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Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that the private college in question has signalled its intention to close on completion of the current school year. Any pupils currently attending the college who may wish to obtain a place in a second level school recognised by my Department in the Limerick area, should make application directly to the schools in question. My Department's responsibility is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the special educational needs, SEN, of the pupil in question fall within the high incidence disability category and therefore these SEN will be catered for from within the general allocation system of resource teaching support recently communicated to all primary schools. The introduction of this new system will involve the provision of an estimated additional 340 permanent...

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Following my previous parliamentary response of 16 November 2004 to the Deputy with regard to the admission of the course in question under the terms of my Department's 2005 higher education grant, HEG, scheme, my Department has received correspondence from the college concerned seeking approval for this course, and one other, under the scheme. My Department has recently issued a response to...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year and by reference to a staffing schedule. This staffing schedule is outlined in primary Circular 15/05 which issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current school...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The complement of psychologists in NEPS has increased almost three-fold from 43 psychologists on establishment to 128 psychologists at present. All schools that do not have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, SCPA, whereby the schools can commission assessments from a member of the panel of private psychologists approved by...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has now issued a letter to all primary schools notifying them of their teaching allocation under the new general allocation model for the 2005-06 school year. The letter also includes details of any clustering arrangements that may apply. My Department is also finalising a circular for schools which will contain detailed information on how the new system will operate. It is...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year and by reference to a staffing schedule. This staffing schedule is outlined in primary circular 15/05 which issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current school...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A request for funding under the special projects for youth scheme has been received in my Department on behalf of the club referred to by the Deputy. My Department is currently giving consideration to this request and to other applications made for youth work funding in 2005, having regard to the overall level of financial resources for the youth sector. I would expect that decisions...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has no current plans to relocate the school to which the Deputy refers nor has it an application from the school authority to this effect. However, the school planning section of my Department will carry out an examination of primary and post-primary provision in the area where the school is located later this year to determine long-term demand for pupil places and how best this...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: From the next school year, each primary school will be allocated resource teaching hours based on its enrolment figures to cater for the needs of pupils with high-incidence special educational needs, such as dyslexia. Resources for these pupils were previously only considered on an individual application basis supported by psychological assessments. The time-consuming nature of this...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The transitional arrangements involve an interim allocation to certain schools to address the position of pupils with high incidence special education needs, SEN, who had been granted individual resource allocations by my Department under previous staffing allocation systems and who are in schools that would be due to have their staffing allocation in respect of high incidence children...

Written Answers — Central Unit: Central Unit (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 457 and 458 together. Ensuring the protection, health and welfare of children in schools is a key concern for me, parents, schools and society generally. The central vetting unit run by the Garda Síochána is responsible for vetting requests with regard to prospective employees of designated agencies with substantial unsupervised access to children and...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has not received any application for the provision of additional accommodation at the school to which the Deputy refers. If there is a need for additional accommodation at this school then the school authority should contact the school planning section of my Department.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has not received any application for the provision of additional accommodation at the school to which the Deputy refers. If there is a need for additional accommodation at this school then the school authority should contact the school planning section of my Department.

Written Answers — Pre-School Facilities: Pre-School Facilities (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy is listed among the 122 large-scale projects on the current school building programme for moving to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months. The project is for the refurbishment of the existing accommodation and an extension consisting of classrooms and general purpose rooms for the three primary schools on this site. I understand that owing...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has not received any application for the provision of additional accommodation at the school to which the Deputy refers. If there is a need for additional accommodation at this school then the school authority should contact the school planning section of my Department.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have sanctioned the provision of two additional temporary classrooms for the school to which he refers. The classrooms will be in place for September 2005 to meet the anticipated demand for pupil places as identified by the school authority.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which generally acts on behalf of the Department of Education and Science in respect of site acquisitions, is pursuing the acquisition of a site for the provision of a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers. The delivery of the building will be considered in the context of the capital programme after the site...

Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage. (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Access to the college from those areas has increased enormously by virtue of its location and good education access office. The best way for students to get into it, as full participants, as opposed to merely accessing the facility, is by promoting an end to educational disadvantage and, through the education access office, third level grants, top-up grants and all those provisions which need...

Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage. (31 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I move amendment No. 13: In page 8, lines 18 and 19, to delete "Eastern Regional Health Authority" and substitute "Health Service Executive".