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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 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 have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply. All...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is not in receipt of an application for major capital investment for the purchase of a site or the construction of a new school, from the management authority of the school in Killeagh, County Cork as referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Interpretation Act 2005: Interpretation Act 2005 (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am not aware of any decisions in the area of education which have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act 2005.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The position regarding refuse collection charges for schools is that charges payable to the various Local Authorities do not come within the remit of my Department. It would be a matter for the Local Authorities to decide whether schools are liable to pay such charges. Where it is decided that schools are liable for such charges, the cost would form part of the normal running costs of schools...

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that an extension and refurbishment project is currently in progress for the school referred to. The project is in the early stages of Architectural Planning. Approval to proceed to Stage 3 (Developed Sketch Scheme) of Architectural Planning has been granted to the school authorities. Officials from my Department will be in further contact with the school...

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

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school in County Galway referred to by the Deputy. The assessment of the long term projected staffing, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is required. Once the long term projection has been determined and agreed with the school authorities the building project will be considered...

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

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

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: On the 16 May 2007, I announced the provision of a new second level school for the Kinvara area. This decision was and remains predicated on the Mercy Order as Trustees of Seamount College accepting first year students each year until the end of the 2011/2012 school year. As part of this announcement, I indicated that I had instructed my officials to enter into discussions with the Trustees...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware of my commitment to ensuring that all children, including those with autism, receive an education appropriate to their needs. Therefore, I share her interest in the opening of the autism unit to which she refers to facilitate the children concerned and ensure that they receive the supports they need to reach their potential. However as the Deputy will be aware, the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 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 have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply. All...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The long term accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy has been determined as 6 mainstream classrooms plus appropriate ancillary accommodation and the school authority have been notified of same. The building project required to deliver the school accommodation is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

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

Mary Hanafin: The Department recently received an updated application for large scale capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The updated application is currently being assessed. When this has been completed, the project will be assigned a Band rating under the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and progress on the project...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Schools with students who have special educational needs can be provided with a wide range of supports and assistance including additional teaching and care resources as well as specialist equipment and assistive technology if this is considered necessary. As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am having enquiries made into the matter and will revert to the Deputy in the near future.

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

Mary Hanafin: The Department is considering a number of options to address the long term accommodation needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. One of the options proposed by the schools Board of Management is the building of a permanent structure on the school's current site which is based at the local GAA club. In this regard, a member of the Department's technical staff visited the school...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: A submission has been received by the Department from the school authority in relation to a permanent location for the school on the Grangegorman site. The Department has always stated that it has no difficulty in principle with the school being permanently located in Grangegorman. This is acknowledged in the school's submission. The Department is requesting that this requirement be...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme. DEIS will bring together, and build upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The process of identifying primary and...

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that the property to which he refers will be retained for educational use. Discussions with various providers have been on-going in this regard and I expect a final decision to issue shortly.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department is aware that there are extensive housing developments and population increases in the Swords, Skerries, Balbriggan and Lusk areas of Fingal and that this has led to increased demand for school places. Earlier this year, the Department published a Draft Area Development Plan setting out infrastructural requirements for the foreseeable future for the north Dublin, east Meath...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (27 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Fingal County Council has reserved two school sites in Skerries for primary education requirements. The Department has instructed the County Council to acquire one of the sites as a matter of top priority for the purpose of providing both a new primary school and permanent accommodation for St. Michael's House Special School. It is the Department's intention to have suitable temporary...