Results 9,261-9,280 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware I recently announced a new initiative to replace rented prefabs in schools. Almost 200 schools have been offered an opportunity to replace rented prefabs with permanent accommodation. As this is a new initiative it was not available to schools previously.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware I recently announced an initiative to replace rented prefabs in schools. Almost 200 schools have been offered an opportunity to replace rented prefabs with permanent accommodation. The new initiative will result in savings of approx â¬5m per annum on the rental of prefabs in these schools in the coming years. The amount spent on renting temporary accommodation at...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The overall policy goal of my Department is to ensure the highest standard of permanent accommodation for all schools. However, in the context of a rapidly increasing school population and competing pressure on the capital budget available to my Department, it is necessary to make use of temporary accommodation in order to meet the accommodation needs of schools. My Department's current...
- Written Answers — Physical Education: Physical Education (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: It is my belief that a well planned Physical Education programme has a vitally important role to play in a broad and balanced curriculum for all students. In accordance with the Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools, all second level schools should provide Physical Education as part of the curriculum. The junior cycle and senior cycle programme that each school plans and delivers should...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: My Department does not operate or fund any grant scheme that is specifically targeted at former residents of Magdalene Laundries. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government considered the circumstances of women and girls who resided in the Laundries last year and decided that it was essential as a first step to fully establish the true facts and circumstances relating to the Magdalene...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials will make direct contact with the school in question in the context of the matter raised by him.
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The renting or leasing of Government offices and properties is the responsibility of the Property Management Services in the Office of Public Works, which acts as an agent for all Government Departments. The number, terms and cost of the leases is a matter for the OPW.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that almost â¬142 million has been set aside by my Department for devolved school building projects in 2012.
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The amount spent on renting temporary accommodation at primary and post-primary level, including â but not limited to - prefabricated accommodation in 2011 is outlined on a county by county basis in the table below. My Department provides 100% grant aid towards the provision of temporary school accommodation to the management authorities of education providers where it is established that a...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The Student Grant Scheme provides maintenance grants to eligible students pursuing approved full-time undergraduate courses of at least two years duration in publicly-funded third level institutions in other EU Member States. Although fee grants are not payable abroad, Section 473A, Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, as amended by Section 11 of the Finance Act 2011, provides for tax relief, at...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the new second-level school to which he refers is one of the 43 new second level schools which I announced earlier this week to proceed to construction as part of my Department's five year capital investment programme. The school, when completed, will cater for 1000 pupils and it is intended that the proposed building project will go to construction...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to have been given the opportunity by Senator Moloney to clarify the position in regard to the provision of assistive technology support for children with special educational needs. The assistive technology scheme is administered by the Department of Education and Skills and has a specific purpose, as set out Circular M14/05, which is to provide assistive technology support to...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: If that is the case, all I can suggest is that we might work together to see if we can appeal this to the appropriate authorities.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am prepared to open up an appeal in this specific case to see what we can do because of what the Senator has described.
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to thank the Senator for raising the matter, as it provides me with an opportunity to clarify the current position in relation to the application for a new school for Eureka secondary school, Kells, County Meath, and an extension to the O'Carolan college in Nobber, County Meath. The Senator may find it helpful if I set out the context within which decisions relating to meeting the...
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: It is not.
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: That is not the case.
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am quite happy for the Senator to debate this matter at any stage. I would remind him, however, that I am following the good practice of his colleague, the former Minister, Noel Dempesy, who published for the first time a complete list so that there was no politics involved, making eejits out of schools and their communities by saying "Yes, we will promise you a school". The Senator will...
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: But made no money available for it.
- Seanad: Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (14 Mar 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, in response to Senator Daly, who I thank for his brevity. I am pleased to have the opportunity to update the House on this important compensation scheme. Members will be aware that between 1977 and 1994, at least 1,000 women in Ireland were infected with hepatitis C from contaminated anti-D...