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- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for school building works, grant-aid of â¬275,000 was sanctioned in March 2006 to enable the management authorities of the school in question to extend and refurbish their school building. Construction work commenced at this school in early May of this year and 70% of the grant-aid has been paid to the school.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that only the standard local contribution will apply to the school building project in question. The increased cost of the project will not attract an additional local contribution.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: An application for an extension and refurbishment building project has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolments, demographic trends and housing developments in the area will be required to be carried out by the Department in order to assist in determining the long term projected enrolment for the school on which the school's long term...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of the Department is in receipt of an application from the school to which the Deputy refers for major capital works. The application has been assessed in accordance with published prioritisation criteria for large scale building and was assigned a band 2 rating. The Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of the Department...
- Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The terms and conditions of teachers are matters for the Teachers Conciliation Council. This Council is comprised of representatives of teacher unions, school management associations, the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Science. The terms of agreements reached at this Council are of general application to all teachers. The criteria for the award of an allowance in...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The school submitted an application under the Small Schools Scheme 2007 for additional accommodation including mainstream classrooms. Due to the volume of applications received in the Department it was not possible to allocate funding to all proposed projects and the school referred to by the Deputy was not successful in this instance. It is open to the school authority to apply for funding...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, the Special Educational Needs Organiser (SENO) of the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating support teaching and special need assistants as a school-based resource for pupils in need of additional supports. I understand that no application for SNA support in respect of this child has been made to the local SENO. I have arranged...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 523 and 565 together. The funding arrangements made by my Department for second level schools reflect the sectoral division of our second level system. At the core of all arrangements is a reliance upon capitation as the principle determinant of funding. My Department provides funding to secondary schools by way of per capita grants, which affords schools...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: An application for an extension and refurbishment project has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. An assessment of projected enrolments, demographic trends and housing developments in the area will be required in order to assist in determining the long term projected enrolment for the school on which the school's long term accommodation needs will be based. When the...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: In accordance with the programme for Government, my Department will be examining how to advance a review of the School Transport system. A number of improvements have recently been made to school bus transport such as the phasing out of the '3 for 2' seating arrangements. All children travelling on school buses under the school transport scheme have been provided with individual seats. Bus...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The school submitted an application under the Small Schools Scheme 2007 for additional accommodation including mainstream classrooms. Due to the volume of applications received in the Department it was not possible to allocate funding to all proposed projects and the school referred to by the Deputy was not successful in this instance. The Department has received an appeal from the school in...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Planning Permission has recently been granted for the school building referred to by the Deputy and it is envisaged that the project will proceed to tender and construction later this year.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: All primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) that is administered by NEPS. NEPS does not keep waiting lists for assessments of children but in common with other psychological services encourages a...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: While the Department has no immediate plans to purchase the site referred to by the Deputy, it will continue to monitor the demand for school places in the Stepaside area to ensure that any extra demand for post primary school places is met in a timely manner.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Each school management authority is required to organise its time-table and subject options having regard to pupils needs within the limit of its approved teacher allocation. The school in question received its final allocation on 19th...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for maintenance grants is a matter for the relevant local authority or Vocational Education Committee. These bodies do not refer individual applications to my Department save, in exceptional cases, where, for example, advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is desired. No such advice or instruction has, to date, been sought in the...
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (26 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 (SSP). The School Support Programme will bring together, and build upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The process of...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: It is unclear from the Deputy's question whether the student referred to is pursuing a second undergraduate course â with a graduate entry requirement â or whether the course in medicine is at postgraduate level. In the case of this query relating to a second undergraduate course I wish to advise that under the prescribed terms and conditions of my Department's student maintenance grant...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The long term projected staffing, on which the schools accommodation needs are based, is being considered in the Department at present. Once the long term projection has been determined and agreed with the school authorities, a decision will be made on how best to address the school's accommodation needs. When this assessment is complete and the long-term projected staffing agreed with the...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The National Council for Special Education, through the local Special Educational Needs Organisers, is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs supports from primary and post primary schools. Special Need Assistant (SNA) support is provided specifically to address the care needs of pupils with special educational needs. My officials have been in contact with the...