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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the higher education grants, HEG, scheme, the vocational education committees' scholarships scheme, the third level maintenance grants scheme for trainees and the maintenance grants scheme for students attending post-leaving certificate courses. The HEG scheme is administered by the...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy refers to pupil-teacher ratio at individual school level. However, a certain amount of ex quota teachers such as special needs and learning support teachers are shared between primary schools. In the official statistics, such teachers are recorded under the base school only. It is, therefore, not possible to give a completely accurate picture of...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. A revised stage 1-2-3 submission, developed sketch scheme, was received in my Department and is under review. When this review is completed my officials will be in further contact with the school authorities regarding the next steps involved in progressing this project. A decision on...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that a meeting has been arranged with the local special educational needs organiser, the school authorities and the parents of the pupil in question to discuss the pupil's special educational needs. This meeting is due to take place in the coming days.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An extension and refurbishment project is nearing completion at the school referred to by the Deputy. The school has recently requested that some further works be done. My Department's technical staff has examined this request and sought further information from the school management. On receipt of this information the matter will be considered further and the school management will be kept...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds four maintenance grant schemes for third level and further education students. These are the higher education grants, HEG, scheme, the vocational education committees', VEC, scholarships scheme, the third level maintenance grants scheme for trainees and the maintenance grants scheme for students attending post-leaving certificate courses. The HEG scheme is administered by...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The stage two submission has been received in my Department. However, my Department had a number of queries regarding decanting the school population for the duration of the building project. These issues were not addressed in the addendum to the stage two submission. My Department...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The applicant to whom the Deputy refers has been informed by my Department that a review of educational provision in the area concerned is being carried out by the school planning section of my Department. The application in question is being considered in this context. As soon as the review is complete, contact will be made again directly with the applicant.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The application for additional facilities referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. In October of 2005 my Department wrote to the school authorities concerning issues that needed to be addressed on a stage one or stage two submission, that is, an outline sketch scheme with costings. The school authorities' response was examined and discussed with them at a...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 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. Additional information on the school's application has recently been received and this will enable a thorough assessment of the school's requirements to determine the projected long-term staffing on which the school's accommodation requirements for the future...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers is scheduled to open in September 2006. When fully occupied, it will operate as a two stream, 16 classroom school. Normally, a new school only enrols junior infants in its first year of operation to enable it to develop incrementally. This incremental development ensures that a shortage of accommodation at the school is avoided by an over-enrolment in the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 710 and 763 together. The Department of Education and Science, in the first instance, is most anxious that all children, including children with autistic spectrum disorders receive an education appropriate to their needs. In this regard, the preferred approach to the provision of appropriate education for all children, including children with autism, is...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that a number of members of staff of public sector bodies, including vocational education committees and institutes of technology, have formerly worked in the company referred to by the Deputy and wish to have service given with the company aggregated for superannuation purposes with their service with their current employer. Service given in one public sector body may be...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide ancillary accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The project has been assessed in accordance with the prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects. The project is being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2006-10.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Following an assessment of the accommodation needs of the school in question, a revised schedule of overall accommodation issued to the school in July 2005. Various options were also explored for the delivery of accommodation for the school. The Department of Education and Science...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: DEIS, Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, the new 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 new action...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Mar 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. The application has been assessed and the long-term projected staffing, on which the accommodation needs will be based, has been determined. Officials from school planning section will be in contact with the school authority as soon as it is feasible to arrange...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The function of the Residential Institutions Redress Board is to provide financial redress for persons who as children were subjected to abuse while resident in institutions which are listed in the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is mandated under legislation to conduct an inquiry into child abuse in the State, including...

Written Answers — Professional Qualifications Recognition: Professional Qualifications Recognition (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the person in question has not submitted an application to the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, NQAI, regarding the recognition of their Nigerian qualifications or to the Honourable Society of Kings Inns regarding professional recognition for employment purposes. The NQAI has established Qualifications Recognition — Ireland as the Irish centre for the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2005, also known as the EPSEN Act, was passed in July 2004. While many sections of the Act have already commenced, the remaining sections relate mainly to the statutory assessment and education plan process for which the Act provides. These cannot come into effect without the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, having an...