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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. The part -time teachers referred to by the Deputy were employed and paid by the managerial authorities of primary schools until December 2010. Prior to placement of the teachers on the payroll operated by my Department the managerial authorities were requested to submit details of the teachers employment records in the schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 to 95, inclusive, together. Details of absences and substitution are not available in the format requested by the Deputy. Figures for absences are not held on a monthly basis or on a county basis. Absences are entered by individual school authorities for each payroll period and submitted online to my Department databases. The absences include absences on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Recognition (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Provisional recognition was initially awarded in 2008 to the school referred to by the Deputy and has been extended each year since. The school is seeking to have permanent recognition granted and a process is in place under which the issue of recognition is being assessed. This process is based on undertakings committed to by the school's Patron in 2007. My Department has arranged to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Third Level Access Measure provides support for disadvantaged students through two sub-priorities: the Student Assistance Fund and the Fund for Students with Disabilities. The objective of the Student Assistance Fund, is to assist students, in a sensitive and compassionate manner, who might otherwise, due to their financial circumstances, be unable to continue their third level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In the document, Towards a Future Higher Education Landscape, published by the HEA in February last, a clear four stage process and criteria was laid out for institutes of technology who wish to apply for designation as a technological university. The first stage of the process is currently in train and Institutes of Technology wishing to merge to apply for designation as a technological...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A revised Leaving Certificate Art Syllabus was forwarded to the Department from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. However, implementation of a revised Leaving Certificate Art Syllabus would require significant investment in professional development for teachers and also equipment. Resources for this are not available at the current time in the context of my overall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I published A Framework for Junior Cycle on 4 October 2012. This document contains details of my plans to reform the junior cycle in post-primary schools. A Framework for Junior Cycle builds upon proposals developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and published in November 2011 under the title, Towards a Framework for Junior Cycle - Innovation and Identity. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. Officials of my Department have asked the Higher Education Authority to contact each University and Institute of Technology seeking a response and I will forward the available data to you as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Information relevant to the Deputy's question is currently being compiled. A further reply will issue to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to explain to the Deputy that no reduction has been made to the overall number of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts which will be available for allocation to schools for the 2012/13 school year. This is representative of the Governments commitment to protecting services for children with special educational needs, at a time when there has been a requirement to make savings across a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The teacher referred to by the Deputy is a post-primary qualified teacher who was placed on the Special National Subsidiary Redeployment Panel under the terms of Circular 0012/2012. The arrangements for the subsidiary special national panel allow for the inclusion of eligible post primary trained teachers on the panel to be appointed to certain posts, i.e., in special schools where a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A building project for the school to which the Deputy refers commenced construction in February 2011 and is nearing the Substantial Completion Stage. Resource teaching spaces were provided for within the school design and my Department considers that these are sufficient to meet the school's needs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy wrote to my Department on 2 October this year. This followed an unsuccessful application in 2011 to replace existing temporary accommodation. My Department is considering the school's letter and will shortly respond directly to the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Oct 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, for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for the allocation of such supports...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Third Level Access Measure provides support for disadvantaged students through two sub-priorities: the Student Assistance Fund and the Fund for Students with Disabilities. The objective of the Student Assistance Fund, is to assist students, in a sensitive and compassionate manner, who might otherwise, due to their financial circumstances, be unable to continue their third level studies....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The appointment of the person to whom the Deputy refers followed a disciplinary process initiated against that person by the board of management of a community school. The board of management of a community school, as is the case generally in schools, is the employer and therefore the Minister is not involved in any disciplinary process that a board initiates. There was no outcome to that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the period prior to 2004 is not readily available and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy is a newly established school which originally projected that it would have an enrolment of 25 pupils on 30 September, 2012. Based on this projected enrolment the school was allocated a principal and 1 mainstream teaching post for the current school year. The required level of enrolment, minimum of 20 pupils, failed to materialise at 30 September 2012....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The placing of a qualification at the appropriate level of the National Framework is solely based on the learning outcomes associated with that qualification. The rules governing qualification for the Back to Education Allowance are a matter for the Minister for Social Protection.