Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish two reports in relation to ICT in schools; the census of ICT infrastructure which was undertaken by the National Centre for Technology in Education; her Department's inspectorate evaluation of the impact of ICT on teaching and learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19883/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) issued questionnaires for its Census of School Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure for both Primary and Post-Primary schools last May. The census follows similar exercises undertaken in 1998, 2000 and 2002 and addresses a range of areas including the extent of ICT equipment, networking and internet access, ICT planning and priorities, professional development and technical support. School responses to the Census have been gathered and compiled by the NCTE and the Education Research Centre was engaged to summarise, tabulate and analyse the data therein. A report on the census results is almost finalised and will be published over the coming weeks.

As part of its evaluation of the impact of ICT on teaching and learning, members of the Inspectorate of my Department visited 52 schools, comprising 20 second level schools and 32 primary schools, during the period from October 2005 to March 2006. In addition to the evaluation visits by inspectors, data were collected via a postal survey from over 300 schools. The data collected are being analysed at present. The report of this evaluation is expected to be published in early 2007.