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George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...States Senator George J. Mitchell to the Northern Ireland peace process, the Irish Government established the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund and in 1999 agreed to contribute an endowment of IR£2 million to the fund. I wish to recall at the outset, in regard to the Northern Ireland peace process, that throughout the journey we have benefited from the continued support of our friends in...

Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...mathematics teachers is under way, and this will continue at least until 2013. The Department of Education and Science is giving high priority to providing resources for this initiative, with €5 million being spent in 2010 on training for mathematics teachers. This initiative represents a significant change for both teachers and students in the teaching and learning of mathematics. It...

Seanad: Housing Grants (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Haughey: ..., Deputy John Gormley. There are a range of significant and far-reaching measures in place to support the quality and environmental performance of the housing stock. To ensure the stock of 125,000 local authority-owned dwellings is maintained to a high standard, achieves improved levels of energy performance and yields an important fuel poverty dividend, an energy efficiency retrofitting...

Seanad: Tourism Promotion (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...out by Deloitte, found it had a significant favourable impact for the State and the western region in particular. The study found that the overall impact of the Volvo Ocean Race on Ireland was €56 million, almost double the expected impact. I understand the study concluded that the higher than forecasted economic impact was mainly due to the higher than expected number of overseas...

Seanad: Education and Training Responses to the Economic Downturn: Statements (5 Nov 2009)

Seán Haughey: ..., Trade and Employment, we provided 400 additional community employment places; almost 14,000 ten and 20-week occupation-specific training courses to enable people to get accreditation at levels 4, 5 or 6; 2,000 additional places on the work experience scheme; and more than 270 places on a pilot scheme which enables people on reduced working hours to learn new skills. In the further...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Haughey: There are 8 Primary and 5 Post Primary schools in south Tipperary included in the DEIS programme and they will continue to receive funding as part of this programme in 2009. Names and addresses of the relevant schools are provided. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of...

Written Answers — DEIS Programme: DEIS Programme (9 Jul 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. These comprise 673 primary schools (urban and rural) and 203 second-level schools. The plan, which is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2005 to 2010 involves an additional annual investment of some €40m on full implementation. It has also involved the creation of about 300 additional posts across the education system generally. Since...

Seanad: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...best practice in cancer control. The national cancer control strategy was clear that to achieve this, there should be eight cancer centres in Ireland, each serving a population of around 500,000. Following on from the strategy, as many people will by now be aware, the HSE established the national cancer control programme to implement the strategy and designated eight cancer control...

Nursing Education. (26 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...Harney. By way of background I should explain that, following the publication of the 2009 Estimates for public services, the Health Service Executive was tasked to deliver economy savings of €115 million. Among many other issues, a reduction in nurse training expenditure is needed to contribute to achieving these savings. The total cost to the health services both for undergraduate and...

Seanad: FÁS Training Programmes. (10 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...the individuals undertaking an apprenticeship. The scale of the downturn in the construction sector is clear when it is considered that at the end of last month the apprenticeship population was 22,561. Last year, the apprenticeship population was 28,252, a 20% reduction in 12 months. In addition to this decrease, by the end of last month FÁS had been notified of 3,695 apprentices being...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...which prevent students from deriving appropriate benefit from the education in schools". In the primary sector, the identification process was based on a survey carried out by the ERC in May 2005, from which a response rate of more than 97% was achieved. The analysis of the survey returns from primary schools by the ERC identified the socio-economic variables that collectively best...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...the School Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. These comprise 673 primary schools (urban and rural) and 203 second-level schools. The plan is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2005 to 2010. The following progress has been made in relation to the roll out of the action plan. In respect of the 2008/09 school year, grants amounting to approximately €10.5 million issued...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: Under section 5(5)(a) of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000, the commission is statutorily obliged to publish its report to the general public within the specified period. The current specified period will expire on 31 January 2009 and the extension is required in order to allow the commission to fulfil its statutory mandate to finalise and publish its report during the...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (19 Dec 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...levy was introduced to restabilise revenues. As has been stated on a number of occasions, the income levy is progressive. A rate of 1% applies to gross income up to €100,100 per annum or €1,925 per week, and a rate of 2% will apply to income above that amount. The Bill provides that a further 1% will be payable on income in excess of €250,120 per annum or €4,810 per week. All...

Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: As the Deputy will be aware, the Education budget for 2009 has been increased by some €302 million, which is a real achievement in the current economic climate. Notwithstanding this, a number of tough and difficult decisions have had to be taken, which have seen a number of spending cuts across the education sector. My Department notified all 124 school completion projects in August last...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (4 Nov 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...which prevent students from deriving appropriate benefit from education in schools". In the primary sector, the identification process was based on a survey carried out by the ERC in May 2005, from which a response rate of more than 97% was achieved. The analysis of the survey returns from primary schools by the ERC identified the socio-economic variables that collectively best predict...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...to private contractors was equivalent to half the cost of retrofitting seat belts subject to a maximum of €3,000 for a large bus. Bus Éireann has informed my Department that approximately 650 of their school bus fleet were retrofitted with seat belts in this programme and in the region of 100 buses owned by the private contractors were included in the programme. The cost to-date of the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 342 together. The cost to-date of the safety belt programme for buses under the school transport scheme is approximately €6.4 million — €5 million for the Bus Éireann school bus fleet and €1.4 million for private contractors' buses. The amount includes costs associated with the development of pull test specifications, retrofitting of safety...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (8 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...challenge and one which he intends to prioritise as Minister for Education and Science. The Government has dramatically increased investment in the school building programme to almost €600 million this year. The expected completion in 2008 of 67 large scale projects at primary level and 19 projects at post-primary level will benefit over 18,000 students and construction work on 150...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...basis over the period to 2010. The following progress has been made in relation to the roll out of the action plan. In respect of the 2007/08 school year, grants amounting to approximately €10 million issued to the 670 Primary schools which are participating in the DEIS Initiative. Almost €5 million was paid in the course of the year in respect of the 203 Post Primary schools...