Results 10,301-10,320 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I do not accept that the teaching supports available for children with dyslexia are poor. My Department has given a very high priority to the provision of resources to address the learning difficulties of children with low levels of achievement in reading. As the Deputy is aware, my Department implemented a general allocation system in all primary schools in September 2005 to ensure that...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I am aware that the school in question was invited to participate in the 2006 Permanent Accommodation Scheme and accepted the invitation. This Scheme allows schools to proceed with small scale permanent building projects with minimum interaction with my Department. The grant-aid awarded is to cover construction costs only and the conditions attaching to the grant does not cover the cost of...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested is not available in the format sought by the Deputy. However science facilities have been provided/improved as part of my Department's record school building programme which from 2000 to 2006 involved the delivery of over 7,800 projects with an investment of â¬2.6 billion. Typically this investment involved the provision of modern science facilities in new...
- Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Claims for improvements in the conditions of service of teachers are processed through the Teachers Conciliation Council in accordance with the terms of the revised Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for Teachers. Under the terms of revised Circular 10/01, in order for service to be recognised for the award of incremental credit, the service must have been remunerated, full-time,...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (22 Mar 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), full details of which are available on my Department's website. Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: An application was received in the Department, under the Small Schools Scheme 2007, from the school referred to by the Deputy. On 5 March 2007, I announced details of the schools to receive funding under this Scheme. 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...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: An application was received in the Department, under the Small Schools Scheme 2007, from the school referred to by the Deputy. On 5 March 2007, I announced details of the schools to receive funding under this Scheme. 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...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The National Council for Special Education has confirmed that the local special educational needs organiser (SENO) sanctioned 5 hours resource teaching and full time special needs assistant support for the child on 11 October 2006. A school place is available to the child and therefore the question of home tuition does not arise. I understand that the SENO and Education Welfare Officer met...
- Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The recent investment priorities under the ICT in schools programme have been the provision of networking grants to schools and the schools broadband access programme. In this context, the school concerned received networking grants of â¬17,000 and â¬1,797 in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and has had its broadband connectivity installed. I am aware of the benefits that good use of ICT can...
- Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Officials from my Department met with the trustees of the schools referred to by the Deputy in 2006, at which the trustees outlined details of their discussions to date in relation to the proposed amalgamation. As with any proposed amalgamation, a decision to amalgamate is a matter solely for the school's patron or trustees. My Department's role is to facilitate any such proposals or...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: Enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools, and the Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools in such matters. The Department's main responsibility is to ensure schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. This may result, however, in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school...
- Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I recently announced the schools that are to benefit from the 200 extra language support posts provided for in the 2007 Estimates. These extra 200 posts will bring 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,...
- Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 to 230, inclusive, together. Delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, 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...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The recent competition advertised to recruit Temporary Clerical Officers for my Department's offices in Athlone and Tullamore along with the State Examinations Commission is being conducted in accordance with the Commission for Public Service Appointments' Code of Practice for External Recruitment for Appointments to Positions in the Civil Service. This Code places great emphasis on the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The competition to recruit Temporary Clerical Officers for my Department's offices in Athlone and Tullamore along with the State Examinations Commission is being conducted in accordance with the Commission for Public Service Appointments' Code of Practice for External Recruitment for Appointment to Positions in the Civil Service. As decisions in relation to the short-listing for interviews...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers made an application under the Summer Works Scheme 2007 for provision of a hard court play area. On the 8th January last, I announced details of the schools to receive funding to improve facilities under the Summer Works Scheme 2007. Under the published prioritisation criteria governing the Scheme, external environment projects fall into category ten....
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Department has approved additional temporary accommodation for the school to which she refers to cater for increased enrolments for next September. The Department has also approved the replacement of accommodation for shared learning support and language support teachers. The school has been notified of this development.
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The original plan for the school referred to by the Deputy was to extend and refurbish the existing school building. However, due to increasing enrolments and the limited size of the existing site, it was decided that the best way forward was to build a complete new 16 classroom Generic Repeat Design school building on a new site. At present my Department's Technical Staff are working out a...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The Department has no record of the school to which the Deputy refers. If the Deputy provides the School Planning Section of the Department with a roll number for the school, it will reply to him directly on the matter.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2007)
Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers has not applied to the Department for additional accommodation.