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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department is in receipt of an application for major capital works from the management authority of the school to which he refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned a Band 4 rating. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: School Planning Section of my Department is in receipt of an application for the Small Schools Scheme 2007 from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application will be assessed by my officials and publication of 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 (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department set aside a contingency sum each year to deal with emergency works in primary and post-primary schools, including health and safety works. The Planning & Building Unit of my Department has no application to date from the school authority for funding under the Contingency Programme nor for the Rental of Temporary Accommodation on foot of the recent flood damage. Officials of my...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has been in contact with Dublin City Council. I will arrange for a reply to issue to the Deputy when the position has been clarified with the council.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of my Department's third level maintenance grants schemes, grant assistance is available to eligible students attending approved third level courses in approved institutions. An approved course for the purpose of the schemes means a full-time undergraduate course of not less than two years duration and a full time postgraduate course of not less than one year duration pursued...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for an extension to the school referred to by the Deputy is currently under consideration in my Department in the context of the overall Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010. In view of the overall school enrolments it is open to the school to apply for devolved funding under the Small Schools Scheme 2007. My Department has sent an application to the School Authority...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been assessed and the long term projected staffing, on which the accommodation needs will be based, has recently been determined and notified to the school authority. In order to determine how best to provide for the school's accommodation needs into the future, it will be necessary to have a technical assessment of...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (11 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was established in 1999 and was subsequently put on a statutory basis under the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act, 2000. The terms of reference of the Commission are set out in the 2000 Act as amended by the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act, 2005. The purpose of the Commission is to investigate child abuse in...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Social Personal and Health Education is mandatory in primary schools and at junior cycle level and provides a framework under which the generic values and skills which underpin responsible decision-making and respect for the rights and safety of others can be developed and promoted among students. SPHE has a specific personal safety strand within the programme, and this provides a vehicle...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: At the outset, I would advise the Deputy that traffic management at Waterford Institute of Technology is a matter for the management authorities of the Institute. However, I can confirm that my Department provided funding totalling €1.137 million during the period 2000 to 2003, for the provision of car parking facilities at the Institute. These facilities are available to students, staff...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that responsibility for delivering school building projects to tender and construction is devolved to local school level by my Department. This approach gives school authorities a much greater degree of control over the timescale for the delivery of their projects. The school authorities are therefore best positioned to provide the detailed information sought by the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that my Department has written to the Health Service Executive requesting the provision of appropriate therapeutic and support services to the Unit for pupils with autism, attended by the pupil in question.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department is planning the development of a new 1,000 pupil post primary school in Phibblestown to serve the growing population of the Dublin 15 area. It is intended to progress the provision of the school as a Design Build Project. An advertisement was placed in the Official Journal of the European Union for design build teams and the short-listing of these...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Department accepts that there is a need to locate the school to which the Deputy refers onto a site which will be the school's permanent location. School Planning Section is working with Fingal County Council to acquire a site for this purpose. As soon as an appropriate site has been identified, the Department will move to acquire it and provide a permanent building for the school.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am not aware of the scheme referred to by the Deputy. However the home tuition scheme which is administered by my Department 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...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department approved significant extra accommodation in Dublin 15, including the establishment of a new school, to cater for eligible pupils seeking places this September. Officials in School Planning Section contacted the majority of the schools concerned in the third week of the new school year. At that point, Principals reported that the situation was still...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department operates four student maintenance grant schemes which comprise the Post Leaving Certificate Scheme and three schemes which relate to third level courses. The Schemes are administered by the VECs and Local Authorities on behalf of my Department. Under the prescribed conditions of all four schemes maintenance grants are payable at either the adjacent or the non-adjacent rate. In...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 535 together. 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 Deputies refer. 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. To move the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. In July of this year my Department's Officials wrote to North Tipperary VEC giving approval to proceed to Stage 2 (Outline Sketch Scheme) of architectural planning. When the requested stage 2 is received in my Department, my Department's Officials will be in further contact with North...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Planning Application for the school referred to by the Deputy was lodged on 03/10/2006.