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

Mary Hanafin: Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Each school management authority is required to organise its teaching timetable and subject options having regard to pupils needs within the limit of its approved teacher allocation. The rules for allocating teaching resources provide...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (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. Schedules of accommodation had been agreed some time ago and these are now being re-examined to ensure that level of accommodation being proposed will meet the long-term needs of the school. Once this is finalised, the project will be considered for progression...

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

Mary Hanafin: The establishment of a behaviour support team is at the core of many of the recommendations of School Matters — The Report of the Task Force on Student Behaviour in Second Level Schools. When launching the report on 14 March, I announced that I would be taking immediate steps to establish such a team. The role of this team will span the spectrum from diagnosis of school problems to...

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

Mary Hanafin: The tender report in respect of the new school in question was received by my Department in early December 2005 and has since been assessed. When the legalities associated with the site transfer are concluded, my Department will be in a position to approve the appointment of the successful contractor and for the construction phase to commence.

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school in question was authorised to proceed to stages 4-5, planning permission-fire certification, bill of quantities-tender documentation, of architectural planning on 14 March 2006.

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the tender for the work at the school in question has been accepted and that the project commenced construction in February 2006.

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the revised sketch scheme has been received in my Department and a letter issued to the school on 16 March 2006, giving approval to proceed to stage 3, detailed plans-costs of architectural planning.

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

Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authorities of 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 schools building and...

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

Mary Hanafin: I am anxious to ensure that this purpose-built facility for children with autism will become operational as soon as possible. My officials wrote to the school in question on 21 December 2005 outlining the supports available from my Department to facilitate the operation of the autism unit at the school. To date, no response has been received from the school authorities and my officials in the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding towards a refurbishment project at the school. 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 (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy originally applied for an extension and refurbishment to provide improved ancillary accommodation. The project proposed initially did not provide for any additional mainstream classrooms. In the process of assessment in accordance with the prioritisation criteria put in place following consultation with the education partners, increasing enrolments and the...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Funding is provided to primary and secondary schools by way of per capita grants, which afford schools considerable flexibility in the use of these resources to cater for the needs of their pupils. Primary schools' running costs are met by my Department's scheme of capitation grants. These grants are intended to contribute towards the general operating costs of national schools. The...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: This project was on the 2005 school building programme to go to tender and construction. Tenders for this project were received on 24 February 2006 and are currently being examined by my Department's technical staff. It is expected that this examination will be completed shortly and the school management contacted in the matter without delay.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 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. The school's design team was requested to submit a revised stage one-two, developed sketch scheme, based on the new...

Written Answers — Home Tuition Grant: Home Tuition Grant (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: Home tuition is primarily intended to provide compensatory instruction for pupils with a medical ailment that is likely to cause major disruption to their attendance at school on a continuing basis. In recent years home tuition has been extended as an interim support for children with a significant special educational need pending the provision of an appropriate school based educational...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school development planning initiative, SDPI, is a support service established by my Department to assist schools in furthering the process of whole school planning. The initiative has a team of ten regional co-ordinators, who provide advisory services to schools at no charge. SDPI regional co-ordinators have co-operated with the commission on school accommodation and with amalgamation...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: I understand from my officials that the local special educational needs organiser is liaising with the family in question in the context of arranging an early meeting to discuss the issues in question. My Department is continuing to fund a home tuition grant to the family concerned pending the provision of an appropriate educational placement.

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule which is issued annually to all primary schools. Under current arrangements the enrolment figure required for the appointment of a mainstream class teacher in an ordinary school is the same as that which applies in the case of...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (9 Mar 2006)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers is a new school which opened in September 2005. It currently accommodates two junior infant classes. When fully occupied, the school will operate as a two-stream 16-classroom school. To enable it develop in this manner, it can only enrol two junior infant classes annually. This incremental development is common to all newly established schools to ensure...