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Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (16 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the School referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department has recently received additional Stage 2 information and are currently reviewing it. Officials in my Department will be in further contact with the Design Team on completion of this review. Progression of all projects to tender and construction will be considered in...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was one of a number of schools I announced in 2006 to commence architectural planning. A Planning and Development meeting between officials from my Department, the school authorities and their Design Team was held last month to evaluate the Stage 2 submission for this project. On foot of this meeting additional Stage 2...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (16 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the Permanent Accommodation Scheme, grant-aid was allocated to the school in question to provide permanent accommodation of one classroom and one resource room. An official from my Department has been in contact with the school authorities and they were advised to submit a request for additional funding in respect of the provision of car parking facilities.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (16 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The number of civil servants based at present in my Department in Dublin who have applied to decentralise is 162. One hundred and thirty seven (137) of these applicants wish to decentralise with my Department, while 25 wish to decentralise with other organisations. To date my Department has been able to accommodate 44 officers who applied to decentralise in a location of their choice outside...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (16 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The number of civil servants from my Department who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's programme of decentralisation is 101. Forty one (41) of these officers were based in Dublin prior to relocation. This breakdown closely reflects the locational distribution of the main administrative grades in my Department, approximately 60% of which are located outside...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations and determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations. I can inform the Deputy that the Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118, 126 and 127 together. The Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works, which generally acts on behalf of the Department in relation to site acquisitions, was asked to source a site for the school to which the Deputies refer. A number of site options have emerged and the Department is currently examining a report from the OPW which identifies...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department has acknowledged the need to relocate the existing primary school referred to by the Deputy to a green-field site. The acquisition of a site for this development is being actively pursued with South Dublin County Council and the relevant landowners. When this matter has been finalised, progress on the proposed project can be considered in the context of the School Building...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The scheme to which the Deputy refers is an Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) pilot scheme which is funded by my Department. My Department has received 12 applications for inclusion in this scheme. With regard to specific provision for children with autism, the Government believes that as each child with autism is unique; such children should have access to a range of different...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. I understand that the National Council for Special Education received a number of applications for resource teaching support...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy originally applied for an extension and refurbishment to provide for improved ancillary accommodation, such as a General Purpose Room, a Multi-purpose/Staff Room, a Remedial Room and a General Office. The project proposed did not include additional mainstream classrooms and having regard to competing demands on the building programme the application was...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the home tuition scheme provides funding to parents to facilitate the provision of education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement. Further detail on the tutor in question is...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions, has secured a site for the provision of a new school. The building programme required to deliver the new school building will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension 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 is currently underway in order to determine the long term projected staffing figure on which the school's accommodation needs will be based. Once the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (10 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and I recently announced that an additional €1million would be allocated to An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta over the next three years to provide a support and development initiative for the Irish language which is to be located at Coláiste Íosagáin. Four additional staff will be...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (10 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Officials from the School Planning Section of the Department met with a delegation from the two primary schools involved in order to discuss issues surrounding the acquisition of a proposed Greenfield site. On foot of that meeting technical staff from the Department carried out an assessment of the proposed Greenfield site. The technical report raised a number of issues which need to be...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (10 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Office of Public Works generally acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions. Sites are generally identified either through advertisements and/or through consultations with the relevant local authority. In some circumstances site acquisitions can be handled by the Department directly or through the relevant VEC. School Building Projects are progressed in accordance...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. I have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (10 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to inform the Deputy that the inclusion of the Grangegorman Development Agency within the remit of the FOI Acts 1997 & 2003 is currently being considered by my Department. A decision on the matter is due to be taken shortly.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (10 Oct 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to sites acquisitions, has secured a site for the provision of a new school. The building programme required to deliver the new school building will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.