Results 18,601-18,620 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 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. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 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. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — School Class Sizes: School Class Sizes (28 Apr 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. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of...
- Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The latest statistical data available to my Department are from the ICT school census undertaken by the National Centre for Technology in Education in autumn 2002. Based on that information, there was an overall pupil to computer ratio of some 9:1. To reduce that ratio to 4:1 based on the pupil numbers in that year would have required an increase of some 110,000 computers. Assuming an...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: A new science curriculum has been introduced at primary level supported by a resource grant in December 2004 of â¬1000 per school plus â¬10.00 per pupil. The total cost of the grant was â¬7.739 million. Revised syllabi in junior certificate science and in leaving certificate physics, chemistry and biology have been introduced. The introduction of the revised syllabi has been supported by...
- Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Courses: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: VECs and schools sought approval for approximately 39,000 post-leaving certificate places in the 2004-05 academic year. My Department approved 28,588 places. The extent to which places sought exceeded the number approved is 10,412. Based on a pupil-teacher ratio of 16:1, it is estimated that an additional 651 extra teachers would be required at an annual cost of â¬35.791 million. In...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. There are currently in the region of 3,000 vehicles in use each day providing school transport services on behalf of my Department under the school transport scheme. About 20% of the fleet is made up of Bus Ãireann school buses and the remaining 80% is owned by private operators on contract to Bus Ãireann. My Department has...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Teacher allocations for second level schools are approved by my Department on an annual basis in accordance with generally applied rules relating to recognised pupil enrolment. Each school management authority is required to organise its curriculum, teaching timetable and subject options having regard to pupils' needs within the limits of its approved teacher allocation. The rules for...
- Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. It should be noted that completed data are not yet available to my Department for the current academic year and accordingly data for 2003-04 has been provided. Number of full-time and part-time students enrolled in universities and institutes of technology for each of the academic years stated below 1997/1998 2002/2003...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: An application has been received form City of Galway Vocational Education Committee for the recognition of a new post-primary school in the eastern suburbs of Galway. An examination of existing provision and the likely requirements for education provision in the greater Galway area is underway in the school planning section of my Department and all relevant factors will be considered in this...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under the summer works scheme, SWS, for 2005. Unfortunately, the school was unsuccessful in obtaining funding this year. The scheme for summer 2005 has been finalised and the list of successful schools has recently been published. However, it is open to the school authorities in question to apply under the summer works scheme for 2006,...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I am not aware that my Department has received any request from history teachers of this nature. Leaving certificate history is assessed by a terminal written examination of three hours duration. A revised syllabus will be examined for the first time in June 2006. Assessment will comprise two components, a terminal written examination in June and a research study report which will be...
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Giving Children an Even Break scheme subsumes the previous process of designation of schools that serve areas of educational disadvantage and my Department's approach is now refined to ensure that individual at risk pupils are targeted. Rather than the old method of designating additional schools, under this scheme my Department provides support that is commensurate with the levels of...
- Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In accordance with the Universities Act 1997, universities are responsible for the day-to-day management of their own affairs. Issues such as student conduct are, therefore, a matter for the governing authority and management of each individual institution. Similarly, institutes of technology, including the Dublin Institute of Technology, are statutory bodies established under the Regional...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. The data refer to pupils enrolled in institutions aided by the Department of Education and Science only. Enrolment in national schools (including special education) School year Numbers enrolled 1984/1985 566,289 1985/1986 567,064 1986/1987 567,567 1987/1988 565,487 1988/1989 560,116 1989/1990 552,182 ...
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In so far as teaching posts are concerned, the position in regard to qualifications in Irish is different for primary and secondary level teachers. At primary level, teachers are class teachers rather than subject specialists and must be qualified to teach the range of primary school subjects to children aged four to 12 years. Accordingly, applicants must satisfy my Department that they are...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My colleague, the Minister for Finance, provided a capital envelope of â¬555 million in respect of education PPPs for the period 2005 to 2008. My officials are currently examining how this may be best utilised. A number of issues will have to be determined before I make a decision on the allocation of these funds. These include the type of PPP model to be used, the level of operation and...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: An application for additional accommodation for an autism unit has recently been received in my Department from the school referred to by the Deputy. This application is being examined and a response will issue to the school authority as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The pupil referred to in the details supplied resides 4.8 km from the school in question, and 1.4 km from the bus route serving the school. The pupil's family requested an extension of the school bus service. An extension may be approved on payment by the family of the cost involved. Bus Ãireann, which administers the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department, has indicated that the...
- Written Answers — Traffic Calming Measures: Traffic Calming Measures (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The issue of speed control measures are outside the vested site area of the school to which the Deputy refers and should therefore be raised with the local authority. It will be open to the school's board of management to make an application under the 2006 summer works scheme for necessary safety measures within the school's boundary.