Results 19,761-19,780 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that my Department provided approximately €11,000 for special needs assistants to the facility in question during the school year 2003-4.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The school in question has been sanctioned part-time special needs assistant, SNA, support for a specific pupil. I understand that the SNA referred to by the Deputy is providing this support. The person in question is being remunerated at the appropriate rate for the level of support sanctioned. My Department has received an application from the school to have this support upgraded from...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I am anxious that all children, including children with autistic spectrum disorders, receive education appropriate to their needs. I have asked my officials to liaise with the parent concerned with a view to discussing the educational options available.

Written Answers — Home-School Liaison Scheme: Home-School Liaison Scheme (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Over 200 second level schools were designated as disadvantaged under an initiative adopted in the mid-1990s and were invited to participate in the home-school-community liaison scheme. These schools, which were selected by reference to a range of socio-economic criteria, are in receipt of additional teaching and funding support. An overall review of educational disadvantage programmes is...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: An overall review of educational disadvantage programmes is being finalised by my Department. Arising from the review process, a draft report has been prepared and it is my intention to complete this work as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department's school building section has received an application from the school in question for funding the replacement of existing furniture. An inspector from my Department has been requested to visit the school and report on the condition of the furniture. The school authority will be notified of the outcome upon completion of my Department's assessment of the report when received.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The project referred to by the Deputy was commissioned by an internal liaison committee of my Department that includes representatives of the inspectorate, the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS and special education section. The project involved the assessment of all pupils in second to sixth class in the mainstream primary schools in the town of Dundalk and the county of...

Written Answers — Teagasc um Oideachas Speisialta: Teagasc um Oideachas Speisialta (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Is é atá i gceist sa chóras nua um dháileadh oidí, atá beartaithe, ná dáileadh ginearálta do gach aon bhunscoil chun déileáil le daltaí ar ard-éileamh SEN, teagasc um oideachas speisialta, sé sin, daltaí ar imeallach mionmhíchumas agus daltaí ar mhionmhíchumas foghlamtha ginearálta mar aon le míchumas foghlamtha ar leith. Tá sé i gceist, freisin, go dtabharfadh an...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The CAO-type application system for post-primary schools in Limerick city is a system which was agreed between the managements of the 15 post-primary schools in the city. It is operated by the Limerick city education centre as a co-ordinated facility for those schools for the forthcoming school year. My Department has no role in the design or operation of the system. The system was put in...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The specific information requested by the Deputy is not available at present. The National Economic and Social Forum report of 2002 on early school leaving cited, as a broad estimate, that around 1,000 children do not transfer from primary to post-primary on an annual basis. There is some doubt attaching to this estimated figure of 1,000 which may be an over-statement of the true position at...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I confirm that my Department has received an application for special needs assistant support, SNA, for the pupil in question. The review of SNA provision in primary schools referred to by the Deputy commenced in September 2004 and is continuing. The review is concerned with the level and deployment of SNA posts in mainstream classes. The intention is to ensure that the level of approved SNA...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: A new school building project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners, and the project is being considered for the 2005 schools building programme. I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 schools building programme which provided details...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I understand that the parent of the pupil in question has appealed the decision of a school to refuse enrolment under section 29 of the Education Act. A decision on the appeal will issue to the parent shortly. Meanwhile, my Department has approved ten hours per week home tuition while a school placement is being sourced.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department has recently received an application for an increase in the level of resource teaching support for the pupil in question. As the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, has taken over responsibility for such matters with effect from 1 January 2005, the application has been referred to the NCSE. My officials have been informed by the NCSE that the matter has been referred...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The cost of repairs to the computer room at the school referred to by the Deputy should be addressed by the school from its own funds. The school authorities have been informed accordingly.

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: The Department of Education and Science supports a number of programmes aimed at addressing educational disadvantage and which assist in countering anti-social behaviour. The young peoples facilities and services fund, YPFSF, is a programme that targets those young people most at risk from substance misuse in disadvantaged areas. In developing youth, sport and other recreational facilities,...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: In the 2004 Revised Book of Estimates, the allocations were €394.3 million for the primary and post-primary sectors, of which €201 million was for primary, €187 million for post-primary and €6.3 million for the primary and post-primary combined allocation for schools ICT. The allocation for the third level sector was €97.5 million. The 2004 Revised Book of Estimates reflected...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: Montessori teachers who qualify for restricted recognition are not given full recognition because the content of the course which they follow is not currently deemed to be sufficiently comprehensive to allow for recognition of the qualification for teaching in mainstream primary schools. Teachers with restricted recognition are qualified to teach in certain categories of special school and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: My Department is already supporting the education of individual students with autism in various second level schools throughout the country. Discussions are taking place with the management authorities of a small number of schools with a view to establishing second level provision for groups of children with autism who are now coming to a transition stage and are about to move from primary to...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Hanafin: I take it that when the Deputy refers to teaching assistants, she is referring to special needs assistants. The Deputy will be aware that with effect from 1 January 2005, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, has taken over responsibility for processing resource applications for children with disabilities who have special educational needs. In particular, it is responsible for the...