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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The arrangements for panel access for fixed term (temporary), substitute and part-time teachers are set out in Department Circular 0012/2012 which is available on my Department's website. The panels set up in accordance with the arrangements set out in this circular will be used for appointments to full-time permanent teaching posts but only where those posts are not otherwise required to...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The appeal from the student referred to by the Deputy was considered by the Independent Appeals Board and a reply has recently issued.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy has an application with my Department for capital funding for a new school building. Information in respect of the current status of all assessed applications for major capital works, including this project, is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie. As outlined in the Five Year Plan, the delivery of major school projects required to...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A 10% reduction in salary applies to new entrants to the public service, including teachers, who commenced employment for the first time on or after 1 January 2011. This is in accordance with the Budget 2011 decision taken by the previous administration. Teachers appointed for the first time on or after 1 January 2011 also commence employment at the first point of the salary scale....

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The relevant appointment and retention figures for mainstream staffing for the...

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There is significant debate around the relative importance attached to rankings criteria and on their capacity to fully capture the quality of what is on offer in higher education institutions. The Times Higher Education World Reputation rankings are a new set of rankings in its second year and are based on reputational surveys only. Despite some decline, Irish universities continue to...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations and determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted, including the supervision of examinations. In view of the above, I have forwarded your queries to the State Examinations Commission for direct...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Postgraduate students who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant will be eligible to have their post-graduate tuition fees paid up to the maximum fee limit under the Student Grant Scheme. In addition, a further limited number of students who would previously have qualified under the standard grant thresholds will qualify to have a €2,000 contribution made towards the...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department specifies the requirements regarding school curriculum and courses of instruction in recognised post-primary schools by way of the Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools and a number of departmental circulars. The Rules also apply in the case of post-primary schools in the VEC and Community & Comprehensive sectors. Under Rule 46 of the Rules and Programme a student who is...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Mock examinations are not part of the State examinations system. The decision to organise and/or charge for mock examinations is made at school level, and mock examinations are not a requirement of my Department

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The project to which the Deputy refers is close to completion. However, there are a number of technical issues which need to be resolved before the building can be handed over to the school authority. It is anticipated that these issues will be resolved in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In view of the need to ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of major school projects to meet the demographic demands nationally will be the main focus for capital investment in schools in the coming years. The five year programme announced recently is focused on meeting those demographic needs. In that context, it was not possible to advance all applications for...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The site which is occupied by the two schools referred to by the Deputy is owned by the respective Trustees of those schools and any arrangements regarding shared use of the site are a matter for the school authorities and the respective Trustees. The project for the post-primary school is at an early stage of architectural planning. It was included in the 2014/15 list of projects on the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support which now includes a requirement for them to have regard to the...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department does not routinely collect data on the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred to other Departments. It is not possible therefore to provide a definitive response to this question. I can confirm that in the six month period from November 2011 to 25 April 2012 my Department answered approximately 2000 Parliamentary Questions. It has been estimated by officials in my...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (26 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials within my Department will consider the implications of any issues that arise from the work of this coalition, and the research study that it is undertaking, where they are relevant to the education sector.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The most recent Building Energy Rating (BER) for my Department's Tullamore office is a C3 (Display Energy Certificate issued in August 2009 to cover period up to September 2010) while the most recent BER rating for my Department's Marlborough Street complex in Dublin is an E2 (Display Energy Certificate issued in October 2010 to cover period up to October 2011). With regard to the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements in schools for the 2012/2013 school year can also be...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements in schools for the 2012/2013 school year can also be...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 221 together. The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was included in the five year construction programme and is listed to proceed to construction in 2015/2016. The building project is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The design team are currently working on completing the stage 2(b) submission which will...