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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In 1995 the class A rate of PRSI was extended to many categories of public service employment to which modified rate (class D in the case of teachers) PRSI had previously applied. All teachers appointed for the first time after the 6th April 1995 pay class A rate PRSI. Teachers appointed prior to the 6th April 1995 who after that date resigned or retired from their teaching posts and who...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department recently offered grant aid to the school in question to facilitate the construction of five classrooms and two SET rooms under the Prefab Replacement Initiative and to accommodate the anticipated appointment of an additional teacher in September 2012. The school authority has indicated that the existing school site is restricted and cannot accommodate this development. I...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. I wish to inform the Deputy that statistics in relation to the Leaving Certificate examinations (2005 - 2011) including the number of school leavers who completed the Leaving Certificate can be downloaded from State Examinations Commission website:-...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. Any bullying issues concerning an employee of a school are a matter for the Board of Management of the school concerned and as Minister I have no role in relation to such matters. I can confirm that the Board of Management of the school to which the Deputy refers in June 2011 suspended the principal of the school having considered a...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme for a roof replacement in 2010. This application was refused as the scope of works for which funding was sought was outside the terms of the scheme. This decision has been the subject of two appeals and the school authority have been informed that the project remained outside...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The guidance given to the 66 awarding authorities, the local authorities and VECs, in relation to the application of the distance criterion, for determining whether the adjacent or non-adjacent rate of grant applied, provided for the measurement of the shortest most direct route to the institution from the normal residence. The awarding authorities were best positioned to interpret the...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The VEC is the client on the project referred to by the Deputy. My Department has been assured, by the VEC and its design team, that the entire electrical installation including the distribution boards have been appropriately certified for insurance purposes and that a RECI Electrical Test Certificate was issued at the Substantial Completion stage of the project.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The VEC is the Employer on the project to which the Deputy refers. There is no contractual relationship between my Department and the main contractor, sub-contractor or suppliers involved in this project. However, I can confirm that all monies due to be paid to the VEC in respect of this particular project have been paid. A school building project is a complex arrangement of contractual...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The responsibility for day to day management of schools is at local school level. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of pupils. A supervision grant is provided by my Department to 1-teacher schools to assist them supervise pupils during the morning and lunch-time breaks in the school day. My Department has recently published updated "Child...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jun 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 schedule for the 2012-2013 school year is available on my...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that the National Council for Special Education has confirmed that the Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Unit will open in the school in September 2012.

Written Answers — Scoileanna Gaeltachta: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Tá oifigigh as mo Roinnse ag comhoibriú go dlúth le hoifigigh as an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir le feidhmiú na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030. Tá líon áirithe beart sa Straitéis, a bhaineann leis an oideachas, agus a thabharfaidh tacaíocht do scoileanna i gceantair Gaeltachta, faoi shiúl cheana féin.

Written Answers — Oiliúint Múinteoirí: Oiliúint Múinteoirí (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Mar chuid de bhreithniúcháin bhuiséadacha an Rialtais agus den Athbhreithniú Cuimsitheach ar Chaiteachas, cinneadh ar na deontais a d'íocadh an Roinn seo i leith an chostais ar ábhar múinteora as freastal ar chúrsaí Gaeltachta, a chur ar ceal. Beidh feidhm leis an gcinneadh i gcás mac léinn a bheidh ag tosnú ar an gclár túsoideachas bunmhúinteoireachta sa bhliain acadúil...

Written Answers — Oiliúint Múinteoirí: Oiliúint Múinteoirí (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Os í comhlacht na gcaighdeán gairmiúil í don mhúinteoireacht, tá ról reachtúil ag an gComhairle Mhúinteoireachta maidir le cláir thúsoideachais múinteoirí a chreidiúnú. Tá riachtanais chreidiúnaithe na Comhairle leagtha amach in Critéir agus Treoirlínte do Sholáthróirí Clár, a foilsíodh i mí Meithimh 2011, agus tá an clár athbhreithnithe Bhaitsiléir san Oideachas...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: All applications for large scale capital funding are assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects. There are four band ratings, of which band one is the highest and band four the lowest. Band one projects, for example, include the provision of buildings where none currently exists but there is a high demand for pupil places, while a band...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243, 245 and 246 together. In my reply to PQs on 6 June, I set out the numbers of teachers on the Teaching Council's Register of Teachers who are recognised on the basis of qualifications in physics, chemistry, mathematics and applied mathematics. Every person on the Register holds a recognised qualification in the relevant subject area. The Teaching...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I can assure the Deputy that there will be no change to the existing pension entitlements of staff transferring to the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland (QQAAI) from one of the dissolved bodies, as a result of their transfer to the new body. The continuation of existing superannuation entitlements for staff transferring to the QQAAI from one of the dissolved bodies...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports including resource teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support, to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates...

Written Answers — Transition Year Fees: Transition Year Fees (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A key requirement for all recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme, is that the school does not operate a charge, in whatever form, that is in effect a mandatory fee and that is contrary to the principle of not charging fees which distinguishes schools in the Free Education Scheme from those recognised post-primary schools that have elected to charge fees. Certain charges may,...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy should note the following in relation to non-commercial state agencies under the aegis of my Department. In March 2012 the Irish Research Council was established. This new Council is a merger of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) and the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET). This has resulted in a saving of...