Results 18,881-18,900 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Teacher Exchange Schemes: Teacher Exchange Schemes (20 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department arranges teacher exchange schemes at post-primary, on a post-to-post basis, between Ireland and Germany and between Ireland and France. The purpose of these schemes is to improve the quality of the teaching of German and French in Irish schools. The exchanges take place either on the basis of a one term exchange or one year exchange. Applications for participation in the 2005-06...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 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 Placement: School Placement (20 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My officials have been advised that the child in question is currently attending a Montessori school. I can confirm to the Deputy that my officials are continuing to liaise with the parent in relation to appropriate education provision for this child. Contact will be made with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, in this regard.
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (20 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The vast bulk of the cost of school building projects is borne by my Department. In the circumstances referred to by the Deputy the amount of the local contribution for schools with disadvantaged status is 5% of the project cost subject to a maximum amount of â¬12,500. These arrangements have been approved by the Department of Finance and are of a general application.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to advise the Deputy that ISL has formal recognition in the Education Act 1998. Under the Act, it is a function of the Minister for Education and Science to ensure, subject to the provisions of the Act, that there is made available to each person resident in the State support services and a level and quality of education appropriate to meeting the needs and abilities of that person....
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: There are 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. This fleet is made up of Bus Ãireann school buses and contractors' vehicles. The bulk of this fleet comprises of minibuses provided by contractors, while most large buses are provided by Bus Ãireann. Since 1999, Bus Ãireann has...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together. I have no plans to introduce charges for pupils attending primary schools or to increase charges for pupils attending post-primary schools.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 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. 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 seven mainstream class teachers...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: There are no plans to provide legislation on Irish sign language, ISL. ISL has formal recognition in the Education Act 1998. Under the Act, it is a function of the Minister for Education and Science to ensure, subject to the provisions of the Act, that there is made available to each person resident in the State, including a person with a disability or who has other special educational needs,...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has no record of any proposals from the HSE in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy. Any proposals the HSE wishes to submit to my Department will be considered.
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department funds three means-tested maintenance grant schemes in respect of students attending approved courses in approved third level institutions and one maintenance grant scheme in respect of students attending approved post-leaving certificate courses in approved PLC centres. These are the higher education grants scheme, the vocational education committees scholarship scheme, the...
- Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 provides parents with an appeal process to the Secretary General of my Department where a board of management of a school or a person acting on behalf of the board refuses enrolment of a student. In the case of a school established or maintained by a vocational education committee, an appeal against the decision of the board of management of the school is...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which was established recently and which has been operational since 1 January 2005, is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs supports. A total of 71 special educational needs organisers, or SENOs, have been recruited throughout the country and will provide points of contact for...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The property management unit of the OPW, which acts on behalf of my Department on site acquisitions generally, is exploring the possibility of acquiring a site for the provision of a new school building for the school referred to by the Deputy. When a site has been procured, the project will be progressed in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005 to 2009.
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The information the Deputy requested is not readily available in my Department. If the Deputy would like information on a particular school, I will be happy to provide it.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: As part of a review of all projects for the 2005 capital programme, the application for capital funding from the school authority to which the Deputy refers was assessed against the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects which were revised last year following consultation with the education partners. Under the review, all projects were assigned a band rating and...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy should note that significant improvements have been made in this area 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 the teachers in the school, including resource teachers, has fallen from 22.2:1 in the 1996-97 school year to 17.44:1 in 2003-04. More than 4,000 additional teachers have...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: A total of 71 special educational needs organisers, SENOs, have been appointed throughout the country. Resource applications for pupils with disabilities from all schools, including schools in Clondalkin and Lucan, are being processed by SENOs. Since 1 January 2005, decisions have issued to schools in accordance with circulars SP/Ed 01/05 and PPT 01/05, which refer to the transfer of...
- Written Answers — Youthreach Programme: Youthreach Programme (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The total pay and non-pay funding allocated for the VEC Youthreach and senior Traveller training programmes in 2005 is â¬44.234 million and â¬19.268 million, respectively.
- Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (19 Apr 2005)
Mary Hanafin: A total of â¬3,961,683.89 was paid by my Department for the school books grant scheme in primary schools for the 2004-05 school year. This figure includes â¬3,272,733.40 in respect of the loan and rental scheme. The total expenditure in post primary schools for the 2004-05 school year was â¬6.359 million which included â¬221,240 for the book rental and loan schemes seed capital.