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Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: Any decision to expand or extend any of the initiatives aimed at tackling educational disadvantage is being considered in the context of a broad review of all such initiatives, which is nearing completion.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has no record of a concessionary post having been sanctioned at the school referred to by the Deputy. The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year. The number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule and is finalised for a particular year following...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The schools building section of the Department of Education and Science has requested the management authority of the school to obtain a written report, including costs, from the Office of Public Works about the requirement for additional materials associated with the provision of a security fence at the school. Further consideration will be given to the application for additional funding...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The selection and enrolment of pupils in second level schools is the responsibility of the school management authorities. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils in that area who seek second level places. This may result in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: When I published the 2004 schools building programme, I stated that my strategy will be grounded in capital investment based on multi-annual allocations. My officials are reviewing all projects which were not authorised to proceed to construction as part of the 2004 programme, with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005. I expect to make further announcements...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the school's enrolment on 30 September of the previous school year. The number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule and is finalised for a particular year following discussions with the education partners. The mainstream staffing of the school referred to by the Deputy for the current...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has no record of having received an application for special education resources from the school referred to by the Deputy. Any application received will be considered in the context of the criteria set out in the relevant Department circulars and the existing level of special education resources provision in the school.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The school authorities of Scoil Mhuire gan Smál secondary school, Blarney, were advised that their project could progress through architectural planning. Projects in architectural design do not automatically proceed to tender stage after completion of design stages. This project was not approved to proceed to construction in the schools building programme. When I published the 2004 schools...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has received an application from the school authorities of the primary school in County Waterford referred to by the Deputy requesting funding to provide a larger portacabin for September. The application is being considered by the school planning section at present and a decision on the application will be conveyed to the school authorities shortly.

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I confirm that my Department received an application for special educational needs supports for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. Applications for special educational resources received between 15 February and 31 August of last year are being considered at present. More than 5,000 such applications were received. Cases involving children who started school last September are being given...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The building project — a GP room at Scoil Íosagáin, Farranree, Cork — referred to by the Deputy is listed in section 8 of the 2004 schools building programme, which is published on my Department's website, www.education.ie The project is at stage 4/5, pre-tender documents, of architectural planning. It has been assigned a band 4 rating by my Department in accordance with the published...

Written Answers — Property Acquisitions: Property Acquisitions (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has not had discussions or negotiations about the purchase or leasehold of the property in question.

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: While I continue to be concerned about the health and well-being of the person referred to by the Deputy, I must point out that he has taken his claim through the various stages of the redress scheme. The Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Review Committee are independent in the performance of their functions, in accordance with the terms of the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of Education and Science sanctions special educational needs supports for pupils with disabilities in primary schools on an assessed needs basis to facilitate access to special schools, special classes and mainstream schools on an integrated basis. Such supports take the form of special class teachers, resource teachers and special needs assistants and are processed on receipt...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The four schools which provide post-primary education in the Lucan area have a current enrolment of 2,420. Given that the extension projects at St. Joseph's College and Coláiste Phádraig have almost been completed and that a project to provide a new building for Coláiste Cois Life, a developing all-Irish college, will proceed to tender and construction later this year, there will be...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2004)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has no record of having received an application for a computer for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. Any application received will be considered in the context of the criteria set out in the relevant Department circular.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The contract for the first pilot education PPP in Ireland, a bundle of five post-primary schools, was signed in November 2001 with Jarvis Projects. Construction of the schools was completed by the end of December 2002, four of the schools ahead of schedule while the fifth was signed off as scheduled demonstrating clearly that timely delivery in the construction phase is one of the attractions...

Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: In 2002, my Department introduced the school completion programme or SCP, which is a new and significantly expanded programme to deal with early school leaving incorporating the learning, experience and best practice derived from previous early school leaving initiatives, namely the eight to 15 early school leaver initiative, ESLI, and stay in school retention initiative at second level,...

Written Answers — Lisbon Agenda: Lisbon Agenda (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: The strategic goal set at the Lisbon European Council in March 2000 is to make the EU the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, by 2010. To ensure their contribution to the Lisbon strategy, Ministers of Education in 2001 agreed a work programme on the future objectives of...

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (30 Mar 2004)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 137 together. The Economic and Social Research Institute has been engaged by the Sports Council to carry out a study of school sport and physical education, both during schools hours and after. The inspectors of physical education in my Department will act in an advisory capacity to the research process, the results of which are expected to be...