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Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I assume that the Deputy is referring to Circular 0070/2010 issued by my Department on 26 November 2010, which outlined that adjustments in salary should be applied, with effect from 1 January 2011, to all relevant staff in the employment of recognised schools or VECs who were not already affected by the pay reductions introduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: When the moratorium was introduced the Government exempted Principal and Deputy Principal posts in all primary and post-primary schools and these continue to be replaced in the normal manner. The impact of the moratorium is therefore limited to the Director of Adult Education, Assistant Principal and Special Duties allowances payable to teachers on promotion. Vacancies at this level arise...

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: A review of the criteria and procedures for the establishment of new primary schools has been undertaken by the Commission on School Accommodation and its report has recently been published on my Department's website. It will be necessary to consider the report's recommendations and proposals. In the interim it is not proposed to recognise any new primary schools, except in areas where the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for a school building project to provide additional accommodation. I want to assure the Deputy that I am aware of the difficulties this school has in terms of accommodating its students, particularly for the purposes of physical education classes. In accordance with the published...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that on 30 March last I announced that 453 primary and post primary schools across the country have been successful in their applications for funding under the Summer Works Scheme this year. A list of the successful projects under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme is available on the Department's website www.education.gov.ie. Funding amounting to some €41...

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 to 220, inclusive, together. Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 provides that the appointment, suspension and dismissal of teachers are the responsibility of boards of management. In the case of VEC schools, section 20 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001 provides that the appointment of teachers and other staff are a matter for each VEC....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The Board of Management for the school referred to by the Deputy has been authorised to instruct their Design Team to proceed to tender for this project. Subject to no issues arising it is envisaged that the project will commence construction later this year.

Written Answers — National Educational Psychological Service: National Educational Psychological Service (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I can inform the Deputy the psychologists from my Department's NEPS service process RACE applications, on behalf of the State Examinations Commission (SEC) in respect of Leaving Certificate students. Recommendations are made by these psychologists within the context of principals and criteria set down by the SEC for the awarding of a given accommodation. The guidelines to which the Deputy...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations and determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations. I can inform the Deputy that the Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the enrolment of a child in a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school. My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment to schools. My Department's policy is to promote the principle of inclusive education as envisaged in Section 2 of the Education for Persons...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The student grant schemes, which specify the criteria for approved courses as well as approved institutions, are widely available to the general public on both my Department's website and on the studentfinance.ie website. The studentfinance website, which is funded by my Department, provides a comprehensive source of information on financial support for further and higher education and it...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the application submitted by the school in question for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I regret that the application made by the school referred to by the Deputy was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school. Applications from schools for gas,...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Prior to 1999 a local contribution of 15% for primary schools and 10% for post-primary schools was sought for projects built on land not owned by the State. In 1999 the then Government announced a significant change in the way local contribution was levied, introduced a ceiling on the local contribution and reduced the percentage to be paid locally on school capital projects. The maximum...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application to my Department for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011. I regret that the application made by the school was not selected because the Consultant did not meet the qualification criteria outlined in the Scheme's governing Circular for the...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application to my Department for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I regret that the application made by the school concerned was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school. Applications from schools for gas, mechanical and...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy was advised earlier this year that its application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme was unsuccessful as the application did not qualify for funding under the terms of the Scheme. I am pleased, however, to confirm that the school was successful in its application for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme for works to the...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application to my Department for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I regret that the application made by the school referred to by the Deputy was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school. Applications from schools for gas,...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that, as opposed to there having been a reduction in the number of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) , there has been a continual increase in the number of SNAs in recent years. For example, there were 10,543 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) SNA posts in place at the end of 2010 and 10,342 at the end of 2009. I intend to prioritise and support special educational...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: A review of the criteria and procedures for the establishment of new primary schools has been undertaken by the Commission on School Accommodation and its report has recently been published on my Department's website. It will be necessary to consider the report's recommendations and proposals. In the interim it is not proposed to recognise any new primary schools, except in areas where the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 May 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule for the 2011-2012 school year was published on my Department's website in March 2011. The staffing schedule also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...