Results 12,161-12,180 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for major capital works 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 projects and has been assigned a Band 2 rating. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for the Summer Works Scheme 2007 from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. All applications for the Summer Works Scheme are currently being assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for the scheme. I intend to publish a list of successful applicants before Christmas.
- Written Answers — Educational Investment: Educational Investment (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The data requested by the Deputy are contained in the following table. They show, over a ten year period, the ratio of spending per student at second level (DES gross voted current expenditure) to Gross National Income per capita. It should be noted that the increases in spending as a proportion of GNI per capita in recent years have of course been set against a backdrop of a significant...
- Written Answers — Educational Investment: Educational Investment (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The data requested by the Deputy are contained in the following table, which shows that significant improvements have been made in recent years. It should be noted that the increases in spending as a proportion of GNI in recent years have of course been set against a backdrop of a significant increases in Ireland's Gross National Income, and therefore the extra provision for education has...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Details of increases in the standard per capita and support services grant for secondary schools, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the table. Per Capita Grants to secondary schools (i) Standard Per Capita Grant rates Date Rate â'¬ 1 September 2000 243.80 1 September 2001 256.50 1 September 2002 266 1 January 2004 274 1 January 2005 286 1 January 2006 298 The School...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department has received an application for an extension project from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned a band 2 rating. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the School Building and...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am not aware of delays in the payment of grants for the reasons referred to by the Deputy. The organisation and management of student support scheme grants is a matter for individual Vocational Educational Committees. Each Vocational Educational Committee receives a block staffing complement from my Department which affords VECs considerable flexibility to meet the various needs of the...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service, established in 1999, allows for all primary and post primary schools to have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) whereby the school can have an assessment...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied for capital funding under each of the following headings: The Summer Works Scheme 2007 (SWS). The Permanent Accommodation Scheme 2007 (PAS). Major capital works. All applications under the SWS are currently being assessed. I intend to publish a list of successful applicants before Christmas. Applications under the PAS 2007...
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: On the 1 February 2006 the Minister for Health and Children and I published the report of the Fottrell Working Group on Undergraduate Medical Education and Training. Among the recommendations of the Fottrell Group was that a graduate stream of entry to medicine be introduced and that all graduates of honours Bachelor degree programmes should be eligible to apply. It is anticipated that the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The proposed refurbishment and extension project for the school referred to by the deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. All projects in the Schools Building and Modernisation Programme are assessed on the basis of need against published prioritisation criteria. As the Deputy will be aware, while some capital funding has traditionally been given to minority ethos fee-paying...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 and 502 together. An application has been received, from the school referred to by the Deputy, under the Small Schools Scheme 2007. The closing date for receipt of applications under this devolved scheme was 27 October 2006. The application will be assessed by my officials and the list of successful applicants for the scheme will be published as soon as...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service, established in 1999, allows for all primary and post primary schools to have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) whereby the school can have an assessment...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the home tuition scheme provides funding to parents to provide education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement. I recently advised that as there is an educational placement...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The vast majority of primary schools are owned by the relevant Diocese or Parish. Post-primary schools are, in the cases of Community and Comprehensive schools owned by the Minister for Education and Science or, in the cases of voluntary secondary schools and private fee-paying schools generally by Religious Orders. Those sites that are acquired by my Department for the purposes of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide additional accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. In the light of an increase in the enrolments at the school in recent years, a reassessment of the long term projected enrolment, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is required. This reassessment will take...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The most recent OECD 'Education At A Glance' report provides figures for 2003/04 which are out of date and fail to reflect the major increases in second level funding in recent years. Spending by my Department on second level education increased by 17% between 2003 and 2005. In 2005, â¬2.7 billion was spent on second-level education â up from â¬2.3 billion in 2003 and â¬1.25 billion in...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (7 Nov 2006)
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' Scholarships Scheme, the Third Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for Trainees and the Maintenance Grants Scheme for Students attending Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) Courses. The HEG Scheme is administered by...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 475 and 476 together. My Department has received approximately 530 applications for home tuition for the current school year, 470 of which have been processed and a decision conveyed to the applicants. The remaining 60 applications are a combination of recently submitted applications and applications for which additional information was requested to further...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2006)
Mary Hanafin: A number of queries have been raised on the stage 4/5 submission (detail design/bill of quantities). My Department is currently awaiting a response to these queries from the school authority. Once these have been resolved the project will proceed to the invitation of tenders.