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- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, the purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small and medium scale building works which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. Full details are contained in the relevant governing circular which is available on my...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: This information is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile. My Department is working to develop systems to make funding information available in a wider variety of formats than at present. In the meantime, if there are individual schools in respect of which the Deputy seeks details of funding,...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Discussions are continuing between Tipperary Institute and Limerick Institute of Technology with a view to institutional merger. The proposed merger has the support and agreement of the Governing Boards of both institutions and they are currently working to a target of September 2011 for completion of the arrangements for a formal merger. The infrastructural needs of the emerging unified...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy may be aware my Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the institutes of technology. It is a matter for each institution to determine how the block grant received from the HEA is allocated internally. My Department allocates capital funding directly to the Institutes of Technology. Details of recurrent...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Funding allocated to primary and post-primary schools in Co. Westmeath under my Department's Summer Works Scheme during 2007, 2008/9 and 2010 is as outlined in the table. Summer Works Funding Co. Westmeath Year Primary Post-Primary 2007 â¬1.9m â¬1.3m 2008/2009 â¬1.9m â¬1.8m 2010 â¬1.5m â¬.9m
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The position with regard to deferred studies is that students who were in receipt of the BTEA and the student maintenance grant when they participated on a course and deferred their studies with the approval of the college, may be eligible to hold both payments for the duration of that course. However, the decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, the school to which she refers was granted provisional recognition from 1 September 2008 and is currently located in temporary accommodation. The provision of accommodation for a school with provisional recognition is a matter for the Patron and Board of Management in the first instance. In April 2010, the school authorities submitted a proposal to my Department...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The new post primary school referred to by the Deputy, is one of eight schools which were approved for inclusion in the 3rd Bundle of schools to be procured via Public Private Partnership. This bundle is in the pre procurement stage. Detailed output specifications and Public Sector Benchmark (PSB) have been finalised and outline planning permission has been received in respect of the eight...
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 735 and 736 together. Under the Institutes of Technology Acts, 1992 to 2006 the Institutes of Technology are autonomous statutory bodies. Under the legislation, the Institutes' management authorities are responsible for their governance and operational management, including arrangements for dealing with legal issues relating to the running of the Institutes....
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 737 and 738 together. In general, full-time fixed term contract appointments of ten years duration are awarded to Directors of Institutes of Technology (IOTs) / the President of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) respectively. These contracts are awarded subject to the terms of the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006, and the Dublin Institute of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works, is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie. The priority attaching to individual projects is determined by published prioritisation criteria, which were formulated following consultation with the Education Partners. There are four band ratings under...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: To date in 2010 a total of â¬135.133m of this year's capital allocation of â¬578.8m for the primary and post-primary sectors has issued from my Department under the school building and modernisation programme. Arising from earlier announcements regarding the school building and modernisation programme, funding will be allocated to major school building projects as they progress through the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that the need for budgetary adjustment has made it necessary to discontinue the Millennium Partnership Fund from the 2010/11 academic year. The fund was disbursed by local Partnership Companies, mostly in the form of small grants to individual students to cover costs of items such as books and travel. Most students in receipt of support from the fund will continue to...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that all the schools referred to by him have applied to my Department for capital funding. The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase is dependent on the prioritisation of competing demands on the funding available under the Department's capital budget. Applications are assessed using published...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: This information is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile. My Department is working to develop systems to make funding information available in a wider variety of formats than at present. In the meantime, if there are individual schools in respect of which the Deputy seeks details of funding,...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of teachers in Cork city and county is not readily available in the requested format.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: This information is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the lands in question are intended for the provision of an educational campus facility to cater for future demand at Post-Primary in the area referred to by the Deputy and to facilitate the proposed re-location of two existing schools, a Gaelscoil and a Special School. The progression of the building element of this proposal will be considered in the context...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: FÃS commenced a review of its contracted training in December 2009. The Review consists of three phases; the first two were carried by FÃS itself with phase 3 being completed by an outside consultant. Specifically: Phase 1 involved a special monitoring visit to each course. This was completed in February. Phase 2 entailed a detailed review of individual assessments and was completed...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2010)
Mary Coughlan: While the Deputy has sought the relevant information for the past five years, I understand that he has indicated to my officials that he is satisfied to receive information in relation to reports commissioned by my Department over the last three years as this information is readily available. Accordingly the information in relation to reports commissioned in the years 2007 to 2009 in set out...