Results 1,221-1,240 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: My Department recently received the Tender Report for the school to which the Deputy refers. Further clarification was required on a number of items in the report. This clarification is currently awaited. When this clarification is received and assessed, assuming that no issues arise, it is envisaged that the contract will be awarded and the project will progress to construction.
- Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A contract existed between my Department and the company to which the Deputy refers in respect of works at the Navan Education Centre. The value of the contract was â¬255,023 inclusive of VAT. Payments totalling this amount have issued as follows: 16/9/09 = â¬118,805 12/10/09 = â¬84,711.18 23/9/10 = â¬19,107.73 14/10/10 = â¬32,399.04. I am aware that the company has been placed in...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department acquired a site for a post-primary school under the Redress Scheme for the school in question. The technical report in relation to this site deemed the size and location of the site generally suitable for a 700 pupil Post Primary School. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. I will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 1.2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all...
- Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which she refers renewed its application to my Department to proceed with the construction of a GP room and the conversion of the existing GP room to ancillary purposes. My officials raised some queries regarding the proposal with the school authority and are awaiting further information from the school authority in this regard. When this...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension and refurbishment. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications...
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: While my Department is aware of the total number of applicants to the Residential Institutions Redress Board whose applications were unsuccessful, it does not have a breakdown indicating numbers who were unsuccessful on the basis that they had not been resident in a scheduled institution. My Department has contacted the Board in relation to the Deputy's question and I understand that the...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. I can...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: To qualify for the special rate of student grant, an applicant must qualify for the ordinary student grant in respect of the 2010/11 academic year. In addition, total reckonable income must not exceed a specified amount, which is â¬22,703 in the 2009 tax year. Finally, on the operative date, 31st December 2009 for the 2010/11 academic year, the reckonable income must include one of the...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Capitation grants to primary schools are paid in two instalments. The first instalment is based on 70% of the grant due from enrolment figures for the previous school year (30 September 2009) and this payment will be made in January 2011. The second instalment is the balance due to the schools based on enrolment in the current school year (30 September 2010) and will be made in June 2011.
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware I announced in July this year the setting up of a new framework in relation to the establishment of new second-level schools and their patronage. This will involve an expert Group to be known as the Second-Level Patronage Advisory Group that will consider applications for new schools and advise me in relation to those applications. The Group will undertake survey...
- Written Answers — Third Level Charges: Third Level Charges (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will appreciate that the preparation of the Estimates is carried out on a strictly confidential basis and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on specific issues or proposals including the student registration fees, the maintenance grant, the income thresholds or the student assistant fund at this stage. However, all proposals made in relation to education expenditure...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is currently in negotiations regarding the acquisition of a suitable site for the school in question. The progression of a project for the school from site acquisition and initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Forward Planning Section of my Department is in the process of analysing all areas in the country in order to determine the level of additional provision which will be required at both primary and post primary level up to 2017. Overall post-primary requirements in the area referred to by the Deputy, including the case for the provision of a new Irish language post-primary school, will be...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. The NCSE is...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: National in-service programmes are made freely available to all teachers nationwide and all teachers can also avail of elective courses delivered through the local education centre. Teachers are also able to attend courses in other locations in the national network of education centres. In relation to national in-service programmes, seminars and workshops are generally offered to all...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of staff from my Department who have left under the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER), those who left for other reasons, new recruits and number of promotions is in Table 1. I have not included staff who left the Department as a result of decentralisation through the Central Applications Facility (CAF) or under the...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Oct 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that, in line with the Transforming Public Services agenda, it is intended that the student grants administration process will be streamlined to create one consolidated student grant scheme to be administered by a single grant awarding authority. The main objective of this reform of the administrative arrangements is to bring about greater simplicity and efficiency to...