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Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am told it is due in the coming weeks.

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Did the Deputy feel the need to read it himself such that he could talk about it?

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is the responsibility of the principal to ensure this does not happen.

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: No. It is the responsibility of the principal.

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is being implemented.

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: That is because we ran the economy smartly. We planned the service and delivered it.

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy and her party would know all about that.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Can the Deputy repeat that?

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes. That is correct.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I have an official reply with me, but I do not propose to put it on the record as I want to give a genuine response to both Deputies. I have no agenda to close any school, nor does the Department have a central plan or model that will be applied willy nilly across the country. That might have been the way in the past. Our system is 181 years old this year. As I said last night, at one...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Department, which has always responded to Ministers and will continue to do so after I am gone, will do what the Minister has directed as authorised by this assembly. I am up for anything that will improve rural Ireland and that will have parents' endorsement. For example, an extended parish or a combination of parishes might want one board of management with a single point of contact...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Springboard initiative which was introduced in 2011 was not a general education measure. It was a specific initiative to provide part time reskilling opportunites to enable unemployed people who had lost jobs in sectors where employment levels will not return , to reskill while actively seeking employment. It was not targeted at school leavers or new graduates who have never been in...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is not in the current remit of FÁS to provide courses in the hospitality area such as Bar work. Such training provision is under the remit of Fáilte Ireland. However, companies who have a specific need to access bar work training can contact Skillnets (www.skillnets.com) who fund enterprise-led training through a network model, where companies from networks representing specific...

Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Data relating to nationality was collected for the first time in 2007/08 as part of the National School Annual Census. The 2007/2008 data show that there were almost 44,000 non-Irish national pupils in mainstream primary schools. As not all schools had this information available in 2007/2008 data is based on principal's best estimates and therefore figures should be treated as indicative...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that approximately 6,000 children in primary and post primary schools are currently being supported by some 4,500 SNAs either wholly or partly to address behavioural issues. These allocations have been made in relation to students with an assessment of Emotional Behavioural Disorder (EBD) or in relation to students who may have a disability diagnosis other than...

Written Answers — Home Tuition Scheme: Home Tuition Scheme (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's home tuition scheme provides funding to parents to provide education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that as part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a teaching post in small primary schools will be gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014. The schools concerned are those with four or less classroom teachers. It is important to emphasise that no small schools will be forcibly closed by my Department due...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has identified a requirement for a new 1,000 pupil post primary school which will serve the general Tallaght area to cater for increasing demographic demand in the area. The school will be constructed on the site at Kingswood Heights. Traffic management issues associated with the proposed new school will be dealt with as part of the normal planning application process. The...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was included in the School Building Works Programme for 2012 announced on 19th December 2011. It is one of a number of schools authorised to proceed to tender and construction in 2012. A Stage 2(b) submission (i.e. detailed design and tender documents) was recently submitted to my Department and is currently being reviewed. When...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Jan 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am not aware of any widespread difficulties regarding schools limiting the attendance of pupils with special educational needs on health and safety grounds. The Deputy will be aware that all schools have access to a full range of supports to facilitate the enrolment and full attendance of pupils with special educational needs. These supports include a...