Results 13,481-13,500 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department recently issued a tender approval letter for the proposed project at the school in question.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application will be assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application will be assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application will be assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the proposed new post primary school for Gorey will be delivered by way of a Public Private Partnership. The school will cater for up to 1,000 pupils. This level of accommodation is based on assessment of the demographics emanating from current and future housing developments. My Department is in discussion with the local authority with regard to the...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is included in the following table: Total enrolments in National Schools (including Special Schools) in recent years in County Wexford School-year Total 2000/2001 14,367 2001/2002 14,624 2002/2003 14,966 2003/2004 15,308 2004/2005 15,474 2005/2006 15,807
- Written Answers — Education Review: Education Review (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, Officials in the School Planning Section of my Department are currently carrying out a review of primary and post primary school provision in the area to which he refers. This review is expected to be completed later this year.
- Written Answers — Stay Safe Programme: Stay Safe Programme (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The issue of child protection and ensuring that all children in every primary school are aware of child protection issues are high priority areas for my Department. The 'Stay Safe' programme is a personal safety programme for children. It is designed to give children the knowledge and necessary skills to help them deal with potentially abusive or threatening situations. However, it is also...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: 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 primary schools, compared with 2002. Not only is the average class size in our primary schools down to 24, but there is now one teacher for 17 pupils at primary level, including resource teachers etc. Children with special...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware the pupil in question is in receipt of five hours resource teaching support together with the services of a full time special needs assistant. The issue referred to in the correspondence attached relates to the retention of a particular special needs assistant in a school. I wish to advise the Deputy that the practice of issuing child-specific contracts ceased in...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Circular 23/06, outlining the terms with regard to the appointment of Administrative Principals for the school year 2006/07, was issued by my Department recently. In order to qualify for the allocation of an Administrative Post, a primary school is required to have a minimum staff of Principal and 7 mainstream class teachers or, where there are less that 7 mainstream teachers in the school,...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table included with this answer. 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 primary schools, compared with 2002. Not only is the average class size in our primary schools down to 24, but there is now one...
- Written Answers — : (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 235 together. The school to which the Deputy refers is not among the primary schools selected for participation in the School Support Programme under the new action plan for educational inclusion, DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) and is not participating in any of the pre-existing schemes for addressing educational disadvantage. The...
- Written Answers — : (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). The School Support Programme will bring together, and build upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. The process of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The application for major capital funding from the school concerned has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale projects. Progress on the proposed works will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme from 2006 onwards.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The question of the provision of additional accommodation at the schools referred to by the Deputy is under examination in my Department at present. The progress of building projects arising from this examination will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006 to 2010.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: To date in 2006 my Department has spent a total of approximately â¬100,000 on legal costs and settlements associated with court cases relating to educational provision for children with special needs compared to a total of approximately â¬1.6 million in 2005, â¬5.7 million in 2004 and â¬4.4 million in 2003. The vast majority of the cases in question relate to children with autism. The...
- Written Answers — Home Tuition: Home Tuition (13 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm for the Deputy that my Department sanctioned a home tuition grant for the child in question for January and February 2006. I understand that the child subsequently returned to school so the grant was discontinued. The child has since been asked to leave the school and the home tuition grant has been restored with effect from 23rd May 2006. The matter referred to by the Deputy...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. Officials in my Department are carrying out an examination of all the relevant factors such as current and projected enrolment, demographic trends and the likely impact of ongoing and proposed housing developments in the area with a view to determining the long...
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (13 Jun 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school referred to has been granted recognition from September 2006, in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 of the Education Act, 1998 and the published criteria for recognition of new schools.