Pat Upton
Ceist:162 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education the reports from outside agencies which were commissioned by her Department for each of the years since 1990; and the cost of production of each report. [8629/95]
Written Answers. - Educational Reports.
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
Department of Education
Reports Commissioned from Outside Agencies
Year of Commission: 1990
|
Title |
Agency |
Cost of Production |
Published Yes/No |
|
£ |
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|
(1) Survey of provision and prac- tices relating to gender in Irish Primary Schools |
St. Patrick's College, Drum- condra (Education Research Centre) |
75,000 |
Yes |
|
(2) Survey of school unit costs |
UCD (Department of Economics) |
30,000 |
Yes |
|
(3) Evaluation of Home/School Community liaision scheme |
St. Patrick's College, Drum- condra. (Education Research Centre) |
86,987 |
Yes |
|
(4) Report on School Transport |
Deloitte Touche |
40,880 |
No |
Year of Commission: 1991
|
Title |
Agency |
Cost of Production |
Published Yes/No |
|
£ |
|||
|
(1) Post-Primary School needs of the Hartstown-Dunboyne- Castle-knock areas |
UCD (Service Industries Research Centre) |
£9,788 for (1) and (2) |
No |
|
(2) Post-Primary School needs of Portlaoise, County Laois |
UCD (Service Industries Research Centre) |
As above |
No |
|
(3) North-West Community Institute evaluation |
St. Patrick's College. Drumcondra, (Education Research Centre) |
1,200 |
No |
|
(4) Evaluation of the Adult Literacy and Community Education Scheme |
St. Patrick's College. Drumcondra, (Education Research Centre) |
30,000 |
No |
|
(5) AIDS education resource materials. A study of their use in post-primary schools |
St. Patrick's College. Drumcondra, (Education Research Centre) |
6,000 |
No |
Year of Commission: 1992
|
Title |
Agency |
Cost of Production |
Published Yes/No |
|
£ |
|||
|
(1) Pre-Analysis Study Report for a Project to computerise the admin- istration of ESF-aided pro- grammes at second-level |
Coopers and Lybrand |
16,000 |
No |
|
(2) An economic appraisal of exist- ing ESF-aided programmes in the education sector and an assess- ment of those proposed for 1994- 1999 |
UCD (Department of Economics) |
5,000 |
No |
|
(3) Report on School Transport |
Bastow Charleton |
35,000 |
No |
|
(4) Report on New Informational Technology in the Irish School system for EU |
Marino Institute of Education |
11,920 |
No |
|
(5) Economic Impact of Sport in Ireland |
Professor M. O'Donoghue, TCD |
10,000 |
Yes |
|
(6) National Dossier on the Irish Education system for EU |
Ms Mary McCann |
8,100 |
No |
Year of Commission: 1993
|
Title |
Agency |
Cost of Production |
Published Yes/No |
|
£ |
|||
|
(1) Post-Primary school needs of the Castleknock/Laurel Lodge, Dub- lin, area |
UCD (Service Industries Research Centre) |
4,255 |
No |
|
(2) The in-service education needs of post-primary teachers and schools |
Association of Teachers' Centres in Ireland |
22,000 |
No |
|
(3) School books in Ireland: Costs to parents |
Cooney and Carey |
38,000 |
Yes |
|
(4) Report on the National Edu- cation Convention |
Convention Secretariat |
39,020 |
Yes |
|
(5) Evaluation of the Vocational |
Workers Research Centre |
16,960 |
No |
|
Training Opportunity Scheme |
Social and Economic Con- |
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sultants |
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|
(6) National Literacy Survey |
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra (Education Research Centre) |
£120,000 to date |
In course of preparation |
|
(7) Reports (4) on Dublin Institute of Technology and regional tech- nical colleges |
Institute of Public Admin- istration |
27,000 |
No |
|
(8) National Dossier on the Irish Education system for EU |
Ms Mary McCann |
8,100 |
No |
|
(9) Research into co-education at post-primary school level. |
Economic and Social Research Institute |
180,000 (estd) |
In course of preparation |
|
(10) Active Life for disabled youth Integration in the school project. |
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra (Education Research Centre) |
2,000 |
No |
|
(11) National Survey of involve- ment in Sport and Physical Recreation. |
Irish Marketing Surveys |
19,000 (to date) |
Shortly |
Year of Commission: 1994
|
Title |
Agency |
Cost of Production |
Published Yes/No |
|
£ |
|||
|
(1) Post-Primary school needs of Knocklyon area, Dublin |
UCD (Service Industries Research Centre) |
4,857 |
No |
|
(2) In-Career development needs of the Irish Education system |
UCC (Education Department) |
None as yet |
In course of preparation |
|
(3) Evaluation of the Early Start programme. |
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra (Education Research Centre) |
None as yet |
In course of preparation |
|
(4) Inspection of records of County Westmeath Vocational Education Committee. |
Séamus Paircéir |
4,000 |
Yes |
|
(5) Assessment of School Chemical Waste Disposal Practices |
Forbairt |
568 |
No |
|
(6) Report on Letterkenny regional technical college |
Dr. Miriam Hederman O'Brien |
15,000 |
Yes |
|
(7) Report on the Roundtable Dis- cussions on the Minister for Edu- cation's Position Paper: Regional Educational Councils. |
Messrs. John Coolahan & Séamus McGuinness |
5,200 |
Yes |
|
(8) National dossier on the Irish Education system for EU |
Dr. John Coolahan |
15,800 |
No |
|
(9) Feasibility Study of a National 50 metre Swimming Pool |
Kit Campbell Associates and Faulkner Browns |
35,000 |
No |
Year of Commission: 1995 (to date)
|
Title |
Agency |
Cost of Production |
Published Yes/No |
|
£ |
|||
|
(1) Educational Disadvantage |
Combat Poverty Agency |
19,000 (estd) |
In course of preparation |
|
(2) An evaluation of current Finan- cial and Management Control Systems in the Centres for Young Offenders. |
Oliver Freaney and Co. |
15,000 (estd) |
In course of preparation |
|
(3) Feasibility study report for a project to computerise the admin- istration of ESF aided pro- grammes at second-level |
Coopers and Lybrand |
29,000 (estd) |
In course of preparation |
|
(4) Report on achieving arrange- ments for accumulated payroll history and examination results records. |
Cimtech Ltd. |
15,000 (estd) |
In course of preparation |