Results 11,021-11,040 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. At present there is no agreed job-sharing scheme for Special Needs Assistants. Discussions have commenced between my Department, representatives of SNAs and school management bodies in relation to arriving at an agreed job-sharing scheme. It is hoped to finalise these discussions early in the new school year and publish the new scheme...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jul 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...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware on 12 June last I announced that the Pilot Study on School Accommodation was to commence. I confirmed that tenders were then being invited to undertake inventories of school accommodation in five pilot areas across the country. The closing date for receipt of tenders is 23 July, 2012. These pilot exercises will enable my Department to identify the best and most...

Written Answers — Book Rental Scheme: Book Rental Scheme (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department undertook a survey of schools to establish the position regarding school book rental and loan schemes for the school year 2011/12. This survey was completed in early 2012. The 3300 primary and special schools nationwide were asked in their annual returns to my Department if they operated a textbook or loan scheme in 2011/12 to enable pupils to rent or borrow some or all of...

Written Answers — School Textbooks: School Textbooks (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 to 212, inclusive, together. I am very conscious that the cost of textbooks is a considerable burden on families. Since becoming Minister for Education and Skills, I have attempted to take steps to reduce the burden on families. Shortly after coming into office I met with members of the Irish Educational Publishers' Association and impressed on them the...

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

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with special educational needs in order to ensure that, wherever a child is enrolled, s/he will have access to an appropriate education. The enrolment of a child in a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Expenditure on rental of temporary school accommodation (not limited to prefabs) is available from 1998 onwards. The following outlines, on a year by year basis, expenditure at primary and post-primary rental since that time: 1998: €1.3m 1999: €2.4m 2000: €4.0m 2001: €6.1m 2002: €8.4m 2003: €9.4m 2004: €11.3m 2005: €15.7m 2006: €24.5m 2007: €35.5m 2008: €53.0m...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Data relating to expenditure by my Department are not maintained on a county by county basis and it would take a disproportionate amount of time to collate the information sought by the Deputy. However, I would be happy to provide information regarding specific projects in which the Deputy has a particular interest.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for a permanent school building on a permanent site from the school to which he refers. Officials in my Department will be liaising with the relevant local authority in relation to identifying a suitable site. However, due to commercial sensitivities attaching to site acquisitions generally I am not in a position...

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

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department will progress the project for the school to which he refers in accordance with the Five Year Plan, providing there are no challenges to the validity of the decision within the eight week period following the decision of An Bord Pleanála.

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Based on the salaries, excluding allowances, of the CEOs of the Vocational Education Committees in 2011, the annual salary saving arising if all CEO salaries were capped at €100,000 would amount to approximately €431,000. The Deputy should note that the Transport Liaison Officer allowance, which was the main allowance paid to CEOs, costing some €261,000 in 2011, was discontinued with...

Written Answers — Ministerial Advisers: Ministerial Advisers (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The following tabular statement gives details of the Special Advisor appointments made at my Department when I took office together with details of their current salaries. Officials at my Department wrote to the Department of Finance at the time of the appointments and requested sanction to place the individuals on a point of the pay scale for the position nearest to their earnings before...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The table contains information in respect of those bodies currently under the aegis of my Department which are paid fees namely: - Commission into Child Abuse - Foras Áiseanna Saothair - Grangegorman Development Agency - Higher Education Authority - Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) - Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC) - Skillnets Ltd Ref No:36618/12: " To ask the...

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

Ruairi Quinn: 3Eight CEOs in agencies under the aegis of my Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of €100,000. If these salaries were to be capped, the resultant saving to the Exchequer would be €289,809.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and it would take a disproportionate amount of time to collate. In the meantime, if there are individual suppliers in respect of which the Deputy seeks details of, my Department will seek to provide that information.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department presently does not have any contractual arrangements with employment agencies for staffing services. The day to day administration of agencies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the management of each organisation and my Department does not hold the information requested by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department currently has five active Public Private Partnerships in operation. These projects consist of two Higher Education projects, the National Maritime College of Ireland and the Cork School of Music. The other three PPP projects are bundles of schools as follows, Pilot Schools Project - completed in January, 2003: Largy College, Clones, Co Monaghan, Maria Immaculata Community...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested is not readily available within my Department and it would require a substantial amount of time to compile the details sought. The work of the Department and the wider Education and Training sector includes the use of a diverse range of outsourcing arrangements relating to such areas as the school building programme, education and training courses at various levels,...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Net overall expenditure on the Education and Skills Vote to end-June 2012 of €4.176 billion is actually running €26 million (0.6%) ahead of the profiled expenditure figure of €4.15 billion which was prepared at the beginning of 2012. Current expenditure of €4.005 billion is €16 million (0.4%) ahead of profile, while capital expenditure of €171 million is €10 million (6%) ahead...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded in due course.