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Written Answers — Departmental Staffing: Departmental Staffing (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A list of assistant secretaries in my Department, along with details of their salaries, allowances and expenses is set out in the attached table. List of Assistant Secretaries in the Department of Education and Skills Name Allowances per annum Expenses to date in 2012 Mr Peter Baldwin €115 * €159.02 Mr Pat Burke €115 Nil Ms Ruth Carmody Nil Nil Mr Martin Hanevy Nil Nil Mr...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. The design team are currently working on Stage 2(a) which involves the detailed design of the proposed building and when this is complete it will be submitted to my Department for review. The Department will shortly publish an outline five year programme on the projects to...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. Stage 1 was approved in November 2011 and the design team are currently working on Stage 2(a) which involves the detailed design of the proposed building; when this is complete it will be submitted to my Department for review. The Department will shortly publish an outline...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The results of a survey of mathematics teaching undertaken by the Teaching Council shows that 66.4% of maths teachers are fully qualified to do so, 31.1% have undergone some studies in maths and only 2.5% of teachers teaching maths have no third level qualification/studies in maths. Tenders have been published for the development of a post graduate course to enable teachers of Mathematics...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I fully acknowledge that the reduction in resources to second level schools will be challenging for schools. However, the change must be seen in the context of the major challenges we have as a Government in trying to shelter public services to the greatest extent that we can in these exceptional times. The net impact on overall teacher numbers in our schools has been minimised to the...

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector - a key objective of the Programme for a National Government 2011 - 2016, was officially launched by me in April last year. The terms of reference of the Forum are to advise me on:

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector - a key objective of the Programme for a National Government 2011 - 2016, was officially launched by me in April last year. The terms of reference of the Forum are to advise me on:

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: - how it can best be ensured that the education system can provide a sufficiently diverse number and range of primary schools catering for all religions and none;

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: - how it can best be ensured that the education system can provide a sufficiently diverse number and range of primary schools catering for all religions and none;

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: - the practicalities of how transfer/divesting of patronage should operate for individual primary schools in communities where it is appropriate and necessary; and

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: - the practicalities of how transfer/divesting of patronage should operate for individual primary schools in communities where it is appropriate and necessary; and

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: - how such transfer/divesting can be advanced to ensure that demands for diversity of patronage (including from an Irish language perspective) can be identified and met on a widespread basis nationally. An Advisory Group appointed to convene the Forum has held a number of meetings in public, during June and November 2011. The Group sought and received submissions from the education...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department will be issuing a circular to schools in the coming weeks for the 2012/13 school year.Schools will have autonomy on how best to prioritise its available resources to meet its requirements in relation to guidance and the provision of an appropriate range of subjects to its students. Decisions on how this is done will be taken at school level and I am confident that schools will...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is currently finalising the report which I requested, on the impact of the withdrawal of posts under these older schemes on DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 primary schools only. I will then make a decision on the final outcome for the individual schools involved and the staffing schedules for 2012/2013 will then be finalised and published in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The issues raised in the document in question are many and varied and relate to the teaching of Maths and the qualifications of Maths teachers. I have arranged for its content to be considered and I will revert to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not compiled in the format sought. Officials in the Pension Unit of my Department are currently fully occupied addressing the pension benefit entitlements for those who are retiring at this time. The number of teachers in Primary Secondary, Community and Comprehensive schools who have applied to retire in the period 1 January to 29 February 2012 is...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We have given consideration to the reinstatement of these amendments to section 4 of the Bill but they are not being accepted. The effect of the proposed amendment would be to maintain the position that support services details under section 7 of the Education Act 1998 remain defined in section 2 of the Act to include speech therapy services despite the actual position that such services are...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: This amendment follows on the amendments made in section 4 to amend the definition of support services in section 2 of the Education Act 1998. As section 2 of the Act has been amended to clarify the position that the delivery of health and personal services, including speech therapy services, to students of school going age is not a support service to be provided by the Minister for...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: These Government amendments are drafting amendments. I introduced a number of amendments on Committee Stage to clarify that the powers on employment issues would apply to existing and newly appointed teachers. A discussion with Senators raised the issue of whether the grammar used was correct. In particular, the phrase that these matters were to apply to people "who are, or are to be,...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I will refer to my speaking note as I can only speak once. I will then address the speculative points that have been raised. The effect of the Senator's amendments would be to introduce a general requirement that the Minister must agree with the education partners any change in the terms and conditions of employment of teachers and other school staff, and to continue the requirement to...