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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The July Education Programme is available to all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism who choose to extend their education services through the month of July. My Department also provides for a July Programme for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Where school based provision is not feasible, home based...

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

Mary Coughlan: Employed apprentices currently working on a short time basis are considered by FAS to still be in active apprenticeship training. While each on the job training phase within an apprenticeship is of a specified minimum duration, apprentices who are working on a short time basis are not thereby precluded from completing their training within the specified period. In addition, in order to...

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

Mary Coughlan: A project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. This project was included in the announcement of the 16th February 2010 of projects to proceed to the preparation of tender documents. The school's design team is working on the Stage 2(b) submission. My Department understands that an application for planning permission has been...

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

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for...

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

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.1 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme, along with all assessed...

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

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received an application for large scale capital funding to provide accommodation to cater for the amalgamation of the two primary schools in the town referred to by the Deputy. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 1.4 rating....

Written Answers — Tax Audits: Tax Audits (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information relevant to the Deputy's question is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to her as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Tax Audits: Tax Audits (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information relevant to the Deputy's question is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to her as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Tax Audits: Tax Audits (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available and requires a review of the Department's records. A reply will be issued to the Deputy as soon as this review has been completed.

Written Answers — Home Tuition: Home Tuition (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the child in question qualifies to have her allocation of home tuition extended into July. As previously advised, a Senior Special Education Needs Organiser is liaising with the parent of the child in question in the context of future placement options.

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

Mary Coughlan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant assessing authority, i.e. the applicant's local authority or VEC. An applicant may appeal the decision to the relevant local authority or VEC. Where the assessing authority decides to reject the appeal, the applicant may appeal this decision to my Department by submitting an appeal form...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can inform the Deputy that all primary and post-primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA, whereby the school can have an assessment...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The details of National Lottery funding disbursed by my Department for the years 2007 to 2009 are provided in tabular form. In the years 2007 and 2008 the vast majority of National Lottery funding disbursed by my Department arose from the payment of grants to support Youth Services. With effect from 1 January 2009 functions in relation to Youth Affairs Section, including funding, were...

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

Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be made available to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Drugs Awareness Campaigns: Drugs Awareness Campaigns (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) forms a mandatory part of curriculum provision in primary schools and in junior cycle. The overall aim is to help develop students' confidence and self esteem, and promote the skills for living, for responsible decision making, and for mental, physical and emotional health and well-being. The junior cycle syllabus for SPHE includes a specific module...

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

Mary Coughlan: Financial assistance is available to students under the maintenance grant schemes, which are administered by the local authorities and Vocational Education Committees on behalf of my Department. Students who are entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the relevant conditions as to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic...

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

Mary Coughlan: I do not have a role in the administration of individual cases in FÁS. The case referred to by the Deputy is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibilities under the Labour Services Act, 1987 as amended.

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

Mary Coughlan: Where persons are entitled to a social welfare payment from before the start of a FÁS training course but their eligibility is not determined until after they have completed the course, a retrospective payment of the training allowance for the duration of the training course will be made.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is currently liaising with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) in the context of the accommodation to be provided for education purposes within the proposed new National Children's Hospital of Ireland.

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

Mary Coughlan: The data requested by the Deputy on student enrolments are provided in the tables. The data on post-primary students in County Meath 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 County Meath are extracted from the...