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Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We have no date for publication of that Bill.

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am happy to accede to the request from the Deputies. These issues are covered by sections 21 and 22 of the Bill. There are four subsections under section 21 and ten subsections under section 22, all of which take on board the statutory entitlements and pension entitlements with regard to superannuation, which are quite complex. We do not need a belt, braces and bicycle clips approach....

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 2: In page 31, line 44, to delete "subsection (6)" and substitute "subsection (5)". As a result of the proofing of the Bill on Committee Stage, a number of minor technical issues have come to light that require amendment. I informed the House on Committee Stage that a number of amendments of this nature would be required. In total, eight amendments fall into this...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 3: In page 50, lines 22 and 23, to delete "subsection (2)" and substitute "subsection (3)".

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 4: In page 50, line 40, to delete "subsection (1) or (2)" and substitute "subsection (1)". Section 63 deals with reviews by the authority of a provider's compliance with the code of practice and the use of the international education mark. As currently drafted, sections 63(3), 63(4) and 63(8) refer to such reviews being conducted by the authority under sections 63(1) and...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 5: In page 51, line 1, to delete "subsection (1) or (2)" and substitute "subsection (1)".

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 6: In page 51, line 24, to delete "subsection (1) or (2)" and substitute "subsection (1)".

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 7: In page 55, line 38, to delete "An Appeals Panel" and substitute "The Appeals Panel". This technical amendment is intended to correct a grammatical error in section 68. This section provides for the establishment of an appeals panel to determine appeals received against decisions made by the authority. This amendment proposes to change the reference to "An Appeals...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 8: In page 63, lines 4 and 5, to delete "the review under subsection (6)" and substitute "the amendment under subsection (8)". This is the last of the technical amendments. Section 80 deals with the determination of fees by the authority. As currently drafted, section 80(9)(b) refers to a review conducted by the authority under subsection (6) when the reference should...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 9: In page 69, line 19, to delete "8 members" and substitute "10 members". I move to recommit in respect of amendment No. 9 as the proposal to increase the size of the board of the authority involves a marginal increase in the charge on the exchequer. I indicated on Committee Stage that it was my intention to accept the proposal by Deputy Smith to make provision in the...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The website of the Department had a section that was open to people who wished to put forward their names to be considered for this. I could not, however, see a professional teacher filling that position, although there will be a need for such expertise on the board. The people filling the two slots created by these amendments will come from a USI nomination and for the other slot, because...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 10: In page 69, to delete line 29 and substitute the following: "(b) at least 2 people who are representatives of learners, one of whom shall be a person nominated by the body known as the Union of Students in Ireland.".

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 11: In page 71, line 16, to delete "be 4" and substitute "be 5".

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank my colleagues and, on behalf the entire House, I thank my two officials, Mr. Phil O'Flaherty and Mr. Tony Gaynor, without whose help this work would not have made such good progress.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 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, Circular 0007/2012, is...

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In accordance with the provisions of Section 14(1) of the Education Act 1998, it is "the duty of the school patron, for the purposes of ensuring that a recognised school is managed in a spirit of partnership, to appoint where practicable a board of management the composition of which is agreed between patrons of schools, national associations of parents, recognised school management...

Written Answers — Higher Education Courses: Higher Education Courses (5 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the Universities Act 1997 universities are autonomous institutions and the management of their academic affairs, including admissions criteria and processes, are matters for the individual institutions concerned. Neither I nor my Department has any function in relation to the processing of applications for entry to higher education courses.

Supplementary Estimates 2012: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2012: Vote 32 — Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary Estimate). Question put and agreed to.

Supplementary Estimates 2012: Referral to Select Committee (10 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31st December 2012, the Supplementary Estimate be referred to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(c) and 159(3), which shall report back to the Dáil by no later than 19 July:– Vote 32 — Jobs, Enterprise...

Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it allows me to clarify the current position of the proposed building project for Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, County Galway, in the context of the Government's strategy for capital investment in school building projects over the next five years. To ensure every child has access to a school place, the delivery of projects to meet future...