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Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Caretaking staff in schools are employed by the individual school authorities. My Department provides funding under two separate schemes towards the cost of employing these staff. One scheme is the 1979 scheme for the employment of full-time caretaking staff in primary schools. Under this scheme my Department meets the full cost of pay. The person in question is employed as a caretaker under...

Written Answers — School Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As has previously been advised to the Deputy catchment boundaries have their origins in the establishment of free post-primary education in the late 1960's and were determined following consultation with local educational interests. In particular in cases such as Schull where a new postprimary school is established in an area where previously there was none, it has been the practice as part...

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Information on participation in full-time third-level education is not available in the exact format requested by the Deputy. However, the following tabular statements contain extensive and very relevant information on the subject of access to higher education by individual county and by postal districts within Dublin for 1998 and 2004. These data are derived from a recently published HEA...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to refer the Deputy to the 2006 Revised Estimates for Public Services and in particular to Vote 26: Education and Science which contains the 2006 budgetary allocations for the various bodies and agencies under the aegis of my Department. However, I would be glad to provide information on any specific bodies or agencies in which the Deputy has a particular interest.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: There are no positions in State bodies under the aegis of my Department affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons' fees of State bodies recently announced by the Government.

Written Answers — Departmental Task Forces: Departmental Task Forces (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested is not readily available in my Department. However, I will arrange for the information to be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 700 together. The information is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy. If the Deputy has a query on a particular school, my Department will be happy to provide the details.

Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The statistical information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available in my Department. The information requested is being compiled, in so far as it is available, and will be issued directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The specific information requested by the Deputy relating to the level of special needs teachers at primary level in the City and County of Waterford is not readily available in my Department. I can confirm however that there are currently 189.89 whole-time equivalent special needs assistants (SNAs) employed in schools in Waterford and a total of 7,241.02 whole-time equivalent SNAs employed...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is examining the practicalities of providing such information in relation to individual classes in specified numbers of schools. A reply will be forwarded to the Deputy on completion of that examination. As the Deputy will be aware, major improvements have been made in primary school staffing in recent years. Next September there will no less than 4000 extra teachers in our...

Written Answers — Speech Therapy Services: Speech Therapy Services (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides a range of supports to second level school management to enable schools to cater for pupils with special educational needs. The supports in question include remedial and additional teaching support, special needs assistant support and funding for the purchase of specialised equipment. As the Deputy is aware, there has been enormous progress made over the past number of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides a range of supports to second level school management to enable schools to cater for pupils with special educational needs. The supports in question include remedial and additional teaching support, special needs assistant support and funding for the purchase of specialised equipment. There has been enormous progress made over the past number of years in relation to...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The information sought in relation to numbers of assessments is not readily available on a per county basis from the records of my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). However, this information is being collated at present as part of a general review of information systems in NEPS and I shall provide the Deputy with a copy of the information when it becomes...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 707 and 713 together. Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. In general, the Board has the responsibility to ensure that the school operates efficiently and effectively and also has responsibilities in relation to the action of its employees. The board, as manager of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The cumulative value of advertising placed by my Department in print media in each of the years sinces 2002 was as follows: Year € 2006 (to end June) 426,000 2005 504,000 2004 790,000 2003 416,000 2002 1,007,000 A breakdown of the type of advertising placed is not readily available in my Department. Additionally my Department spent the following sums on media...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The position in the case to which the Deputy refers is as set out in my reply on this same matter to the Deputy on 25 April 2006. I am not in a position to alter the decision of an independent statutory body, the Registration Council.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 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 is currently being examined by the Technical Staff in my Department. Department officials will be in contact with the school authorities when this examination has...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of €150,000 was sanctioned in March 2005 to enable the management authorities of the school in question to extend and refurbish their school. Devolving funding to school management authorities allows them to have control of their projects, assists in moving projects more quickly to tender and...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department intends to permanently accommodate the school to which he refers in a building which it expects to be vacated post an amalgamation of three other schools. The Boards of Management of these schools recently sent a proposal to my Department in relation to its requirements to effect the amalgamation. This is being examined in School Planning Section and...

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has provided nine dual use halls with enhanced facilities, attached to post-primary schools. Eight of the halls, including the hall referred to by the Deputy, are in Dublin and one is in Cork. The halls in question have been built as part of a joint programme to develop community sports facilities in drugs task force areas. At present, issues relating to the funding, management...