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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 some classes in a school have class sizes of...

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

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1038 and 1039 together. I am aware that the schools referred to by the Deputy have designated disadvantaged status, and my Department has provided additional supports to the schools as a consequence of that designation. I trust that the Deputy is aware of the proposed new system for resource teacher allocation. In light of the reality that pupils in the...

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department provides funding towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services in primary schools under two separate schemes. One scheme is the 1978-79 scheme for the employment of full-time secretaries and caretakers in primary schools, under which my Department meets the full cost of salary. That scheme is being phased out as posts become vacant, and no new posts are being created....

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Hanafin: All lottery funding accounted for in my Department's Vote is designated for projects within the State.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: 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 review all projects were assigned a band rating and the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Under my Department's higher education grant schemes, maintenance grants are available to eligible students pursuing approved undergraduate courses in other EU member states, including Spain. In general, approved courses are those pursued in a third level institution, which is maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from public funds. Students attending approved courses in other EU member...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Mar 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, is continuing to explore the possibility of acquiring a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. The technical suitability of a number of potential sites is being assessed at present and I expect that my Department and the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: At second level, while physical education is not a mandatory subject, it should form part of the curriculum. The programme that each school plans and delivers should be based on the Department's approved syllabuses and the teaching hours should be registered on the school timetable. The time recommended for physical education is two hours per week. The phasing in of a revised syllabus at...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In April 2000, the management committee of the national educational psychological service, NEPS, prepared a development plan, which recommended that each newly appointed cohort of psychologists should be divided among the regions on a pro rata basis, related to the projected student numbers in each region. On this basis, it was envisaged that ultimately five psychologists would be needed in...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The person in question retired from teaching on 31 July 1996 and was awarded a pension and lump sum under the secondary teachers' superannuation scheme. His benefits were calculated on his reckonable pensionable service of 28 years and 136 days and on his retiring pensionable pay consisting of the maximum point of the common basic salary scale for teachers together with allowances in respect...

Written Answers — Third Level Staffing: Third Level Staffing (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The qualification criteria for the appointment of academic staff is a matter for each higher education institution, and as such I have no role in these matters.

Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Details of capital and recurrent funding provided to Carlow Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology for the past ten years are set out in the attached document. In June 1996, the Government approved, in principle, the recommendations of the steering committee on the future development of higher education, as a benchmark for future planning in the sector. The steering...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The correspondence referred to by the Deputy is in respect of a person working as a personal assistant for a student with autism attending Athlone Institute of Technology. Personal assistants are utilised within third level colleges for certain classes of students with disabilities, mainly those with physical or mobility difficulties. The main source of funding for personal assistants is the...

Written Answers — Higher Education: Higher Education (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am not aware of proposals for the co-operation of certain third level institutions to establish a facility in Cherry Orchard. However, I share the Deputy's concern on the need to promote widest possible participation in the third level sector, and a number of measures have been put in place to address this, including the following: first, the establishment of the National Office for Equity...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Mar 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 — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, and the project is being considered in the context of the school buildings and modernisation programme. The Deputy will be aware that I have made a number of announcements with regard to the 2005 school building programme since the beginning of the year. Earlier...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Mar 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 — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The work of the educational psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service includes casework with individual children. This may include individual psychometric assessment, provision of advice and recommendations to teachers and parents on how best to meet the child's needs and, occasionally, some short-term counselling support. Counselling would be used for less serious...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each class. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of greater than 29, it is generally it has been decided at local level to use their teaching resources to have smaller numbers in other classes. Significant improvements have been made in this area in recent years. The average...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The building project for the school to which the Deputy referred is at an early stage of architectural planning. I have made several announcements on the 2005 school building programme since the beginning of the year, which included details of 122 major school building projects countrywide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during the next 12 to 15 months; 192 projects to be...