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- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: A site has been secured for the school referred to by the Deputy. 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, the building project will be considered in the context of the multi annual School Building and...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The new building for the school in question is one of 54 major primary school building projects which I announced last November to proceed to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months. This programme will provide over 10,000 permanent school places to be delivered in new schools and a further 5,900 pupils will see facilities modernised with major extension projects. My...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The 2007 examination fee for Leaving Certificate candidates is â¬96. The fee for school-based repeat Leaving Certificate candidates is â¬251. Examination fees generally cover only a fraction of the cost of running the examinations. The costs associated with the certificate examinations have been spiralling in recent years due to the introduction of new methods of assessment in various...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy may be aware, a sum of â¬75m for revenue purposes was provided to the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing the level and range of multi-disciplinary support services to adults...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale works. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the multi annual School Building and Modernisation...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department intends to permanently accommodate the school to which he refers in a building which it expects to be vacated post an amalgamation of three schools in the immediate area. A technical inspection of the buildings concerned was recently carried out to determine the scope of works required to facilitate the amalgamation and to accommodate the school...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Special Rate of Maintenance Grant is available to students in receipt of the ordinary maintenance grant under each of my Department's four maintenance grant schemes. In order to qualify for the special rate of maintenance grant a candidate must meet a number of conditions, including the following: 1. An applicant must qualify for the ordinary maintenance grant. 2. Total reckonable income...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The two storey prefab units in question comprise 12 mainstream classrooms, 2 special education rooms, 2 administration rooms, a large common area room together with other ancillary accommodation. The cost of dismantling of the prefab units and packing for removal was â¬115,237. The cost of transportation of units to storage was â¬47,657. All figures are exclusive of VAT. The...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: An application was submitted by the school referred to by the Deputy under the Permanent Accommodation Scheme 2007 for a learning Support Room, Parent Room, Pastoral Care Room, Technical Drawing/Graphics Room, Science Laboratory, Staff Room Extension. On Monday, 5 March 2007, I announced details of the schools to receive funding under the Permanent Accommodation Scheme 2007. However, this...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through the local special educational needs organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports. This includes applications for the establishment of special classes for autism. Officials in my Department have been in contact...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied under the Summer Works Scheme 2007 for funding to install a security system to the external areas of the school property. On the 8 January 2007 I announced details of the schools to receive funding to improve facilities under the Summer Works Scheme 2007. However, due to the volume of applications received in the Department it was not possible to...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the allocation of 200 extra language support posts to schools, bringing the total number of language support teachers in our schools to 1,450. These new resources are intended for schools with large numbers of pupils who do not have English as a first language. Under the revised arrangements, depending on the number of eligible pupils...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Tenders for the project referred to by the Deputy were submitted recently and a tender report is currently being prepared by the schools Design Team. As soon as a tender is approved the project will then proceed to construction without delay.
- Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (24 Apr 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 Staffing: School Staffing (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30th September of the previous school year. The actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. Data submitted to the Department by the Board of Management of the school referred to by the...
- Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Third Level Student Support Schemes, administered by the Local Authorities and Vocational Education Committees, on behalf of my Department does not extend to undergraduate study outside of the EU or postgraduate study outside of the island of Ireland. Any extension of the current arrangements to provide for students pursuing undergraduate study outside of the EU or postgraduate courses...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension at the school to which the Deputy refers was received and assessed. The long term projected staffing, on which the future accommodation needs of the school will be based, has been determined and notified to the school authority. In order to determine how best to provide for the school's accommodation needs into the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The building project for the School referred to by the Deputy is at early stage of architectural planning. My Department wrote to the Design Team on the project on the 20th September 2006 requesting a stage 1/2 submission (Outline sketch scheme with costings) and this submission is expected in my Department by the end of April this year. When this stage 1/2 submission is received in my...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: A Design Team was appointed for the school project referred to by the Deputy on the 28th November last and the School Authorities were instructed to inform their Design Team to prepare a stage 1/2 submission (Outline sketch scheme with costings). The stage 1/2 documentation is now awaited and when this is received my Officials will arrange a meeting with the School Authorities and their...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The building project for the School referred to by the Deputy was one of the sixty two projects that I announced in January of 2006 to start the architectural planning process and to proceed to tender and construction as per my announcement of November 2006. The brief for the project consists of a 16 classroom Generic Repeat Design building with an additional bolt-on Special Education Tuition...