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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The organisations to decentralise to Edenderry are the Further Education & Training Awards Council, FETAC, the Higher Education & Training Awards Council, HETAC, and the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, NQAI. These organisations are State agencies under the aegis of my Department. The overall number of posts involved is in the region of 90. All three agencies are public service...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The proposed extension project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning and is one of the 124 schools that I announced in April of 2005 to progress through the architectural planning process. On the 20th March 2006 a letter issued to the School Authorities with revised schedules of accommodation requesting them to get their Design Team to revise...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts at second level is a matter for individual school authority subject to agreed procedures. Teacher allocations for second level schools are approved by my Department on an annual basis in accordance with generally applied rules based on recognised pupil enrolments on the 30th of September of the preceding school year. The pupil...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds three means-tested maintenance grant schemes for third level education students in respect of attendance on approved courses in approved third level institutions and one maintenance grant scheme in respect of students attending approved Post Leaving Certificate Courses in approved PLC Centres: (a) The Higher Education Grants Scheme (b) The Vocational Education Committees'...

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has not issued any guidelines to schools in relation to the location of mobile phone masts. The erection of such masts are subject to normal planning regulations which are administered by the relevant Local Authority. I am aware that the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government issued guidelines on Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures to Planning...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: There has been substantial progress made in the funding of our schools since 2003, the financial year indicated in the OECD Report referred to by the Deputy. Spending by my Department on second level education increased by 17% between 2003 and 2005. In 2005, €2.7 billion was spent on second-level education – up from €2.3 billion in 2003 and €1.25 billion in 1997. These increases...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of my Department's third level student maintenance grant schemes, where the applicant is not an independent mature student, the reckonable income to be determined for the purposes of the award of the maintenance grant is income from all sources of the candidate and his/her parents or guardians where applicable. The means test arrangements of the Student Maintenance Grant...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: If the Deputy could arrange to have the full details of the course and person in question forwarded to the Student Support Unit of my Department the matter will be examined further. A reply will issue directly to the person referred to by the Deputy regarding an application for funding once the case has been examined.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An assessment of the school's application for capital funding for a new school has been completed and a decision taken to provide a new 16 classroom school to meet the school's long term accommodation needs. My Department has been actively pursuing a suitable site to facilitate the construction of a permanent building for the school referred to by the Deputy. Currently site options are under...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The current position regarding promotional posts as available on the payroll database of my Department is outlined in the attachment. Boards of Management are currently advising my Department of new appointees to posts of responsibility for the 2006/2007 school year and accordingly the statistics quoted may alter.

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department allocates additional teaching hours to VECs to support the delivery of education programmes in a range of facilities, including special schools. Such allocations are made under the heading Co-Operation Hours with Other Institutions and are made in response to specific applications which are submitted by the VEC's in advance of the commencement of the school year to which they...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: In 2002 the school to which the Deputy refers was granted €170,000 for the provision of two permanent classrooms. In 2003 it built a third classroom without prior approval from the Department. The School Building Programme lists projects to be funded in any given year. Projects undertaken by schools without the approval or agreement of the Department will not be funded as, to do so, would...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I announced earlier this year the appointment of Mr. John Fitzgerald as Chairperson of the Grangegorman Development Agency and I am now actively considering the other appointments to the Agency. In the interim, a temporary Chief Executive Officer has been appointed and is undertaking some necessary work such as the sourcing of suitable office accommodation and staff in preparation for the new...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that my Department is engaged in the roll-out of broadband internet connectivity to all recognised primary and post-primary schools. This project is being undertaken in partnership with industry in the context of a Government â€" IBEC/TIF (Telecommunications and Internet Federation) Agreement to provide local broadband connectivity to schools. The broadband...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department have requested further information from Co. Monaghan Vocational Education Committee in relation to the governance and financial arrangements at the centre. On receipt of this information, the application for recognition will be given further consideration. Late last year, a request was received from County Monaghan VEC for approval to incur expenditure on the acquisition of a...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing in the school referred to by the Deputy for the 2006/2007 school year is as follows: 1 Principal Post 2 Mainstream Class Teacher Posts 6 Permanent Developing School Posts 1 Permanent Learning Support/Resource Post 1 Permanent Special Class Post 3 Temporary Language Support Posts My Department recently received the September Salary Return form from the Board of Management of the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a suitable site has been acquired for the school to which the Deputy refers and agreement has been reached between the Department and the school authority on the provision of a new 32-classroom school. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme from 2007 onwards. With regard to...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is held by my Department on a calendar year rather than a school year basis. Accordingly, the following statistics on appeal hearings dealing with refusals to enrol reflect those appeals which have been dealt with from the 1st January 2006 to date. Table 1: Section 29 Appeal Hearings — Refusal to Enrol — 01/01/06 to 10/10/06 Upheld Not upheld...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy 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. As the details for the current school year have not been collated as of yet, I am not in a position to provide the information to the Deputy. As the Deputy will be aware, major...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (12 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers commenced operation in September 2002, with provisional recognition from the Department on the basis that it would be providing multi-denominational education in the Clontarf/Marino/Fairview area of Dublin. It is a condition of recognition that the Patron must provide suitable accommodation in the stated area which must be capable of meeting the growing...