Vol. 490 No. 5
316 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of committees, expert groups, outside agencies and study groups he has set up since July 1997; the topic each group is examining; the number of members in each group; when each group is due to report; and the costs, if any, associated with each group. [10698/98]
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
|
Committee/Group/Agency |
Membership |
Report Date |
Cost |
|
Expert group to look at policy issues in relation to examinations |
5 |
Ongoing |
£1,000 (approx.) |
|
Steering committee and working group to advise on the establishment of a Teaching Council |
Steering C'ttee - 23 |
Standard Travel & |
|
|
Work. Group - 12 |
June 1998 |
Subsistence |
|
|
Review group to consider and make recommendations on the role, duties, responsibilities and rights of principal teachers in primary schools |
18 |
Late 1998 |
Standard Travel & Subsistence |
|
Task force on guidance counselling and psychological services for Youthreach |
25 |
April 1998 |
Not finalised |
|
Committee to review procedure for complaints against teachers |
9 |
No set date |
Nil |
|
Expert working group on weight of schoolbags |
8 |
Imminent |
Nil |
|
Group to examine retention rates of pupils in post-primary schools |
8 |
February 1998 |
Standard Travel & Subsistence |
|
Group to examine the needs of second-level schools with low retention rates |
8 |
As soon as possible |
Standard Travel & Subsistence |
|
National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) - responsible for the implementation of the Government's Schools IT 2000 project |
Staff - 8 Board - 11 |
Annually |
£520,000 (approx.) in 1998 |
|
Committee to consider the development of an “Education Bank” |
18 |
September 1998 |
Standard Travel & Subsistence |
|
Green Paper on Adult Education - Expert Group |
10 |
June 1998 |
Not finalised |
|
National Educational Psychological Service - Planning group |
19 |
June 1998 |
£5,834 to date, total not finalised |
|
Staff Relations Services to review functions and administrative staffing/organisational structures in amalgamating vocational education committees |
1 |
February 1998 |
£19,419 |
|
Commission on the points system to examine the current system of entry into third level education |
22 |
9-12 months hence |
£150,000 |
|
Interim review group to process applications from institutions in the technological sector seeking delegated authority to award their own qualifications |
10 |
No set date |
Not finalised |
|
Working group on the establishment of an academy for the performing arts including a conservatoire in Dublin (jointly set up with the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands) |
11 |
No set date |
Not finalised |
|
Task force to identify proposals and measures to increase the supply of technicians |
13 |
October 1997 |
Not finalised |
