Vol. 480 No. 8
122 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give details of the review groups, consultancies, commissions and so on currently in place and due to report to his Department; the date of their establishment; the date on which they are due to report; their membership; and the projected cost of their work. [15267/97]
I propose to give the information requested by the Deputy in the following tabular statement:
1. Review Groups
|
Purpose |
Date of Appointment |
Date Due to Report |
Membership |
Cost |
|
1. Task Force on the Supply of Technicians |
16/7/1997 |
Mid-October |
Representatives of educational and business interests |
None to date |
|
2. Interim Review Group for Institutions in the Technological Sector |
18/7/1997 |
Not stated |
Representatives of educational and business interests |
None to date |
|
3. Working Group on Second Level Teacher Supply and Demand |
21/6/1996 |
Not stated |
Representatives of the Conference of Heads of Irish Universities Higher Education Authority and Department of Education |
£5,000 (Estimated) |
|
4. Commission on School Accommodation Needs |
March 1996 |
Report on rationalisation of vocational education committees submitted October 1996 other work ongoing |
Representatives of education interests groups and Departments of Education and Finance |
£250,000 — 1997 (Estimated) |
|
5. Working Group to assist in the allocation of funding to enable women to pursue lifelong education opportunities and to acquire access to mainstream programmes |
May 1997 |
Late 1997 |
Representatives of voluntary and statutory agencies, and the Department of Education |
No costs involved |
|
6. To recommend on the appropriate level of provision of education and training places for school leavers and others (including the issue of rationalisation of existing provision) |
December 1996 |
End October 1997 |
Representatives of business and other groups, and also representatives of several Government Departments |
No costs established to date |
|
Purpose |
Date of Appointment |
Date Due to Report |
Membership |
Cost |
|
1. Organisation of recruitment of Employee Assistance Officers for the Employee Assistance School for teachers |
15/8/1997 |
Near future |
Noel Recruitment |
£20,000 (Estimated) |
|
2. Implementation of the Public Service Management Act, 1997 |
14/8/1997 [date of tender 29/5/97] |
November 1997 |
The CIRCA Group |
£50,820 |
|
3. Support of research and related activity in third-level institutions |
14/8/1997 |
October 1997 |
The CIRCA Group |
£4,750 |
|
4. Review of Administrative Structures of the Department |
1/8/1996 |
November 1997 |
Deloitte and Touche |
£143,000 (Estimated) |
|
5. Research study on how Schools IT 2000 Project can best promote and support the development of multimedia software for the Irish curriculum |
27/5/1997 |
October 1997 |
The Learning Organisation |
£4,537 |
|
6. Development of report programmes for the Post-primary Teachers Personnel system |
September 1997 |
October 1997 |
Quest Computing Ltd. |
£4,356 |
|
7. Evaluation of CrimeAwareness Programme within Youthreach |
August 1997 |
December 1997 |
Children's Centre, Trinity College, Dublin |
£8,000 |
