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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has identified a number of areas in North County Dublin, including the areas referred to by the Deputy where, due to demographic changes, it is projected that there will be a requirement for significant additional school provision at both primary and post-primary levels over the coming years. In 2009, recognition was granted for a new 1,000 pupil post primary school in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Health and Safety Issues (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department understands that Kildare County Council is not in favour of erecting a barrier at this school as it could have the effect of reducing visibility below normal safe levels for road users. In the event that Kildare County Council permits the installation of a barrier at this school then my Department would have no objection to the school authorities installing and funding the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware under the terms of my Department's Free Fees Schemes the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees of full-time eligible undergraduate students. I understand that the issue relates to the payment of a fee to cover particular services provided by the College, such as the provision of meals, stationery etc. which do not form part of the student contribution payable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will appreciate that the number of awards for the 2012/13 academic year is not yet available and will not be supplied to my Department by the grant awarding authorities until later in the academic year. However, I wish to advise that some 67,650 third level students qualified for a student grant in the 2011/12 academic year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together. The table following shows the number of new awards made to students in higher education from the different socio-economic categories including farming and self employed for the academic year 2011/2012. This indicative data is subject to considerable qualification for interpretation purposes in relation to the reliability due to, inter...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 to 132, inclusive, together. Following amalgamations and/or closures of schools in 2012, there are currently 860 schools included in DEIS providing education for 165,350 children. The breakdown is as follows: 197 DEIS Band 1 and 144 DEIS Band 2 Primary Schools with total enrolment of 76,845.324 DEIS Rural schools – with enrolment of 23,750.195...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 to 136, inclusive, together. The data for the numbers of schools with 1, 2, 3 and 4 teaching teachers is provided in the table below. No. of Full Time Equivalent Teaching Teachers 2011/12 Number of teaching teachers in school Number of Schools 1 11 2 564 3 472 4 503

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. There is detailed historical information contained in the Statistics Section of my Department's website relating to the number of pupils and teaching posts in schools. The most recent published information relates to the 2011/2012 school year. There were circa 6,700 resource and learning support (General Allocation Model) posts in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 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 (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports including Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support, to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Enhanced rates of capitation funding are paid in respect of children with special educational needs who attend special schools or special classes attached to mainstream schools. The following table outlines these rates and the total expenditure in recent years. Information going back to the introduction of special needs funding many decades ago is not readily available and would involve an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There are currently 141 Special Schools in the State.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In 2011/2012, the most recent year for which data is available, there were 254 mainstream schools with special classes in the State.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The day to day management of how teaching resources are used in schools is done at local school level. It is established policy that guidance is a whole school activity and under existing arrangements each school develops a school guidance plan as a means of supporting the needs of its students. I am confident schools will act in the best interest of students. I acknowledge that the reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools and post primary schools within the free education scheme. My Department provide funding to primary schools by way of per capita grants, subject to a minimum grant equivalent to 60 pupils and a maximum grant equivalent to 500 pupils. The funding arrangements made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Since 2010 funding to schools towards the provision of school books has been allocated to all schools on a per capita basis. The rates for 2012 are as follows: Primary DEIS - €21 Primary non-DEIS - €11 Post-primary DEIS - €39 Post-primary non-DEIS - €24 Funding for book grants was withdrawn in 2009, except in the case of DEIS schools. Funding was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Single European Act (23 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the principle of the single market as espoused in the Single European Act, is supported by four freedoms that each member state must provide to its citizens and to those of other member states. Those four freedoms are free movement of people, goods, services and capital. There is no requirement on a company operating within the single market to establish a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (23 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The guidance notes to which the Deputy refers were developed by my Department to provide assistance to the Employer's Representative and Design Team on issues relating to the pay and conditions of operatives working on school building projects. These guidance notes are for guidance only and do not form part of the Public Works Contract. The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (23 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority, that further supporting documentation was received on 12 October 2012 from the student referred to by the Deputy. The documentation is currently awaiting review and the student will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (23 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority. The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form and supporting documentation, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a student should qualify for a maintenance grant or which rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together. As already advised to the Deputy on 10th October the information requested is not available on a county basis. One hundred and forty retired teachers were employed in the primary sector to cover absences during the period 28th August to 10th October. Thirty one retired teachers were employed during the period 4th September to 1st...