Results 1,901-1,920 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has recently approved funding for fire safety works at the school in question.

Written Answers — Third Level Staff: Third Level Staff (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: It is the responsibility of the individual higher education institutions, subject to the continued oversight and review by the HEA and both my Department and the Department of Finance, to manage their staffing resources in the context of implementing the Employment Control Framework and to ensure compliance with all the conditions. Institutions are required to maintain appropriate...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The aim of Community Employment Programme (CE) remains as an active labour market programme with the emphasis on progression into employment and/or further education and training. The programme is managed within this context, with consideration to the availability of resources and the needs of participants and the community. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department operates payrolls for the payment of approximately 85,000 serving and retired teaching and non teaching staff on a fortnightly basis. A total of 913 applications for the cycle to work scheme for 2010 have been processed for the serving teaching and non teaching staff paid on these payrolls. The applications for the scheme were processed with existing staffing resources. As...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware my Department recently submitted a planning application for two sixteen classroom schools. This application was made as part of the exchange of contracts for the acquisition of the potential school site. As part of the pre-planning process my officials met with the Local Authority planners. It was not considered necessary to meet with the education...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is an independent agency with responsibility for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream and special schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's policy in allocating this support. The correspondence referred to by the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687 to 689, inclusive, together. The Forward Planning Section of my Department has carried out a study of the country to identify the areas where, due to demographic changes, there may be a requirement for significant additional school provision at both primary and post-primary levels over the coming years. This study has been conducted using data from...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The State Examinations Commission has operational responsibility for the certificate examinations. I have been advised by the Commission that it continues to assess the situation and has sought special reports, in addition to the normal reporting, from the examination superintendents who were invigilating the Leaving Certificate Accounting examination sessions in the 16 schools affected...

Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The closing date for receipt of grant applications under the 2009 maintenance grant schemes was the 31st August 2009. However, clause 11.1 of the Higher Education Grant Scheme provides the awarding authorities with discretion to accept applications after this date and treat such applications as if they had been received on time. Therefore, the candidate referred to by the Deputy should...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information sought is being compiled at present and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested is being collated. I will reply to the Deputy substantively as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy may be aware, planning permission was recently granted for the new school building to which the Deputy refers. A letter of intent issued to the preferred bidder recently. Once the preferred bidder has satisfied the required terms and conditions and submitted the necessary documentation to the Department, assuming no issues arise, the contracts will be signed and the project...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the project to which he refers is currently out to tender. Due to commercial sensitivities it is not possible to give details of costs at this stage. The closing date for receipt of tenders is 16th July. When the tenders are returned, the Design Team will be required to prepare a tender report and submit a copy to my Department for approval. Following...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile. My Department is working to develop systems to make funding information available in a wider variety of formats than at present. In the meantime, if there are individual schools in respect of which the Deputy seeks details of funding, my Department...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The data requested by the Deputy are provided in the tables. The data on post-primary students in Cork City and County are extracted from the returns made by schools to my Department each year as at 30th September. The enrolment figures provided exclude Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and CoreVTOS students. The data on primary students in Cork City and County are extracted from the primary...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of teachers in Cork city and county is not readily available in the requested format.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile.

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including determining procedures to enable the review and appeal of results of examinations at the request of candidates. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 286 together. The process of assessing applications for the student maintenance grant is a matter for the relevant assessing authority. The information was supplied by the assessing authorities (local authorities and VECs) and outlines the position as at 22 January 2010. Statistics on Processing as at 22nd January 2010 Local Authorities - Higher...