Results 14,681-14,700 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The schools to which the Deputy refers have agreed to amalgamate into a single boys' and single girls' school. The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of the Department in site acquisitions generally, has been asked to source a site for the girls' school. In this regard, the OPW will shortly readvertise for possible suitable sites. With regard to...
- Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: This issue is under consideration. The Department of Education and Science will contact the school authorities in due course.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy was listed among the 43 schools that I announced to start architectural planning in March 2005. The architectural element of the project is being dealt with by a departmental architect and the remaining design team members have been appointed. The school authorities wrote to the Department of Education and Science in December 2005 requesting amendments to...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: As a result of the mid-term review of the 2001-08 national drugs strategy, action 32 of the implementation plan was amended to call for the extension of the support services provided to local drugs task force schools through the Walk Tall support service to other areas of disadvantage. On foot of this recommendation, the Walk Tall support service recently made a formal submission to the...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of the Department of Education and Science on site acquisitions generally, has been asked to source a site for the school in question. A number of issues need to be clarified in respect of the site options being considered at present. The matter can be progressed further when these issues have been resolved.
- Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I take it that the Deputy is referring to pay arrears which may be due to part-time teachers in the context of the Protection of Employees (Part-time Work) Act 2001. The Department of Education and Science is working towards the implementation of a system that will facilitate the processing of all outstanding claims, including any claim in respect of the person in question. The Department is...
- Written Answers — School Support Programme: School Support Programme (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 750 and 752 together. Five urban and 76 rural primary schools, as well as 12 post-primary schools, in County Donegal have been invited to participate in the new school support programme under the new action plan for educational inclusion, Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools. The schools which have been invited to participate in the programme have...
- Written Answers — School Support Programme: School Support Programme (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Some 640 primary schools â 320 urban schools and 320 rural schools â have been invited to participate in the new school support programme under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. The school to which the Deputy refers is not among the primary schools which have been selected for participation in the new programme. However, the school is among the schools receiving...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that there was no underspend in the schools building programme for 2005.
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. Having made inquiries of the commission about the matter raised by the Deputy, I have been advised of certain matters which I will outline. The revision of draft marking schemes is a normal part of the process which applies to every subject. Following the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: An application for capital funding has recently been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application will be assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects and will be considered in due course in the context of the 2006-10 school building and modernisation programme.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The information in the format requested by the Deputy is not readily available. Earlier this month, I announced details of funding being allocated this year to 210 schools, including four schools in Carlow and Wicklow, to enable them to undertake extension or refurbishment works under the Department of Education and Science's small schools and permanent accommodation devolved schemes. As part...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Department of Education and Science provides funding towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services in primary schools under two separate schemes. The 1978-79 employment of full-time secretaries and caretakers in primary schools scheme, under which the Department meets the full costs of salaries, is being phased out as posts become vacant and no new posts are created. The scheme...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The legal representatives of the trustees of the school in question have written to the Department of Education and Science seeking to have the property in question divested from the existing school lease. The Deputy will appreciate that the Department must ensure that the closure of any school does not have long-term implications for accommodation in an area. Particular cognisance must be...
- Written Answers — School Gardens: School Gardens (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I have arranged for an official from the school building unit of the Department of Education and Science to contact the Deputy about this matter.
- Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The running costs of primary schools are met by the Department of Education and Science's scheme of capitation grants, which is intended to contribute towards the general operating costs of national schools. The standard rate of capitation grant has been increased substantially in recent years, from â¬57.14 per pupil in 1997 to â¬133.58 with effect from 1 January 2005. It was further...
- Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Funding is provided to primary and secondary schools by means of per capita grants, which afford schools considerable flexibility in the use of resources to cater for the needs of pupils. The running costs of primary schools are met by the Department of Education and Science's scheme of capitation grants, which is intended to contribute towards the general operating costs of national schools....
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Department of Education and Science's school planning section is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the post-2006 school building and...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Department of Education and Science's school planning section is aware of the need to provide a long-term accommodation solution to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. It is understood that the children attending the school come from a wide catchment area. With that in mind, the appropriate location for the school is under consideration in the Department. The site...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I recently announced details of 210 schools which will receive funding for extension and refurbishment works under devolved schemes to enable them to undertake works to address growing accommodation needs. The Deputy will be pleased to hear that the school he refers to has been included in the list of schools to be offered funding under the permanent accommodation scheme.