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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The primary redeployment panel rules agreed between the relevant education partners and my Department are published on my Department's website and provide supplementary panel rights to eligible fixed-term teachers with between three and five years reckonable teaching service. The supplementary panel becomes operational when all permanent and CID holding teachers have been redeployed into...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: 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 includes a requirement for the NCSE...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The Department of Education and Science issued a circular to Irish-medium schools in 2007 stating that the teaching of English could not be delayed beyond the end of the first term in Junior Infants. The circular was the subject of an application for judicial review by An Foras Pátrúnachta and two Gaelscoileanna. Having considered submissions regarding proposals to prescribe the primary...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. In January of this year, my Department issued authorisation to the school and its design team to complete stage 2(b) of architectural planning. A request for additional design team fees is currently under review by my Department. When this issue has been resolved, the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 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 — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Firstly, I wish to clarify for the Deputy that Special Needs Assistant (SNA) allocations are not permanent, as the level of SNA support allocated to a school may be increased or decreased as pupils who qualify for SNA support enrol or leave a school. They are also decreased where a child's care needs may have diminished over time. A Special Needs Assistant whose post is surplus to the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to clarify for 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 special...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Additional information has been sought from the Patron in relation to the project. When this information is received, the project will be further progressed.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: A major project for the school referred to by the Deputy was included on the list of projects on the work programme for 2011, which was announced on 24 January last. The Accommodation Brief has now been agreed with the School Management which will include the provision of a Special Needs Unit. The next stage involves the appointment of a Design Team and this process is expected to commence...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy is referring to a change to the student grant scheme introduced by his Government under Budget 2011 which changed the qualifying distance criterion for the non-adjacent rate of grant from 24kms to 45kms. Some 18,000 students qualifying for grant support are estimated to live between 24kms and 45kms from their colleges. From next September, students eligible for a maintenance grant...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the primary responsibility of my Department in this area is the provision of school facilities for the effective delivery of the curriculum. In addition, the Deputy might note that school authorities have a considerable degree of autonomy in relation to how their premises are managed and utilised at local level. However, I do recognise that there is a lack of...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department acknowledges the good work of the FÍS visual literacy and film project. A request for additional information has been made by my Department in relation to this project. Once all relevant information is available, a decision will be made as soon as possible thereafter.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: A major project for the school to which the Deputy refers was included on the list of projects on the work programme for 2011, which was announced on 24 January 2011. The project brief has now been agreed with the School Management. The next stage involves the appointment of a Design Team and this process is expected to commence shortly. All large scale building projects, including this...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: A major project for the school to which the Deputy refers was included on the list of projects on the work programme for 2011, which was announced on 24 January 2011. The project brief has now been agreed with the School Management. The next stage involves the appointment of a Design Team and this process is expected to commence shortly. All large scale building projects, including this...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that school to which he refers lodged an appeal to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for a review of its allocation for language support for the 2011/12 school year (Circular 15/2009). Having considered the case at its meeting on 30 June 2011, the Board refused the appeal and the school has been notified of the outcome. The Appeal Board operates independently of the...

Written Answers — Asbestos Remediation Programme: Asbestos Remediation Programme (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to inform the Deputy that procedures and guidelines are already in place to ensure the safe removal of asbestos from schools. When a school authority receives funding from my Department to carry out refurbishment works to their school building, they are advised of their responsibilities as Client for the project under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Safety Health...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: A total of 139 institutions were included in the schedule of specified institutions to the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 to 2005. Religious ethos was not a criterion for inclusion in the Schedule. While the majority of these institutions were managed by the 18 religious congregations who were party to the 2002 Indemnity Agreement, others were managed by other congregations, State...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: The Department applies abatement of pension to retired teachers where the amount of pay together with the pension being received is greater than the pay on which the pension is based. The effect of this is to reduce or sometimes stop pension where a retiree returns to teaching. There have been a number of employment related changes introduced in the past year which impact on teachers in...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: I recently issued Circular 31/2011 which requires that, from September 2011, schools keep a list of appropriately qualified registered teachers who notify the school that they are available for substitute teaching at short notice. The principal of the school must report to his or her Board of Management, as his or her employer, on a regular basis on the fact that such a list is being maintained.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department's involvement in EU education and training issues is co-ordinated by its International Section, which is based in Dublin. At present, the duties of some two staff members of that section include a substantial involvement in monitoring EU policy developments and co-ordinating the processing of reporting requirements, dissemination of information and handling of requests and...