are on-going with the local authority in relation to a site for a permanent home for the school to which the Deputy refers. In the meantime arrangements are being made to ensure that the school will be adequately accommodated in temporary accommodation until such a time as a site has been acquired and a permanent building provided.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: A Road Safety programme for use in Transition Year has been developed and is currently being piloted in schools. The programme provides a structured approach towards the development of responsible attitudes towards road safety and driver education and builds on the knowledge gained from current Social Personal and Health Education programmes (SPHE). Covering areas such as seatbelt use, hazard...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (25 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board are to ensure that each child attends a recognised...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy made an application for capital funding towards the provision of additional accommodation. An assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments in the area was carried out in order to inform the determination of the long term projected staffing on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. This has been...

Written Answers — Fee-Paying Secondary Schools: Fee-Paying Secondary Schools (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 223 together. There are currently 56 fee-charging second level schools in the country, of which 21 are Protestant, 2 Inter-denominational, one Jewish and the remainder Catholic. The number of students enrolled in fee-charging schools in the 2006/07 school year was 26,463. Enrolment figure for the 2007/2008 school year are not yet available to my...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has been in contact with the Chief State Solicitors Office and been advised that the letter has now issued to the appropriate legal representative.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department receives a large volume of parliamentary questions relating to education policy and services across all levels of the education system. My Department is involved in the delivery of services to nearly 1 million students, 4,000 schools and a myriad of education related bodies across the education sector. As previously advised, the information...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Under the prescribed terms and conditions of my Department's student maintenance grant schemes grant assistance may not generally be awarded in respect of a repeat period of study at the same level, irrespective of whether or not funding was previously awarded. The awarding body may, however, waive this provision in exceptional circumstances — example, certified serious illness. In such...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of new school building has been received from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments in the area will be required in order to determine the long term projected staffing figure on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. Once...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: This year is the first year of the rollout of the new NDP which will involve an investment of over €4.5 billion in school building infrastructure during the period 2007 to 2013. As the investment is delivered through a multi-annual school building programme, expenditure on individual projects is not confined to a given calendar year. Typically, new school buildings at primary and...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that all primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA and have an assessment carried out by a...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department acknowledges the need for a solution to the accommodation difficulties at the school to which the Deputy refers and it is committed to working to achieve a satisfactory solution as soon as possible. In this regard, the Department is considering a number of options. One of these options is the building of a permanent structure on the school's current site. A number of issues...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Building Section of my Department has no record of an application for funding in respect of the installation of security cameras under the Emergency Works Grant Scheme from the school referred to by the Deputy. However, I have arranged for an application form to be issued to the school for completion and return.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Officials in the Department have completed a technical visit of the school referred to by the Deputy with a view to determining the project brief. The future progression of the project will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Building Section of my Department has no record of an application for funding in respect of roof repairs under the Emergency Works Grant Scheme from the school referred to by the Deputy. However, I have arranged for an application form to be issued to the school for completion and return.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The closing date for receipt of tenders from building contractors in respect of the project referred to by the Deputy elapsed recently and the school's Design Team is currently preparing a tender report. When this report is completed it will be forwarded to my Department for consideration.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: A building project for the schools to which the Deputy refers has been assigned a Band one rating under the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects. The project is currently being prepared for the appointment of a Design Team following a technical inspection which will enable the finalisation of accommodation briefs. Progress on the project can then be considered...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tables for the 2005/2006 school year and 2006/2007 school year. The information for the 2007/2008 school year is currently being collated in my Department. As the Deputy will be aware, major improvements have been made in staffing at primary level in recent years. There are now 5,000 more primary teachers than there were in...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department implemented a general allocation system of learning support/resource teachers (LS/RT) to mainstream primary schools in September 2005. The system is intended to cater for children with high-incidence special education needs such as borderline mild general learning disability and mild general learning disability and specific learning disability....

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (23 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that agreement has been reached to provide permanent accommodation for the school in question on a V.E.C. owned site. The site is currently being master planned to facilitate both this school and two other all-Irish schools. All of the school authorities will be kept informed of progress in this regard.