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- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Second level pupils with a specific learning disability are normally integrated into mainstream classes. In such situations, they may receive additional tutorial support through the remedial teacher, guidance teacher or subject teacher. Depending on the degree of the condition, they may also be eligible for special arrangements in the Certificate Examinations. There are a total of 532.5...
- Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: In May 2002 my Department approved the provision of 175 additional therapy training places to tackle shortages of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists as identified in the report "Current and Future Supply and Demand Conditions in the Labour Market for Certain Professional Therapists", which was undertaken by Dr. Peter Bacon and Associates in 2001. The...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, has been requested to source a site for the school to which the Deputy refers. When a suitable site has been identified and acquired, the school building project can then be considered for progress in the context of the School Building and...
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Under the terms of my Department's Free Fees Initiative, tuition fees are payable in respect of eligible EU nationals who have been ordinarily resident in an EU Member State for at least three of the five years preceding entry to their third-level course. This condition applies equally to all EU Nationals, in accordance with a judgement of the European Court of Justice that access to...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The assignment of schools to psychologists in my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is subject to change for a variety of reasons. In the case of the school in question, the change was necessitated by promotion to managerial positions in NEPS. The school may avail of the Scheme for the Commissioning of Psychological Assessments (SCPA), details of which are...
- Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: My Department provides an annual grant to each of the Post-Primary Managerial Bodies. In 2006, the allocation to the Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA) will amount to â¬177,533. My Department does not provide staffing resources to any of the Managerial Bodies, including the IVEA.
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: In the 2005/2006 school year there were 132 gaelscoileanna at primary level with a total enrolment of 24,376 pupils on 30 September 2005.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: My Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is organised on a regional basis. At present, there are ten NEPS regions corresponding roughly to the former Health Board Regions with a Head Office based in Dublin. In the case of NEPS psychologists, travel (including subsistence) expenses, by staff member, are managed on a regional and national basis, and in the case of...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 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 122 at present â this includes 3 psychologists from the former National Rehabilitation Board (NRB) assigned to work with NEPS and 1 psychologist serving with another Section in my Department. The Public Appointments Service...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538, 539 and 545 together. All primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) that is administered by NEPS and full details of which are available on my Department's...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: 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 may avail of the SCPA, whereby...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: 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) that is administered by NEPS and full details of which are available on my Department's website. In common with many other psychological services, NEPS operates a...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Psychological assessments are required for a number of purposes. These assessments must accompany applications from schools to the National Council for Special Educational for special educational needs resources. My Department does not hold data on the number of psychological assessments completed by private practitioners and which have been paid for privately.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is currently finalising the assignment of four psychologists to this new service. The psychologists concerned will be assigned early in the new school year. As a consequence, four additional psychologists will be appointed to NEPS from the current panel established following the recruitment competition of 2005.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information sought in relation to the locations of staff in my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is in the form of a tabular statement that I propose to circulate with the official report. Procurement arrangements for office space for government departments, including leases, rents and the costs of same are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works;...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The financial outturn for my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) for each year since its establishment was: 1999, â¬1.3million; 2000, â¬3.6million; 2001, â¬6.2million; 2002, â¬11.1million; 2003, â¬13.4million; 2004, â¬13.4million; 2005, â¬14.0million. The financial provision for 2006 for NEPS in my Department's Estimates is â¬15.425 million.
- Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548, 549 and 561 together. The DEIS action plan is designed to ensure that schools serving the most disadvantaged communities benefit from the maximum level of support available. Over the years, no less than 8 separate schemes for disadvantaged primary schools have been put in place. Some schools were benefiting from just one or two of these and others were...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of â¬440,000 was sanctioned in 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 construction...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: An application for major capital funding has been received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers. On foot of an assessment of this application, it has been determined that the school requires to be developed into a 24 classroom facility with appropriate ancillary accommodation. This has been agreed with the school authority. The project has also been assessed in accordance with...
- Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (27 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The numbers leaving Primary School in the most recent three years for which complete data are available are provided in the following Data Table. The Deputy should note that it is not generally the policy of my Department to investigate the reasons for which any individual has left or changed school. Research by bodies such as the Economic and Social Research Institute has identified a wide...