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 Enda Kenny Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, has questioned the Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, regarding the number of applications being processed and the length of time being taken for such processing, by the Garda Central Vetting Unit.
In 2009, the Garda Vetting Unit, which is based here in Thurles, dealt with some 246,194 applications, however at present it is taking between 10 to 12 weeks to process current applications.
Garda vetting, for the Youth Work Sector, was formally introduced in September 2006, following protracted negotiations and a campaign seeking such vetting for these organisations. The Garda Commissioner approved a policy whereby An Garda Siochana should conduct Garda vetting in respect of all persons, 16 years of age and over, who had substantial and unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults.
Deputy Kenny stated:
“The waiting period of 10 to 12 weeks is having an impact on many constituents throughout the country, where they may urgently require their application to be approved in a more timely fashion. A significant number of parents are quite concerned that many Summer Camps this year, who cover a wide variety of interests, are being operated without personnel having been suitably vetted before gaining access to children. This is now an area that requires immediate priority, in the interests of children’s welfare.”
 The prize winning pupils in the Agri-Aware’s nationwide Incredible Edibles competition gathered in Dublin Zoo yesterday to receive prizes worth over €5,000 to help them develop school gardens.
Monastery Primary School (Scoil na mBriathre 3rd class) in Tipperary town was the nationwide winner out of thousands of primary schools which took part in the competition to grow their own potatoes, onions, baby carrots, lettuce, spinach and strawberries .
Agri Aware’s Mairead Lavery stated:
“The competition has given tens of thousands of children the thrill of growing their own food and understanding from whence their food is derived. They also understand how important it is for their health and the effort it takes to actually grow their own ‘five-a-day’.”
 Minister Barry Andrews TD Visiting County Tipperary on Monday last, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Barry Andrews, T.D., opened a new childcare facility in Ballingarry, Thurles and a Youth Centre in Tipperary Town.
The Brightsparks childcare facility in Ballingarry opened for business in February and provides a current service to 34 children. The building has capacity for 50 children and is participating in the free pre-school year. Approximately, €32 million has been spent on childcare facilities in Co. Tipperary over the past ten years.
Officially opening the facility, Minister Andrews paid tribute to the voluntary management board and in particular, Sr Patricia Wall, who was a major driving force in developing the project.
Minister Andrews stated:
“The local community here in Ballingarry has provided real leadership and support for parents and children in providing a state of the art childcare facility with a wide range of services. South Tipperary County Council and the County Childcare Committee have come together to support this local initiative. I am particularly delighted that the Ballingarry facility is participating in the free pre-school year, which is in its first year of operation”.
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 Tipperary Institute Thurles Once again, Anyone 4 Science, the fun, hands-on science education organisation, are running their Summer Camp for 7 – 12 year olds in the Tipperary Institute here in Thurles this Summer – from July 5th – 8th inc.
At this camp the children will learn about Botany, Ploymers, Plastics and Recycling, Balance, Levers and Pulleys and Food Science.
They will grow their own seeds, synthesise their own plastic, make a model draw bridge and find our if there really is a difference between Coca-Cola and other brand cola drinks and lots, lots more.
This is fun learning at its best and an organised break for the working Mum.
If you want more information about this popular educational event contact Christine Campbell, Tel: 0404-40563, Mobile 087-6749608, Email christine@anyone4science.com or click here to visit the Anyone 4 Science website.
 The Irish State Examinations Commission have admitted that a series of embarrassing errors may have marred the exams of many students being examined his year.
The most serious incident to effect Tipperary Junior Cert business students, was their inability, through no fault of their own, to correctly work out a cash-flow question on the higher-level business paper. This was due to incorrect figures being provided on the scheduled exam paper.
According to teachers, some confused students wasted over half an hour trying to reconcile these incorrect figures provided in Part B of Question 6 on the ‘Higher Level – Paper Two’, test sheet.
Serious questions are now being raised as to the quality of proof readers used by the Commission and pressure is growing for a rescheduling of the exam from the business teacher fraternity.
However, the Commission state that there is no question of the Junior Certificate business studies exam being rescheduled, despite three errors on this afternoon exam sheet. The Commission also state that while they regret the mistake, the impact of the error will be taken into account when the marking of the examination is undertaken.
It is now understood that the State Examinations Commission have issued a further alert to Exam Superintendents regarding a further error in next Monday’s Leaving Cert Higher Accounting exam paper. This error will now be corrected by supervisors when the exam papers are distributed on Monday next.
The State Examinations Commission is responsible for the development, assessment, accreditation and certification of the second-level examinations of the Irish state: the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate. The State Examinations Commission is a non-departmental public body under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills.
In general, Teachers say many Leaving Cert papers were much tougher and less predictable this year over previous years.
Approximately 116,334 students are sitting exams at almost 4,700 examination centres, countywide, this year.
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