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Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: There are currently no Early Start pre-schools operating in counties Sligo and north Leitrim. The new action plan for educational inclusion, delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, which will be introduced on a phased basis, starting during the current school year, aims to ensure that the educational needs of children and young people, from pre-school to completion of upper...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school transport scheme, which comes under the aegis of my Department, provides for the transport of children to and from school. However, my Department does not operate any scheme whereby grant assistance could be made available to a school for the purchase of a minibus.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A report on this case has been requested from Bus Éireann, which organises the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department. When this report has been received and considered, my Department will advise the parents of the position.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications is the only outstanding directive which has not been transposed into Irish law. The date for transposition of this directive is 20 October 2007 and preparatory work for the drafting of the regulations to meet this transposition date is ongoing within my Department. Since 1997, my Department has received two warning letters...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A new general allocation scheme has been introduced under which schools have been provided with resource teaching hours, based on their enrolment figures, to cater for children with high incidence special needs such as dyslexia and those with learning support needs. My officials have been in contact with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which has confirmed that the pupil...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Depending on their particular assessed needs, children with autism may require supervision while travelling to and from school on transport services funded by my Department. The circumstances of each case are examined by the local special education needs organiser employed by the National Council for Special Education and a recommendation made as to the support required. Where supervision is...

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides funding towards the cost of secretarial services in primary schools under two separate schemes. One scheme is the 1978 scheme for the employment of full-time clerical officers in primary schools, under which my Department meets the full cost of salary. With effect from 1 January 2004, these clerical officers are paid directly through my Department's central payroll...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An application for capital investment for the provision of suitable accommodation to cater for the autistic unit was recently received from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application is currently being assessed and officials of my Department are in contact with the school authority in this regard.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school authority has recently submitted an application under the additional classroom accommodation scheme 2006 and the summer works scheme 2006. Officials of my Department's school planning section are in the process of recording and assessing all applications received.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has requested reports on this case from the transport liaison officer, County Wexford VEC and Bus Éireann. My Department will be in contact with the Deputy as soon as all the relevant facts are known.

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The residential institutions redress board was established as an alternative mechanism to the courts to provide financial redress to former residents of institutions who, as children, were abused while in institutions over which the State had a supervisory or regulatory responsibility. The rationale behind the setting up of the redress board was that children in the residential institutions...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded to him as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of €440,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school in question to provide additional accommodation. The initiative allows board of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives boards control of the building...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is in the process of reviewing certain provisions of the University College Galway Act 1929. Any proposals resulting from this review will complement the existing obligations of National University of Ireland, Galway, to promote the Irish language under section 12 of the Universities Act 1997, and more recently, the Official Language Act 2003.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of €350,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school in question to provide additional accommodation. The initiative allows boards of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives boards control of the building...

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I agree with the Deputies on two points. First, Deputies will be aware that we are working towards the consolidation of legislation, particularly given that much of our legislation dates from approximately a century ago. Second, most people cannot understand the language used in legislation, other than the lawyers who make their living out of interpreting it. That idea should be progressed...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (26 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The youth affairs section of my Department received an application for funding under the special projects for youth scheme on behalf of the group referred to by the Deputy. It was not possible to accede to this request this year due to the large number of applications received, over 70 in total. Application forms for the 2006 round of grants will issue shortly and every consideration will be...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The statistical information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format requested. The annual statistical information is compiled by each local authority. The Clondalkin and Lucan areas fall in to the catchment area of South Dublin County Council. The estimated number of grant holders in South Dublin County Council in the 2004-05 academic year under the higher education grant...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (26 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An application for an extension and refurbishment was received last year from the management authority of the school referred to by the Deputy. The application is being assessed and will be considered for progression in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005 to 2009.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (26 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has no plans to introduce a scheme of refunds for briefcases for teachers.