Results 18,381-18,400 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers has just completed the tendering process. The design team for the school authority is preparing the report on the tenders. When this report has been submitted to my Department the matter will be developed further with a view to the project proceeding to construction at the earliest possible date.
- Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 to 373, inclusive, together. My Department has had extensive and ongoing contact with several groups representing survivors of child abuse since the Taoiseach's apology and the initiation of a wide-ranging Government strategy to address the needs of survivors of abuse. Contact is maintained with ten different groups representing survivors and this includes...
- Written Answers — Third Level Colleges: Third Level Colleges (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department does not have the information requested by him. However, in 1998 the HEA commissioned Professor Patrick Clancy of UCD to carry out a survey of new entrants to higher education. This study found that there were 649 new entrants to higher education in Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland in 1998. An extract from the county of origin analysis is illustrated below. ...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 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 was issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. The staffing of the...
- Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I will soon be publishing a new action plan for tackling disadvantage in education. The new action plan will involve better identification of levels of disadvantage in our schools, as well as a single integrated programme of supports for schools with concentrated levels of disadvantage which will bring together ten existing schemes and initiatives, including the home-school-community liaison...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The extension and refurbishment project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which was revised following consultation with the education partners. The project will be developed in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-09.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 379 together. The policy of my Department is to provide for the delivery of a broad and balanced physical education curriculum at primary and post-primary levels. The Department does not have details on hand on the number of primary schools without a general purpose room or a physical education room or hall. Many primary schools have a general purposes...
- Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In October 2000, my Department introduced a physical education grant for all primary schools. Since the introduction of the scheme, the Department provided in excess of â¬5.5 million in grant aid to primary schools under this scheme to enable schools provide coaching or mentoring in connection with physical education or to purchase resource materials associated with the provision of physical...
- Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I have asked the task force provide an interim report by June 2005 and to complete its work by the end of 2005. A total of 142 submissions have been received by the task force and the following is a county by county breakdown as requested by the Deputy. A total of nine submissions were received by e-mail and 42 submissions were received from national organisations or groups which could not...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 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 was issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 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 was issued to all primary schools recently. This is in line with guidelines agreed between my Department and the education partners. In the current...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has no record of an application from the school to which the Deputy refers. However, it is open to the management authority to make an application for inclusion in the school building programme.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department is moving towards a model of devolving the responsibility for building projects to school management authorities where appropriate. The devolving of funding to local level will accommodate school authorities to take responsibility and ownership of their building projects and will assist in moving projects in a specific timeframe through the design process, to tender action and...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy is aware that my Department has completed its review of the general allocation system of resource teaching support. The new model replaces that which was notified to schools in June 2004, which has been reviewed to take account of the difficulties it may have caused for smaller schools. The introduction of the new system will involve the provision of an estimated additional 340...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school in question progressed a capital project without the approval or agreement of the Department of Education and Science, for which retrospective funding of â¬127,000 was sought. Since the introduction of the school building programme, under which all projects to be funded from the allocation are listed, it is not possible to consider applications for retrospective funding....
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department has assessed the application from the school to which the Deputy refers in accordance with the revised prioritisation criteria, and its progress will be considered in the context of the school building programme from 2005 onwards.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy is aware that my Department has now completed its review of the general allocation system of resource teaching support. The new model replaces that which was notified to schools in June 2004, which has been reviewed to take account of the difficulties it may have caused for smaller schools. The introduction of the new system will involve the provision of an estimated additional 340...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school in question has accepted the grant for the provision of an extension under the 2005 small schools initiative which I announced recently. The school authority is managing this project on a devolved basis and I understand the project is scheduled to go on-site in late 2005.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers was extended and refurbished, and handed over to the school authorities in 2002. There is no new application on hand from the school authorities.
- Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (24 May 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department is assessing the rationalisation of national schools in Cahir, including the school to which the Deputy refers. My Department has requested the local inspector to provide long-term projections for both the boys' and girls' schools to establish the extent of accommodation needed to facilitate the amalgamation. In addition, a technical inspection has...