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Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Both the VTOS allowance and the back to education allowance, BTEA, are equivalent to the maximum rate of unemployment benefit. Students who had a prior entitlement to unemployment benefit, or unemployment assistance receive this allowance in lieu of their unemployment payment. Therefore, neither the VTOS nor the BTEA is means tested. In addition, VTOS students who have been at least 12 months...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding 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. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the school building and...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers is included in the urban dimension of my Department's Giving Children an Even Break programme aimed at combating educational disadvantage. The school receives additional financial resources to provide educational supports to be targeted at disadvantaged pupils. The board of management of the school has submitted an appeal to the Staffing Appeal Board. The...

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The King's Inns is an autonomous institution and my Department does not have a function in this matter.

Written Answers — Foireann Scoile: Foireann Scoile (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Socraítear líon foirne bunscoile de réir an líon daltaí ar an rolla ar 30ú Meán Fómhair na scoilbhliana roimhe sin. Tá sé seo i gcomhréir le treoirlínte a aontaíodh idir an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta agus na páirtithe oideachais. Is dócha gur eol duit go leagtar amach an sceideal foirne i gciorclán a sheolann mo Roinn chuig na bunscoileanna go léir gach bliain. Chun...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, has identified a suitable site for the school referred to by the Deputy. The OPW has been in contact with the vendor regarding the acquisition of the site and is now awaiting a response.

Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that the candidate has been informed by County Kilkenny VEC that she qualifies for the full non-adjacent rate of maintenance grant under the provisions of the post-leaving certificate scheme 2005 in the amount of €3,020. In accordance with the prescribed terms of the post-leaving certificate scheme the grantholder's maintenance grant is paid in monthly instalments in arrears...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The home tuition scheme is primarily intended to provide compensatory instruction for pupils who have a medical ailment that is likely to cause major disruption to their attendance at school. In this context, my Department provides home tuition grants in respect of pupils who cannot attend school at all, or who are absent for a significant proportion of the school year. My Department also...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding 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. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the school building and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 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 following an...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, 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...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The total expenditure on the management information system project for the 14 institutes of technology and the Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute was €44.8 million. This expenditure itemised by annual breakdown is as follows: Year Expenditure (€ million) 1995 0.1 1996 0.9 1997 0.2 1998 2.4 1999 3.1 2000 5.6 2001 4.5 2002 11.2 2003...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A total of eight staff were seconded from institutes of technology for varying periods to work on central implementation teams for each of the four MIS applications. The eight staff seconded from institutes comprised, one registrar from Galway-Mayo IT, two at assistant principal officer level or equivalent grading from Sligo IT and IT Tallaght , two at grade 7 level from Waterford IT and IT...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department is currently assessing the post rationalisation accommodation needs of the schools to which the Deputy refers. In this regard, the local inspector has been requested to provide long-term projections for both schools to establish the extent of accommodation which will be needed to facilitate the amalgamation. In addition, a technical inspection has...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The most recent data on primary school class sizes available to my Department relates to the 2004-05 school year and are in the attachment provided. The Deputy should note that these figures are provisional. Significant improvements have been made in the pupil-teacher ratio and in average class size in recent years at primary level. The most recent figure available for average class size at...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department, has confirmed that applications in respect of the two pupils referred to by the Deputy were received by the relevant Bus Éireann local office. However, as they do not reside at least two miles from the school concerned, as required under the terms of the primary school transport scheme, they were deemed...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Section 4 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 provides that the Minister may, by order, include in the Schedule to the Act any industrial school, reformatory school, orphanage, children's home, special school which was established for the purpose of providing education services to children with a physical or intellectual disability or a hospital providing medical or psychiatric...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has contacted the transport liaison officer for County Galway and Bus Éireann with a view to expediting the completion of a report on the matter referred to by the Deputy. The Deputy will be advised of the position as soon as the report has been received and considered.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An application for a new PE hall at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects. The project has been assigned a band four rating and its progress will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme from 2006 onwards.

Written Answers — Multi-Denominational Schools: Multi-Denominational Schools (12 Oct 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The level of funding that my Department provides to Educate Together as a school management body is on a par with that provided to Foras Patrúnachta na Gaelscoileanna, the Church of Ireland Board of Education, the Islamic Board of Education and the National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education. However, following discussions with Educate Together, my Department has...