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Written Answers — Radon Gas Levels: Radon Gas Levels (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy was tested for radon in 2000 under my Department's remediation programme and the levels were negligible with readings below 100 Bq/m3 in all rooms. The radon reference set for the workplace under the "Radiological Protection Act, 1991 ((Ionising Radiation) Order, 2000" (Statutory Instrument 125 of 2000)) is 400 Bq/m3.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has applied to this Department for capital funding for a Resource Room/Parent Room. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned a Band 3 rating. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the School Building and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that tenders are currently being examined for the new school in question. When this process is completed, my Department will be authorising the project to progress to construction. The new school will completely transform the facilities available to this school community. The tendered project does not include for a rooftop canopy in view of the significant...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Since the establishment of my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) in 1999, the number of psychologists in the NEPS has increased from 43 to 127 at present. Seven psychologists have been recruited in recent months. All children allocated places in units for children on the Autism Spectrum were most likely assessed by HSE prior to entry to these units. Support for...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has received an application for capital funding towards the provision of a new building for the school referred to by the Deputy. My officials are in the process of assessing the school's accommodation needs. This assessment includes consideration of factors such as current and projected pupil enrolment, demographic trends in the area and the potential impact of ongoing and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide ancillary accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The project has been assessed in accordance with the prioritisation criteria for assessing large scale building projects and is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 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. Additional Stage 2 (Sketch Scheme) documentation was requested from the school authorities and has been received. The documentation is currently being examined by the Technical Staff in my Department. Department officials will be in contact with the school...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Both schools referred to by the Deputy have submitted applications for major capital funding to my Department. These applications have been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria with the Education Partners and have been assigned a band rating. Schedules of accommodation to meet the current and projected accommodation needs of one of the schools have been drawn up...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The management authority of the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for an additional mainstream classroom and a resource room under Additional Classroom Accommodation Scheme 2006. In that application, the Board of Management indicated that their preference was for either the relocation of existing prefabricated accommodation or the rental of temporary school...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of my Department is in receipt of an application for the Small Schools Scheme 2007 in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy. The application will be assessed by my officials and the list of successful applicants for the scheme will be published as soon as possible. The closing date for receipt of applications under this devolved scheme is 27 October 2006.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. The brief for this project provides for a new 6 classroom school plus ancillary accommodation totalling 1030m2. The architectural element of this project will be handled by my Department's in-house architect, with external professionals making up the remainder of the Design Team. A planning and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258, 259, 271 and 272 together. My Department supports the training and professional development of staff working with children with special educational needs through the Special Education Support Service (SESS) which was established in 2003. The service as appropriate, consolidates co-ordinates, develops and delivers a range of professional development...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of my Department's 2006 Third Level Student Maintenance Grant Schemes the position is that, generally speaking, students who are entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the prescribed conditions with regard to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic attainment. A mature student is defined for the purposes of the...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The School Support Programme will bring together, and build upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The process of...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: 68 primary schools and 8 post-primary schools in Co. Mayo are included in the new School Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. Seven of these primary schools and two post-primary schools have Westport addresses. Details of the schools are published on my Department's website.

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The lSchool Support Programme will bring together, and build upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The process of...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The School Support Programme will bring together, and build upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The process of...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, 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 — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: There are 19 primary and second level school teachers, who are Members of Dáil Éireann, who have not resigned their teaching position and for whom replacement teachers are in place. In all cases the replacement teachers are members of the appropriate teachers' pension scheme and are accruing pensionable service.

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Information in relation to classes is provided in the annual census of primary schools. The reference date for the provision by schools of this information is the 30th September of the school year in question and the date for return by the schools is 31 October. Consequently, the details for the current school year (2006/2007) are not yet available. The information for the previous 5 school...