Results 18,081-18,100 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The number of second level teachers appointed to permanent whole time positions in secondary and community or comprehensive schools during 2004 was 573.
- Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Teacher representatives and all other members of the Teaching Council do not receive any payment for their membership. However, in accordance with the Teaching Council Act 2001, travel and subsistence allowances are payable to all members for expenses incurred for their attendance at meetings of the council and the various committees of the council which have been established in line with the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: There are 121.23 wholetime equivalent staff currently assigned to the planning and building unit of my Department. Of these, 80 are in administrative grades on work directly related to the public capital programme for first and second level schools and 31.23 are in professional and technical grades, handing capital projects at all levels. Apart from filling an existing vacancy for a quantity...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department has no record of the correspondence referred to by the Deputy. However, contact will be made directly with the person concerned to ascertain the content and to respond to the issues raised.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 772, 773, 781 and 782 together. Special needs assistants, or SNAs, are assigned to schools to meet the care needs of individual children who have been assessed by a psychologist as needing this type of support. It has always been the case that where the care needs of a child no longer justify SNA support, that support should no longer have been available to...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Special needs assistants, or SNAs, are assigned to schools to meet the care needs of individual children who have been assessed by a psychologist as needing this type of support. There has been no change to the criteria or guidelines for allocating SNA support to schools and I can further confirm that there are no plans to review the criteria or guidelines under which SNA support is...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Based on the pupil enrolments on the 30 September, 2004, the pupil teacher ratios for the current school year in the schools referred to by the Deputy are 14.2:1, 20.25:1, 21.5:1 and 13.5: 1 respectively. The first school referred to by the Deputy has a disadvantaged concessionary post.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The No. 1 primary school in Blessington is listed among the 122 large-scale projects on the current school building programme announced in January for moving to tender and construction over a 12 to 15 month period. The project is for the provision of a new eight classroom school on a greenfield site. The school authorities will be kept advised of developments.
- Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Discussions on the amalgamation of the schools referred to by the Deputy are ongoing. My Department is in ongoing contact with the boards of management involved. The Deputy will appreciate that an amalgamation is a sensitive issue for those concerned and it would not, therefore, be helpful to plan for the re-location of the school to which the Deputy refers until the outcome of amalgamation...
- Written Answers — School Status: School Status (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department is in receipt of a proposal from the board of management of Our Lady Queen of Peace national school for a change of status from a girls' school with facilities for the teaching of infant boys to a fully vertical co-educational provider of primary education. In the first instance, any such proposal must have the approval of the patron and clarification in this regard has already...
- Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department was notified in June 2003 of the trustees' decision to close the school referred to by the Deputy. My Department has a leasehold interest in the property which will require to be discharged prior to the disposal of the property.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: There are 406 teachers with restricted recognition currently working in primary schools. Restricted recognition gives eligibility to teach in certain categories of special schools and in the categories of special classes in mainstream schools where Irish is not a curricular requirement. Teachers with such recognition are also entitled to take up positions in special schools for young...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware of the new general allocation system for pupils with high incidence special needs such as dyslexia, mild and borderline general learning disability as well as those requiring learning support. The introduction of the new system involves the provision of an estimated additional 340 permanent posts in primary schools from September next. A further 320 posts are being...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I have included the building project for the school in question in my recently announced list of school projects to be progressed through architectural planning in 2005. The building project in question is at an early stage of architectural planning and the stage submission is with my Department for assessment. When it is completed, the school building section will be in contact with the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I have included the building project for the school in question in my recently announced list of school projects to be progressed through architectural planning in 2005. The building project is at an early stage of architectural planning and officials from my Department have recently visited to determine the project brief. My Department will be in contact with the school authorities in due...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I have included the building project for the school in question in my recently announced list of school projects to be progressed through architectural planning in 2005. The building project is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department's officials recently wrote to the school authorities giving approval to proceed to stage 1/2 â developed plans and costs â and a response...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The project referred to by the Deputy is among the large scale projects on the current school building programme listed to move to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months. My Department has given this school devolved authority to progress its project to tender and construction.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The project referred to by the Deputy is listed among the 122 large scale projects on the current school building programme announced in January to move to tender and construction over a 12 to 15 month period. My Department's building unit is awaiting revised plans from the school and its design team on the project. When the plans are received, the project can be progressed further with a...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently 6,314 special needs assistants, SNAs, in primary schools. SNAs are assigned to schools to meet the care needs of individual children who have been assessed by a psychologist as needing this type of support. There has been no change to the criteria or guidelines for allocating SNA support to schools and there are no plans to review the criteria or guidelines under which SNA...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jun 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 796 and 798 together. Significant improvements have been made in the pupil-teacher ratio and average class size in recent years. The average class size at primary level is now 23.9, down from 26.6 in 1996-97. The pupil teacher ratio, which includes all teachers including resource teachers, has fallen from 22.2:1 in the 1996-97 school year to 17.44:1 in...