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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: Schools selected for inclusion in the recent announcement of a further €30 million investment in school buildings were selected not by reference to their status or location but rather by reference to priority band rating, position in the architectural planning process and the ability of the projects to draw down funding during 2004. My Department is currently reviewing educational provision...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The criteria used for prioritising large-scale primary and post primary school building projects is set out in appendix 1 and 2 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website www.education.ie As I announced when publishing the programme, a key strategy for school building projects will be grounded on the budget day announcement of multi-annual allocations...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department received an application for an increase in resource teaching support from 2.5 hours to five hours per week and full time special needs assistant support for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. SER applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003, are being considered at present. In all, more than 5,000 such applications were received. Priority was given to cases...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: Special needs assistant posts are allocated by my Department where the professionally assessed needs of a child or children involved is such as to require the delivery of such support. Posts sanctioned in all primary schools are either full time or part time, with the rate of pay applied on an incremental basis. A copy of the salary scale applicable from 1 January 2004 follow for the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department allocates resource teaching support and special needs assistant support to second level schools and vocational education committees to cater for students with special educational needs. Applications for such support are made to my Department by the relevant school authorities. Each application is considered on the basis of the assessed needs of the pupil or pupils involved and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: As a matter of general policy, I am prepared to support the development of additional education provision for children with special needs where there is no existing provision or where such provision is not adequate to meet demand. I can confirm that applications for the establishment of autism-specific classes have been received from two schools in the Sligo area recently and these are...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I can confirm that my Department has received applications for special educational resources, SER, for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. SER applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003, including one for the pupil in question are being considered at present. In all, more than 5,000 such applications were received. Priority was given to cases involving children starting...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: An application for funding from the youth organisation referred to by the Deputy has been received by my Department. This request, together with the other applications received for funding in 2004, is being considered by my Department at present and a decision will be given in the matter as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I can confirm that my Department has received applications for special educational resources, SER for pupils in the school referred to by the Deputy. The position is that SER applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003, including ones for the school in question are being considered at present. In all, more than 5,000 such applications were received. Priority was given to...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: There are nine primary schools in Lucan and they will offer a total of 662 junior infant places this year. This figure represents an increase of 56 places on September 2003. My Department has not been made aware of any child being unable to access a place in Lucan in 2003. Swift and decisive actions have been taken to address the demands that have emerged from the rapid development of Lucan...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: On 23 July 2002 the school building section of my Department informed the board of management of the school to which the Deputy refers to appoint an architect to prepare the necessary documentation for the siting of two small portacabins on the school grounds. At the same time, the board was informed that prior approval for seeking tenders would be required so as to ensure that sufficient...

Written Answers — Child Care: Child Care (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department provides funding to VECs to assist towards the child care expenses of participants in vocational training opportunities scheme, Youthreach and senior Traveller training programmes. The administration of grants to participants in these programmes is a matter for individual VECs. City of Dublin VEC has indicated that it is not in a position to pay the child care fees for students...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I have no plans for extending the free tuition fees scheme to include part-time students at this time. The main conditions of the free fees initiative are that students must be first-time undergraduates, and hold EU nationality or official refugee status and have been ordinarily resident in an EU member state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The extension and PE hall project for the school referred to by the Deputy is listed in section 8 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie This project is at stage 4/5 detail design/bill of quantities of architectural planning. It has been assigned a band 2 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: An application for grant aid towards improved accommodation has been received from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. All applications for temporary accommodation have been considered by school planning section. In the context of the available funding and the number of applications for that funding, it is not possible to approve all applications received and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I can confirm that my Department has received applications for special educational resources, SER, for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. The position is that SER applications received between 15 February and 31 August 2003, are being considered at present. In all, more than 5,000 such applications were received. Priority was given to cases involving children starting school last September...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The number of pupils availing of school transport services in a school year varies from time to time. Accordingly, the figures below are averages of pupils availing of the service within the years mentioned. Year Primary Post-primary pupils 1997 64,000 96,000 1998 61,000 93,000 1999 59,000 86,000 2000 60,000 79,000 2001 60,000 80,000 2002 59,000...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department provides funding to special schools to assist in defraying the cost involved in engaging a suitable person to act as an escort on a school bus. When the escort scheme was introduced some years ago, my Department was prepared to provide funding to St. Joseph's special school, Galway, for the purpose of employing escorts. However, the board of management indicated that it was...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy currently has the services of one full-time and one part-time resource teacher, one shared learning support teacher and two full-time special needs assistants. Applications for additional special educational resources, SER, for the school have been received. The position is that my Department received more than 8,400 applications for...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My officials will investigate the matter in question and advise him of the outcome.