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Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide additional classroom and ancillary accommodation has been received from the school. My Department is currently examining enrolment and demographic trends in the area in order to determine the long-term projected staffing figure on which the school's long term accommodation needs will be based. When this...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to clarify that officials in my Department had, in error, understood the initial question to relate to the most recent developments in mainstream post primary education provision in the Charleville area as distinct from the provision of special education facilities in a special school in the same town. The proposed new school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application from Waterford Institute of Technology for university status, under section 9 of the Universities Act 1997, has been received and is being examined in my Department at present.

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I wish to confirm that a letter requesting that my Department would arrange that all schools observe a one minute vigil to commemorate Irish famine victims and emigrants was received. It would not be appropriate for my Department to issue schools with an instruction to observe a commemorative vigil. Since the board of management of each school has responsibility for determining such matters...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for additional classroom accommodation for September 2006. The application is being assessed and the school authority will be notified of the outcome shortly. The school also recently submitted an application for major capital grant aid. This application will be assessed in accordance with the published...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that additional funding has been approved under the Summer Works Scheme 2006 to enable the school in question to proceed with the works sanctioned under that Scheme. The school was also approved in 2005 for funding under the Devolved Initiative for the provision of additional accommodation and renovation of the existing school building. The school has sought...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of a general purpose room, staff room, multipurpose room and storage capacity has been received from the school to which the Deputy refers. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and is being considered in the context of the School Building and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The make up of further school bundles in my Department's PPP school building programme will be determined on such issues as the band rating allocated to each school in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, site availability for each school, outline planning permission having being secured and the estimated total cost of the proposed school bundle. In addition to the above,...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) has been unable to trace the pupil in question to a specific national school on the basis of the details supplied. If the Deputy will arrange to provide the full name, roll number and address of the school in question along with the pupil's date of birth, I will be happy to arrange to have the case investigated further.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The School Planning Section of my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital works from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects and was assigned a Band 4 rating. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school for a particular school year is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year. The actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. According to data submitted to my Department by the Board of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that an application for a resource teacher for travellers has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. This application is currently being considered by my Department and a decision will be conveyed to the school as soon as this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Díolúine ón nGaeilge: Díolúine ón nGaeilge (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Níl an t-eolas maidir le Díolúine ón nGaeilge ar fáil briste síos sa tslí atá á lorg ag an Teachta anois díreach. Cuirfear na staitisticí le chéile agus seolfar chuig an Teachta iad.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Ex-quota chaplain posts are allocated in respect of Community and Comprehensive Schools and designated Community Colleges. The relevant religious authorities have raised the matter of extending State support for chaplaincy provision and this has been one of a number of related matters covered in broad ranging discussions with my Department. However, the allocation of such posts must be...

Written Answers — Third Level Tuition Fees: Third Level Tuition Fees (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Under the Free Fees Initiative, my Department meets the tuition fees of eligible students who are attending full-time undergraduate courses in the State, which must be of at least two years duration, at approved college. As the candidate referred to by the Deputy is studying abroad he is ineligible under the Free Fee Initiative. Even if the candidate was pursuing his undergraduate course in...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (30 May 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 grant scheme in respect of Post Leaving Certificate courses: (a) The Higher Education Grants Scheme (b) The Vocational Education Committees' Scholarship Scheme (c) The Third Level Maintenance Grants Scheme...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is in receipt of correspondence from the candidate referred to by the Deputy. The case is under consideration within my Department and a response will be furnished to the candidate as soon as possible.

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I thank Deputies for their contributions and co-operation on this legislation. It demonstrates the support in this House for the institutes of technology and the value we place on their work, the education they provide, their links with industry, their contribution to individual student development and to the economy. Those of us who have institutes of technology in our areas are aware of the...

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee. (30 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I move: That the Institutes of Technology Bill 2006 be referred to the Select Committee on Education and Science under Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 May 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 13 and 86 together. In January 2005 I established the Task Force on Student Behaviour in Second Level Schools. The balancing of rights in Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 was acknowledged by the Task Force as one of the areas which prompted many submissions. While highlighting the fact that the majority of section 29 suspensions and expulsions are...