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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together. My Department co-operates with a number of Departments and Offices in Northern Ireland in co-sponsoring projects which have a cross-border dimension and include among their objectives increasing mutual understanding and advancing peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. The projects and Northern co-sponsors are listed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that on the 3rd December, 2012 a request for further documentation was issued to the student referred to by the Deputy. When the requested documentation is returned the student will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, his student grant application was unsuccessful and that he appealed the decision to the appeals officer in SUSI and their original decision was upheld. The student submitted an appeal to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board and the appeal was considered at a sitting of the Board on the 27th November 2012. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy a grant has been awarded and an award letter issued on 29th November, 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that further documentation was received from the student referred to by the Deputy on 12th November 2012 and this documentation is currently awaiting review. The student will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that on the 27th November, 2012 a request for further documentation was issued to the student referred to by the Deputy. When the requested documentation is returned the student will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Ireland (SUSI), the new centralised grant awarding authority, that the student referred to by the Deputy submitted a grant application after the closing date on the 14th September. Upon initial assessment it was determined that the form was not completed in full and the student has been advised by letter on the 3rd December,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, his student grant application was unsuccessful and that he appealed the decision to the appeals officer in SUSI and their original decision was upheld. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and remains of the view that SUSI has not interpreted the scheme correctly in his/her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In October of last year, I announced and published the headquarter locations where VECs are being merged as a result of the Government decision to reduce the number of VECs from 33 to 16. In relation to the specific merger of City of Limerick VEC with Co. Limerick VEC and Co. Clare VEC as you know I have decided that the headquarters of the Education and Training Board will be in Limerick...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Programmes (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Erasmus programmes: figures for Ireland 2007 - 2012 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12* Total Number of Students on Erasmus Study Mobility 1,514 1,421 1,660 1,918 1,898 Total Number on Erasmus Placements in companies 303 417 528 653 789 Total Number on Teaching Mobility 193 189 205 200 190 Total Number on non-academic Staff Mobility 18 28 38 43 74 Expenditure (€)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: 73 small primary schools were originally due to lose a classroom teacher in September 2012 as a result of the budget measure to increase the relevant pupil thresholds. The Staffing Appeals Board considered appeals from any of the 73 schools that could show that their projected enrolments for September 2012 were sufficient to allow them retain their classroom teacher over the longer term. 63...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Survey (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A working group chaired by the HEA which includes institutional and student representatives has been established to oversee the introduction of the new national student survey which is being introduced as part of the reform programme. I understand that it had been planned that a pilot of the new National Student Survey would be ready to be tested during the third quarter of this year....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware in June of last year I announced that up to 40 new schools are to be established up to 2017 to cater for increasing demographics across a number of locations. These consisted of twenty new primary schools and twenty new post-primary schools. This announcement did not include a proposal to establish any new school in the area referred to by the Deputy. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The project for Temple Carrig Secondary School Greystones has been included on the five year construction programme to progress to tender and construction in 2013. The school is scheduled to receive its first intake of students in September 2014. The school will accommodate 750 pupils when completed and will be located in Blacklion, Greystones. This school will serve the Greystones...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The staffing appeal process at primary level includes the provision whereby schools with high concentration of pupils requiring English as an additional language (EAL) can apply for additional temporary language support posts. These EAL allocations are made on the basis of appeals by schools to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Educational Provision (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is committed to advancing co-operation and common action in education between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and takes forward this co-operation through the North/South Ministerial Council. Within that framework common policies in four designated areas of co-operation are developed and co-ordinated: special education needs, educational underachievement, teacher mobility, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Contacts between my Department and the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland have involved bilateral meetings at Ministerial and official levels, and communications between the Departments concerning areas of common interest in further and higher education. These contacts are ongoing.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department funds a number of projects which have a cross-border dimension and include among their objectives increasing mutual understanding and advancing peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. Details of these joint programmes are set out in the attached table. In addition to these ongoing programmes, the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Education,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I do not intend to give any specific commitment on future budgetary decisions. This is a matter that I will have to consider with my colleagues in Cabinet in the context of the next budget and meeting our obligations under the EU/IMF Programme. However, it is my intention to protect front-line provision, including that in DEIS schools, to the greatest extent possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, her student grant application was unsuccessful and that she appealed the decision to the appeals officer in SUSI, its original decision was upheld and the student was notified on 3rd December 2012. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and remains of the view that SUSI has not...