Results 10,401-10,420 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: In answering the Deputy's question I have to be conscious as Minister that it is an independent board.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It has been given a broad remit in regard to the entire funding area but it will not be reporting until later next year.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It is a broad remit.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It has not been given a specific direction in that regard but, as I said, it has been given a broad remit.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: This is related to the transfer of moneys to DIT for Grangegorman and to St. Patrick's. As the money in the schools capital budget was not fully spent this year, we were able to reallocate it. DIT Grangegorman has moved particularly speedily and we were able to transfer money to it from the rest of the capital allocation.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It is money allocated in the schools capital programme for projects which moved more slowly than expected.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It was used for DIT and St. Patrick's.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It was under the capital building programme.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It was transferred. We will make it up because all of the projects in the building programme will be progressed.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: My predecessor announced a five year building programme and schools with major construction projects are working their way through them. All of these projects will be constructed. There are also programmes for prefab replacement which were announced by my predecessor at the beginning of the year. As in any Department, when one comes to the end of the year sometimes there are reasons why...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: It has been spent on the other programme but the moneys for the schools building programme will be made up. The minor works grant would have used some of the underspend too.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: I am not sure about that and I would need to know the individual schools in question.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: For the new building programme, we will be looking at all schools that have been waiting.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: Obviously, there will be clear criteria for the next programme. I am aware of some schools that fulfilled criteria and had planning permission for a build but did not get into the programme. They will be in a positive position for the next programme.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: The context is that this year 27 new schools and 14 large-scale extensions were completed. These 41 large-scale projects involved 30 projects in the primary and 11 in the post-primary sector. A further 60 large-scale projects are under construction, while another 67 are advancing towards or are at tender stage, prior to commencement on site. Some of these were delivered in the traditional...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: Yes. If CAS feels there may be a problem on a site it can return to it.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: A financial services unit is in place as part of the joint management body which carries out an audit of spending in the voluntary secondary school sector to ensure that money is spent properly. A similar unit is in place for schools in the ETB sector. It should be monitoring that.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: I will come back to the Deputy on the issue of primary schools. I do not think there is a similar arrangement.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: We will examine that.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Jan O'Sullivan: We will examine the situation regarding primary schools.