Results 19,261-19,280 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 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 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 regarding the 2005 school building programme since the beginning of the year. Earlier this month I...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has been informed by the authorities of the school concerned that pupils are being accommodated in a nearby premises while works are being carried out at the school. It is expected that these works will be completed shortly and that classes will resume in the original school building after the Easter vacation.
- Written Answers — Student Councils: Student Councils (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: Funding is provided for schools on a per capita basis which affords then considerable flexibility in the use of these resources to cater for the needs of their pupils. This is, in general, a preferable approach to putting in place grants for specific items such as student councils. A working group on student councils which is chaired by the National Children's Office and representative of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The school planning section of my Department is assessing the application for an extension and refurbishment from the school to which the Deputy refers. Contact will be made directly with the school authority when a decision is taken on the matter.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 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 size of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 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 is being considered in the context of the school buildings and modernisation programme. The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced details of 43 school projects which are being authorised to proceed to architectural planning immediately. I will be making...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy is aware, my Department received an application for four hours' resource teaching support for the pupil in question. Having considered the application, my Department advised the school that the pupil's special education needs, SEN, appear to be within the high incidence category. It would be expected that the pupil's SEN can be met from within the current resource-learning...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department is moving towards a model of devolving the responsibility for 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 — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 576 and 580 together. 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 size of 29 in each...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 577 and 581 together. 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...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 583 together. 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 size of 29 in each...
- Written Answers — Private Colleges Regulation: Private Colleges Regulation (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department does not regulate provision in private colleges, except in so far as a limited range of functions are concerned. These include: recognition of third level courses approved by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council for purposes of the student support schemes; approval of courses which comply with a code of standards for purposes of the third level tax relief scheme;...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 584 and 585 together. The application for additional accommodation at the school to which the Deputy refers is being examined in the school planning section of my Department. This process involves the consideration of all relevant factors, including enrolment and demographic trends in the area and the capacity of any other schools in the area to meet the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the OPW which acts on behalf of my Department with regard to site acquisitions generally is exploring the possibility of acquiring a site for the provision of a new school for the Ballygarvan parish. When a site has been procured, the project will be progressed in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-09. It is not possible to...
- Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: My Department has not received any notification that the person referred to by the Deputy has been refused enrolment to a second level school. Officials from my Department have contacted the National Educational Welfare Board, NEWB, the statutory agency which can assist parents who are experiencing difficulty in securing a school place for their child. I understand that the NEWB has not...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: An application for refurbishment and extension has been received from the school authority. When a decision is made on how best to provide for the accommodation needs of the school, the project will be progressed in the context of the school buildings and modernisation programme 2005-09. The replacement of windows is appropriate for consideration under the summer works scheme, SWS. While an...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The property management section of the Office of Public Works which acts on behalf of my Department with regard 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 site proposals is being assessed.
- Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: The following is the information sought by the Deputy. The Residential Institutions Redress Board: 11 appointments, which include a chairperson who is a High Court judge and paid a salary from the Courts Service. The other board members are paid a daily rate of â¬825 with an upper remuneration ceiling of â¬149,184 per annum. The Residential Institutions Review Committee: four appointments,...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: It is expected that the construction of the PE hall at the school to which the Deputy refers will be completed later this year. This PE hall is one of a number of such projects included in my Department's 2004 school building programme as part of a joint initiative to develop community sports facilities in drugs task force areas. Preliminary discussions have taken place on the proposed...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In the 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...