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- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296, 297 and 338 together. I am most anxious that all children, including children with autistic spectrum disorders receive education appropriate to their needs. There are seven facilities in the State operating on a pilot-project basis and using alternative educational methods for teaching children on the autistic spectrum. Three of the seven are CABAS...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The Higher Education and Training Awards Council was established on 11 June 2001 and was located at 26 Mountjoy Square Dublin 1 on an interim basis pending a decision on the permanent location of the council. On 9 November 2001, HETAC was notified by letter of the decision of the then Minister for Education and Science that HETAC be based in Dublin. On foot of this, HETAC moved to new...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The report of the task force on dyslexia contains more than 60 individual recommendations ranging across a wide variety of issues from identification and assessment, to models of service delivery, specialist training for service providers, to issues relating to structural reforms. Since the task force reported, a number of initiatives have been taken in the area of dyslexia. These include the...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The third level maintenance grant schemes, which my Department revises annually, are administered by the local authorities and VECs. The arrangement for the payment of grants under the grant schemes are a matter for the local authorities-VECs. The terms of the higher education grants scheme and the VEC scholarships scheme for the 2003-04 academic year provide for the payment by the local...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: An application for capital grant aid for additional accommodation has been received from St. Columba's College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16. The application is being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. As soon as the assessment is completed, contact will be made directly with the management authority of the school with a decision in the matter.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: Special educational resource, 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 and all these cases were responded to at or before the commencement of the current school year. The balance of more than 4,000...
- Written Answers — Statutory Instruments: Statutory Instruments (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: While I have no reason to believe that any statutory instrument made by me pursuant to primary legislation is in any way invalid I have not had an opportunity to consider the judgment of the court in this matter or consult with the Attorney General. Until I do so I cannot make a decision as to the action which should be taken in response to it. Accordingly I am not yet in a position to...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment ofthe 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 school year following discussions with the education partners. The only deviation from the agreed staffing arrangements is in the case...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: My Department is considering options to address the long-term accommodation needs of Scoil Bhride, Kill, County Kildare, including the option to acquire a site for the school. In this regard, the property management section of the OPW, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, is exploring the possibility of acquiring a site for the school in question....
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The decentralisation policy decided by the Government and announced by the Minister for Finance on budget day 2003 provides for the transfer of some 10,300 civil servants to various locations outside of Dublin. Included in this policy is the transfer of the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, HETAC, and its staff to Edenderry, County Offaly. It is not open to me to make an exception...
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: Tralee Educate Together national school, located at Collis-Sandes House, is operating with provisional recognition from my Department since September 2002. An application for permanent recognition has not been received from the school authority. If such an application is received it will be given due consideration and a decision will be notified to the school authority.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The level of capital funding to be provided for the primary and post-primary school building programme for 2004 amounts to â¬387 million and in excess of â¬200 million of this will be targeted at primary school projects. This compares very favourably with the â¬342.9 million available in 2003. In addition to the 2004 school building programme, which I published last December, a further...
- Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the PE hall at Firhouse community college is one of a number of such projects that are included in the 2004 school building programme as part of a joint programme to develop community sports facilities in drugs task force areas. The tendering process for these PE halls has commenced and the school authorities will be kept advised of developments.
- Written Answers — EU Presidency: EU Presidency (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: : My Department has put in place measures to help raise awareness among students of the significance of the Irish Presidency in 2004. I have put arrangements in place, in association with the national centre for technology in education, for the development and production of relevant classroom resources, which are now available through the Scoilnet website, www.scoilnet.ie/eupresidency. These...
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: An application has been received in the school planning section of my Department for permanent recognition for Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh. The officials in school planning section are examining this application and they will revert to the school management authority shortly.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: In addition to the 2004 school building programme, which I published last December, a further â¬30 million will be spent on school building this year. I intend to publish details of how the additional â¬30 million will be allocated tomorrow.
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment. : Schools Refurbishment. (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: An application for improved accommodation at Doochary national school has been received and is being considered in the school planning section of my Department. Officials in the school planning section are currently examining this application and they will revert to the school management authority shortly.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 Feb 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. It is then a matter for the board of management to recruit a suitable person based on certain criteria as laid down by my Department. The minumum educational qualification required by my Department for special...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: My Department allocates resource teaching support and special needs assistants support to second level schools and vocational educational 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(s) involved and the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The proposed large-scale building 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 proposed project is at stage 3, detailed plans-costs, of architectural planning. It has been assigned a band 2 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria...