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- Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (13 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister for Education and Skills is proposing to publish the Report of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector in April.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for grant-aid towards re-configuring its existing accommodation. This application was assessed and my Department was satisfied that the school has sufficient accommodation to cater for its current staffing needs. Funding was therefore not provided. The school was advised that it is open to it to prioritise works that it wished...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: In the context of junior cycle reform, which will begin implementation on a phased basis from 2014 onwards, all of the existing subjects, including history, are being continued. Irish (except where there is an exemption), English and Mathematics will remain core full subjects. Schools will also have the option of providing locally developed short courses of 100 hours, supported by exemplars...
- Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware, in June 2011 I announced that 20 new post-primary schools are to be established up to 2017 across a number of locations to cater for increasing demographics. This announcement included a proposal to establish a new post-primary school in the area referred to by the Deputy. This school is to be established in September 2014. The closing date for receipt of applications...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The expenditure information on refurbishment and extension works for small schools, four teachers and less, in South Tipperary is not readily available within my Department and it would require a substantial amount of administrative time to identify and extract the full range of details sought. The level of resources required to compile the information sought would not be warranted. However,...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy has been advised, my Department has no record of receiving proposals in relation to the development of a new education campus in the area to which he refers. It is open to the schools in question to furnish details of their proposals to the Department for consideration initially. However, my Department has no plans at this point to develop an education campus in the area. As...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through the local special educational needs organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports, including the establishment of special classes in various geographical areas as required. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such...
- Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: My Department received correspondence from the school authorities in question earlier this week relating to the matter to which he refers. My officials will consider the contents of the correspondence and will respond to the schools as soon as this process has been completed.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 to 62, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that my Department provides for the care needs of children with special educational needs who require support in the classroom through the Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme. The policy of my Department in relation to the SNA scheme is set out in Circular 07/02. I understand that SNA support has been...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: As announced in the 2012 Budget, five scholarship schemes for higher education, including the Easter Week 1916 and Irish scholarships, will be replaced with a new single scheme of bursaries based on merit. The awards under the new scheme will be fixed at â¬2,000 per student. The bursary will be an extra support and incentive to recognise high achievement for students who are from...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: A composite report on post-primary Social Personal and Health Education is currently being drafted. This report is based on an analysis of the findings of sixty-three subject inspections on the quality of teaching and learning of Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) in post-primary schools. The subject inspections were conducted between September 2010 and May 2011. Inspectors...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: Substance use education is a specific module in the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum in junior cycle, post-primary level. The implementation of the curriculum is supported by a dedicated Post-Primary SPHE Support Service which is operated jointly with the Health Sector. There is a commitment in the Programme for a National Government, 2011-2016, to "update the...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The number of new prefab rental contracts sanctioned from 2007 to date is outlined below:
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: 2007 715 contracts
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: 2008 266 contracts
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: 2009 41 contracts
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: 2010 85 contracts
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: 2011 65 contracts
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: 2012 Nil (To date) The above figures exclude approvals to renew existing rental contracts.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: To date no school has been given the option to purchase their rented prefab in 2012. Since 2009, as a result of my Department's review of temporary accommodation, 212 rented prefab units at 33 schools have been purchased, bringing an end to rental contracts at these schools. The yearly breakdown is as follows: 2009: 89 rented prefabs were purchased at 13 schools. 2010: 82 rented prefabs...