Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name and location of each post primary, secondary, vocational and community and comprehensive schools in the current school year; the regional divisions of the country for inspection purposes; if a copy of the inspectorate business plan for 2006 and the annual inspection plan therein will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4419/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The inspectorate is divided into two sub-divisions. The regional subdivision is responsible for the delivery and management of inspection-evaluative services and related advisory activities in schools and centres for education in five regional business units covering the country. The policy support subdivision is responsible for contributing to the development of departmental policy across a range of areas, for supporting inspection-evaluative activity generally, and for operational services for the inspectorate.

The five business units that form the regional subdivision provide inspection and evaluative services and undertake advisory activities in all primary and second-level schools and centres for education throughout the country as follows: north and Dublin north region, covering counties Cavan, Donegal, Dublin (Fingal), Leitrim, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Sligo and Roscommon north and Dublin city north; south east and Dublin south region, covering counties Carlow, Dublin south, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Kildare north, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow; west and mid-west region, covering counties Clare, Galway, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon south and Tipperary North Riding; south region, covering counties Cork, Kerry Tipperary South Riding and Waterford; and midlands and Dublin west region, covering counties Dublin, west and south west, Kildare south, Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath.

A list of all 736 secondary, vocational, community and comprehensive schools, including their names, addresses and contact telephone numbers, for the current school year is available through my Department's education provider search facility on the website at www.education.ie. A draft of the inspectorate business plan for 2006 has been completed and is being reviewed by the senior management of the inspectorate at present prior to finalisation. I will ensure that a copy of the business plan is forwarded to the Deputy in due course.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the planned annual programme of subject inspections of Irish for the four inspections of Irish for the year 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4420/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 34 subject inspections is planned for 2006. Inspectors of Irish will also be engaged in a number of whole school evaluations, in the inspection of ten coláiste samhraidh and in the compilation and finalisation of a composite inspection report on the teaching and learning of Irish based on evidence arising from inspections in 75 post-primary schools, 39 secondary, 26 vocational, and ten community and comprehensive schools, conducted during the school year 2004-05.