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

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that my Department received an application for special needs assistant, or SNA, support for the pupil in question. The application is currently being considered, and a decision will be conveyed to the school in the coming days. With regard to the matter of re-assessment, I understand that a psychologist from the National Educational Psychological Service will monitor the...

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

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, the school was advised on 16 August 2004 that the pupil in question did not meet the criteria for special needs assistant, or SNA, support, as there was insufficient evidence of care needs. The Deputy may also be aware that the National Council for Special Education, or NCSE, which became operational on 1 January 2005, now processes applications for special educational...

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

Mary Hanafin: Appeals in regard to building projects are held on a monthly basis and the school in question will therefore be notified of the outcome of its appeal by the end of May 2005.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The review of the general allocation system has now been completed. The new model replaces that which was notified to schools in June 2004, which has been reviewed to take account of difficulties that it may have caused for smaller schools. I confirm that 660 additional special needs teaching posts will be put in place in primary schools from next September to facilitate the implementation of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In the interest of rational arrangements for the purposes of educational provision, the country is divided into catchment areas, each of which has its own post-primary education centre. These areas were drawn up in the late 1960s in the context of the free education scheme. The catchment boundaries were determined following consultation with local educational interests and the intention was...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has requested Bus Éireann to clarify certain matters regarding this case. The Deputy will be advised of the position, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (11 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 project referred to by the Deputy. My Department is at present giving consideration to this request and to other applications made for youth work funding in 2005, having regard to available financial resources. A decision regarding funding will be given as soon as possible.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy currently has the services of a learning support teacher shared with one other school in the area. The professional report indicates that the pupil in question would benefit from learning support provision. In this regard, it is open to the school in question to make provision for this pupil from within existing learning support provision available in the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Primary schools which have 14 or more non-national pupils with a significant English language deficit are entitled to an additional temporary teacher for a period of up to two years. Schools with 28 or more such pupils are entitled to two temporary teachers. Primary schools in which between three and 13 non-English speaking non-national pupils are enrolled are eligible for grant assistance....

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: There is no provision in the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 requiring the National Educational Welfare Board to authorise a school expulsion. Section 24 of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 requires schools to notify their educational welfare officer before expelling any student. The educational welfare officer concerned is then required to make all reasonable efforts to ensure that provision is...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers has not informed the school planning section of my Department that its pre-enrolment list is oversubscribed for 2006-07 school year. If this is the case, it will be open to the school authority to apply under the temporary accommodation scheme for the 2006-07 school year when it is announced. In the Dublin 24 area generally, a project to increase the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule, agreed between my Department and the education partners. In accordance with the staffing schedule, the staffing of the school referred to by the Deputy for the school year 2004-05 is a principal and eight mainstream class...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Proposals for extending the Freedom of Information, FOI, Acts are currently being considered in the Department of Finance.

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 to 268, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available for 2004-05 as my Department is still collecting and finalising data for the current school year. Data for the 2003-04 school year is provided in the following table. However it should be noted that this data may be out of date and not reflect the current position in...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (11 May 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 site which could provide for the long term accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy. Negotiations are ongoing regarding the acquisition of this site. However, the building of a new school on a greenfield site is...

Written Answers — : (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the OPW, which acts on behalf of my Department regarding site acquisitions generally, is continuing to explore the possibility of acquiring a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. While a technical report on sites in the area has been received by OPW, a number of issues identified in this report need to be pursued. Due to the commercial...

Written Answers — : (11 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: It is my Department's policy to support the provision of all-Irish school facilities at primary and post-primary level in all areas where a demand for such provision is clearly demonstrated and no alternative exists within a reasonable distance. My Department is in receipt of a proposal from Limerick City VEC to establish a Gaelcholáiste in Limerick from September 2006 and this is under...

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Mary Hanafin: That is because he is the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (10 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department funds three means-tested maintenance grant schemes for third level education students in respect of attendance on approved courses in approved third level institutions and one grant scheme in respect of post-leaving certificate courses. They include the higher education grants scheme; the vocational education committees' scholarship scheme; the third level maintenance grants...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (10 May 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The decentralisation implementation group report of November 2004 included the Department of Education and Science as a potential early mover to Mullingar under the Government's decentralisation programme. Approximately 300 staff will be transferred to Mullingar under the programme. The Office of Public Works has overall responsibility for the provision of accommodation in the decentralised...