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Written Answers — Insurance Compensation Fund: Insurance Compensation Fund (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current operation of the insurance compensation fund; his views on whether it is adequately capitalised to meet its needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19291/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was no mention of a legacy post being kept in a recent letter from his Department to a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17907/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all DEIS band 1 schools will retain their legacy posts in September this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17904/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is subsuming legacy posts in DEIS band 1 schools into the mainstream teacher allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17905/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 are continuing to lose three teacher posts in September despite the promise that DEIS band 1 schools will not lose any legacy posts; if he will provide further detail on the posts being lost and if these include legacy posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17906/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin are only going to have one legacy post in September rather than the two they currently have as stated in a recent letter from his Department to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17908/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in the Vocational Education Committee Adult Education Services who retired in late February following the Croke Park early retirement scheme; the number of adult education officers, adult literacy officers, community education facilitators adult guidance counsellors and information officers who retired;...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in the Vocational Education Committee Services, including adult education officers, adult literacy officers, community education facilitators, adult guidance counsellors and information officers who have left the services since the introduction of the public service recruitment embargo in 2009; and if he...

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure that every effort is made by his Department and the relevant State agencies to retain jobs in Dublin and Dundalk, County Louth, with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19323/12]

Teachers' Remuneration (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be seeking to ensure that all teachers' allowances are protected under the review of allowances for public servants; his views on whether all such allowances are considered part of teachers pay under Croke Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19683/12]

Teachers' Remuneration (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I understood from his comments at the teachers' union conferences that he was conscious that allowances are part of the core pay of teachers. It is my understanding that teachers' allowances are considered part of the core pay under the Croke Park agreement. The Croke Park agreement has delivered benefits. As Fianna Fáil was part of the Government that...

Teachers' Remuneration (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I represent rural constituencies and are conscious that in the early and mid-1990s a major effort was made to develop a network of education centres throughout the country. That development was of great importance. The teaching profession, to its credit, led the campaign to have the facilities put in place on a regional basis in order that there would be access...

Educational Disadvantage (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all DEIS band 1 and DEIS band 2 schools will retain their legacy posts in September as promised this year; and the reason a number of schools have received letters in recent weeks which seem to indicate that they are either losing a legacy post or that post is being subsumed into the number of mainstream teacher posts; and if he...

Educational Disadvantage (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: As Deputy Crowe stated, the DEIS programme has had a positive effect on tackling educational disadvantage. That is clear from an ESRI report, and also from the Educational Research Centre in St. Patrick's College, which showed that in the period 2007 to 2010, there were significantly higher scores for children under the DEIS programmes in reading and mathematics and that those extra supports...

Educational Disadvantage (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: Thankfully, they outlined to all of us and to the Minister, who knows as well as we do, that there has been significant much-needed progress in those schools. They are extremely disappointed that the Minister's review is not delivering what they expected and what they were promised.

Educational Disadvantage (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: I appreciate that.

Educational Disadvantage (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: I will write to the Minister tomorrow with the details of the three specific schools. These are schools that appreciate that the DEIS programme and its forerunner have been significantly beneficial to children, families and the wider community. They are extremely disappointed that the most recent correspondence from the Department flies in the face of what they understood from the...

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is one area where there was rapid progress during the decade. On Leaders' Questions recently, in response to Deputy Micheál Martin, who began the whole process of allocating special needs assistants as Minister for Education and Science in 1998, the Taoiseach stated that from 2001 to 2010 the number of SNAs had tripled. That was a very good, much...

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: The school year is coming to a close. I hope no child has been denied assistance when there was a surplus, as such, in provision. I am sure the Minister can assure us the council has ensured no child meeting the criteria and needing that assistance has been denied support.

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister and agree with his sentiments. Will the cap remain the same for the 2012-13 school year as for the present school year?