Results 6,041-6,060 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table. Agency Name Amount of fees payable to IBEC 2007 â 2011 to date 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 FÃS(See Note 1) â¬55,123.98 â¬58,583.14 â¬58,583.10 â¬0 â¬0 Further Education and Training Awards Council â¬1,616.00 â¬1,681.00 â¬1,681.00 â¬1,463.00 â¬1,337.00 Higher Education and Training Awards Council...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The student grant schemes include provision for grants to eligible students pursuing certain full-time undergraduate courses of at least two years duration within the EU. The position is that the third level grant schemes do not extend to postgraduate study outside of Ireland. The Deputy will appreciate that the current economic circumstances are such that I am not in a position to consider...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: My Department has issued a number of directives to schools to ask them to prioritise newly qualified teachers over retired teachers when considering applications for teaching and substitute work. Where retired teachers return to teach on a full-time basis or on certain part-time contracts, their pension is abated. To further reduce the impact of retired teachers returning to teach, I have...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Teachers employed in primary, secondary and community/comprehensive schools are paid on payrolls operated by my Department. There were one hundred and eighty six retired primary teachers in receipt of a pension paid on the primary payroll of the 12th May 2011. One hundred and forty seven post-primary retired teachers in receipt of pension will be paid on the post primary payroll of the 19th...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Under my Department's student grant schemes, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution as defined in the relevant scheme. I understand that the college referred to by the Deputy is a private college and is not on the list of approved institutions for the purpose of the student grant schemes. The Deputy will appreciate...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: This Government's Programme for National Recovery 2011-2016 commits that administrative functions relating to maintenance and school building projects currently carried out by school principals will be devolved locally and that the devolution of an annual capital budget to schools will be piloted to allow schools to plan for capital projects. In order to expedite the process of delivering...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. This now...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools require that all schools offer an approved syllabus in the following subjects: *Irish, English, Mathematics, *Science or a language other than Irish and English; or a subject of the Business Studies Group, *Civic, Social and Political Education and Social, Personal and Health Education (at junior cycle) * History and Geography in a secondary...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The process of allocating teaching resources to schools for 2011/2012 and the arrangements for filling vacant or new teaching posts, including temporary posts, takes place in the context of the EU/IMF Programme of Support for Ireland and the Public Service Agreement 2010/2014. It is necessary for my Department to exercise additional control and reporting measures this year to ensure that the...
- Written Answers — School Provision: School Provision (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Forward Planning Section of my Department is finalising an analysis of all areas of the country in order to determine the level of additional provision which will be required at both primary and post-primary level up to 2017. Overall post-primary requirements in the South County Dublin area, including the case for the provision of a new second level all Irish language school, will be...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I am pleased to confirm that the application made by the school in question was selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school.
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 183 together. I indicated in reply to Question 8954 of 21 April 2011 that Project Maths is being implemented on a phased basis over a 3 year period, over 5 strands of mathematics. It began in all schools in September 2010 in junior and senior cycle, building on the experiences of 24 schools which began the initiative in 2008. The syllabus for each of...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension and refurbishment project. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band rating of 1. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Education Centre network plays a key part in the overall provision of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers, and in this context my Department provides funding in respect of core budget, local courses, and, where a centre is the host location for a national CPD support programme, for the administration and operation of the programme in question. The core budget and the...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The assessment and payment of third level or further education grants is a matter for the relevant local authority or VEC. The timing of payment varies between the 66 awarding bodies depending on a number of variables including the volume of applications received, staffing resources and whether or not properly completed application forms have been received. In order to address the...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Firstly, I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports. This includes the allocation of resource teaching hours to schools as well as the establishment of...
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: A moratorium exists in relation to the filling of posts in the public sector generally and accordingly, the Teaching Council cannot fill any post without the prior approval of my Department and the Department of Finance. Requests for the filling of posts are considered in the context of the Government's policy on public sector numbers and overall budgetary policy. Although the Teaching...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the decision to withdraw Resource Teacher for Travellers was taken by the previous Government as part of the last Budget. The requirement to make expenditure savings and to ensure that staffing numbers remain within the Public Service Employment Control Framework prevent me from re-visiting this decision. Resource Teacher for Traveller posts/Teaching Hours...
- Written Answers — Grant Applications: Grant Applications (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has recently applied to my Department seeking funding to provide additional accommodation. This application is currently being assessed. Officials in my Department will convey a decision on the application to the school authority when the assessment process has been completed.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Two business credit cards are operated by staff in my Department. One card is operated by the Private Secretary in my own office and the second by the Private Secretary in the office of Minister of State Mr. Ciaran Cannon. The granting of credit cards in my Department is allowed in very limited circumstances. The provision of such cards will only be considered for officers or post-holders...