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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction work is well under way on the new school referred to by the Deputy and the project is on target for completion in the latter half of 2005.

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

Mary Hanafin: The project to which the Deputy refers is one of the 122 projects proceeding to tender and construction in the next 12 to 15 months. Approval was recently given to the school authority, County Kildare VEC, to proceed to pre-selection of contractors for tendering. It is the responsibility of the VEC to progress the project to tender and construction within the approved budget.

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

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction is well under way on the project referred to by the Deputy and the extension is on target for completion in the latter half of 2005.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department on site acquisitions generally, has identified a number of site options for the school referred to by the Deputy. Discussions between the relevant landowners and OPW are ongoing. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, it is not proposed at this stage to identify specific...

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

Mary Hanafin: My Department is moving towards a model of devolving the responsibility of building projects to school management authorities where appropriate. The devolving of funding to local level will accommodate school authorities to have responsibility and ownership of their building projects and assist in moving projects in a specific timeframe through the design process, to tender action and...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1016 and 1020 together. The property management section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department on site acquisitions generally, is continuing to explore all possibilities in relation to the acquisition of a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. Every effort is being made to ensure a site is acquired as soon as possible....

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

Mary Hanafin: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the Saplings facility in Kill, which is one of eight applied behavioural analysis specific facilities funded by my Department. The educational approach used at the Saplings project is based on the principles of applied behavioural analysis, ABA. This consists predominantly of one-to-one teaching. The ABA method is one of a range of models of approach...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The OECD review of higher education in Ireland recommended the development of a unified strategy for the higher education sector, including the creation of a single management authority. The report identified the differentiated nature of the provision of higher education as a key factor in our having successfully met the varying needs of students, the economy and society. The report advocated...

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

Mary Hanafin: I am aware that Sallins, Naas and Kill, like many areas located within close proximity to Dublin, continue to experience population growth, a position that almost inevitably places some strain on existing educational provision. However, a range of significant measures has been undertaken by my Department to address the current and future need for pupil places in these areas. At primary level,...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1021 and 1022 together. As part of a review of all projects for the 2005 capital programme, applications for capital funding from the gaelscoileanna in Wicklow town and Arklow were assessed against the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects, which were revised last year following consultation with the education partners. Under this...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out below and refers to ordinary classes only for the 2003-04 school year: number of ordinary national schools 3,150; number of classes 18,011; and number of classes with 25 or more pupils 9,018.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 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 classes in a school have numbers greater than...

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

Mary Hanafin: In light of the reality that pupils in the high incidence disability categories of mild and borderline mild general learning disability and dyslexia are distributed throughout the education system, my Department, in consultation with educational interests, developed a general model of resource teacher allocation to schools to support students in these disability categories. This model, which...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied to my Department for additional temporary accommodation for September 2005 and I am pleased to announce that the school's application was successful. The school building section of my Department is liaising with the management authority of the school with regard to the installation of this extra mainstream classroom.

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

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy applied for temporary accommodation for September 2005 and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school's application was successful. The school planning section of my Department has also received an application for major capital funding from the school's management authority. The proposed building project at the school has been assessed in accordance...

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

Mary Hanafin: On 9 March 2005, the school building section of my Department notified the management authority of the school referred to by the Deputy that its application for summer works scheme 2005 was successful. A letter of acceptance was received from the school on 23 March 2005.

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

Mary Hanafin: On 9 March 2005, the school building section of my Department notified the management authority of the school referred to by the Deputy that its application for summer works scheme 2005 was successful. A letter of acceptance was received from the school on 23 March 2005. The school has also recently received sanction for additional temporary accommodation to deal with increased enrolments in...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has recently received sanction for additional temporary accommodation to cater for enrolments in September 2005. It is necessary to adopt this approach pending a final determination on how the school's long-term accommodation needs are to be met. The school planning section of my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school referred to by the Deputy has recently received sanction for additional temporary accommodation to cater for enrolments in September 2005. While I appreciate that this may not be the ideal situation for the school, it is necessary to adopt this approach pending a final determination on how the school's long-term accommodation needs are to be met. The school planning section of my...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1035 and 1036 together. In light of the reality that pupils in the high-incidence disability categories of mild and borderline mild general learning disability and dyslexia are distributed throughout the education system, my Department, in consultation with educational interests, developed a general model of resource teacher allocation to schools to support...