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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: ...their needs. Galway Advocacy Service Galway Centre for Independent Living in conjunction with Enable Ireland, NAD Galway, Brothers of Charity Galway, Galway Citizen's Information Centre & NUI Galway. The project provides professional advocacy to people with disabilities living in Co. Galway. Inclusion Ireland — Moore Abbey Monasterevin & St Joseph's Disability Service, St Ita's...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: ...07/09/2007 N/A Waterford Institute of Technology 3 Ms. Cathy Pembroke 01/09/2007 N/A TRBDI Tipperary Rural And Business Development Institute Ltd. 2 Ms. Lisa Ryan 01/12/2007 N/A Senate of the NUI 4 Ms. Cathy Honan 12/02/2008 15/02/2008 University of Limerick 3 Mr. Joe O'Connell 28/02/2008 N/A The New Schools Advisory Appeals Committee 3 Mr. Seán Nolan N/A The Grangegorman...

Written Answers — Third Level Qualifications: Third Level Qualifications (3 Apr 2008)

Mary Hanafin: ...down by institution and discipline only, with mode of study combined into one table. Masters Degrees obtained in the calendar year 2002 by field of study: all students Field of Study UCD UCC NUIG TCD NUI M DCU SPD UL MIC NCAD RCSI Total Grand M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Total Arts 104 173 51 118 28 91 39 86 65 60 27 18 4 3 41 113 3 7 0 0 0 0 362 669 1031...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Feb 2008)

Mary Hanafin: ...to University of Limerick is available in the Universities Act, 1997. A copy of the Act is available to download from www.irishstatutebook.ie. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to NUI Maynooth is available in the Universities Act, 1997. A copy of the Act is available to download from www.irishstatutebook.ie. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to NUI Galway...

Seanad: Education Policy: Statements (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...receive in grinds schools. The top 15 schools that sent their students to UCD were in south County Dublin. Where is UCD? South County Dublin. The top 15 schools that sent their students to NUI Maynooth were all based in the Kildare-Meath area. In the case of University of Limerick, 13 of the 15 top schools were in Limerick, while the remaining two were in Galway and north Tipperary....

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (13 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...for funding by HEI 2004 Calls 1 & 2 Institution Applied DIT 4 DIAS 3 DCU 70 GMIT 2 IT Blanchardstown 4 IT Carlow 4 IT Cork 9 IT Sligo 3 IT Tallaght 6 IT Tralee 1 Limerick IT 5 NUI Galway 98 NUI Maynooth 31 RCSI 6 TCD 123 UCC 116 UCD 135 UL 82 WIT 14 Total 716 2005 1st Call Institute Applications Athlone IT 1 Blanchardstown IT 1 IT Carlow 3 CIT 2 DCU 52 DIAS 4...

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Minister for Health and Children, Ms. Mary Harney T.D., and I recently announced the establishment of a School of Podiatry at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). The announcement followed a call for proposals for the establishment of a Podiatry programme organised by the HEA on behalf of the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Education and Science....

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...degree in Early and Modern Irish. Other examples include programmes provided through the Department of Early and Medieval Irish in UCC and the very extensive range of Irish studies provided in NUI Galway. Funding, amounting to €1.17 million in 2006, is provided to the universities, colleges of education and NCAD under the Irish Strategic Initiative, managed by the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...degree in Early and Modern Irish. Other examples include programmes provided through the Department of Early and Medieval Irish in UCC and the very extensive range of Irish studies provided in NUI Galway. Funding, amounting to €1.17 million in 2006, is provided to the universities, colleges of education and NCAD under the Irish Strategic Initiative, managed by the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...above than LC students (A1 and A2 grades), and significantly greater proportions of EB students achieve grades of 75% or above. Furthermore, given the additional weighting of 6.25% applied by the NUI universities and DCU to all EB scores of 90% and above, it is difficult to argue that EB holders are not being given equitable treatment regarding entry to Irish universities. EB grade (%)...

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...above than LC students (A1 and A2 grades), and significantly greater proportions of EB students achieve grades of 75% or above. Furthermore, given the additional weighting of 6.25% applied by the NUI universities and DCU to all EB scores of 90% and above, it is difficult to argue that EB holders are not being given equitable treatment regarding entry to Irish universities. EB grade (%)...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The admission requirements to higher education courses are a matter for decision by the college authorities. In general, Irish is not essential except for entry to NUI colleges. The NUI matriculation requirements generally require students born in the Republic of Ireland to have passed Irish in the Leaving Certificate or GCE/GSE examinations. However, there is provision for exemption from...

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (21 Nov 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...will shortly issue a competitive call for proposals to provide the new graduate entry programme, with a view to additional places being provided on this programme from 2007. It will be open to NUI Galway to submit a proposal in response to this competitive call.

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (1 Nov 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...of a handbook and provision of courses for participants. This has greatly increased the success rate in the examination. A range of higher education programmes through Irish are being offered by NUI Galway and Dublin City University, and to a lesser extent by other third level colleges. Finally, my Department and the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs provide grant...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...of a handbook and provision of courses for participants. This has greatly increased the success rate in the examination. A range of higher education programmes through Irish are being offered by NUI Galway and Dublin City University, and to a lesser extent by other third level colleges. Finally, my Department and the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs provide grant schemes...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...assistance under the 2005 Higher Education Grant Scheme. My Department is aware that the first semester of the LLM Human Rights Cross Border course is completed in Queen's University, the second in NUI Galway and the third can be spent in either Queen's University or NUIG. The person the deputy refers to chose to remain in NUIG for the third semester. However, my Department understands...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...assistance under the 2005 Higher Education Grant Scheme. My Department is aware that the first semester of the LLM Human Rights Cross Border course is completed in Queen's University, the second in NUI Galway and the third can be spent in either Queen's University or NUIG. The person the deputy refers to chose to remain in NUIG for the third semester. However, my Department understands...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...Associates in 2001. Within this provision there was an increase of 75 additional places on Speech and Language courses. These additional courses comprise a B.Sc in Speech and Language Therapy in NUI, Galway and UCC and a M.Sc. in Speech and Language in the University of Limerick. These increased intakes will result in a significant increase in the number of Speech and Language Therapists...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (21 Jun 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...total of 90 students on Clinical Psychologist courses in Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the University of Limerick. The course in NUI, Galway commenced in the 2003/04 academic year while the course at the University of Limerick only commenced in the current academic year. A national audit undertaken by the Heads of...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Jun 2006)

Mary Hanafin: ...assistance under the 2005 Higher Education Grant Scheme. My Department is aware that the first semester of the LLM Human Rights Cross Border course is completed in Queen's University, the second in NUI Galway and the third can be spent in either Queen's University or NUIG. The person the deputy refers to has chosen to remain in NUIG for the third semester. However, my Department...