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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The contract of employment for Special Needs Assistants was agreed following discussions between the representatives of the managerial authorities, the Unions (IMPACT and SIPTU) and my Department. The terms of the contract are outlined in the contract of employment form contained in Circular SNA 15/05 for primary schools or Circular SNA 12/05 for second level schools. Furthermore, Special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: My Department supports any measures which will have a beneficial effect on employment generally and in particular employment in a local area. As with all Government Departments and state agencies, my Department and bodies under its aegis use the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Public Works Contracts and associated guidance. It is therefore considered that the implementation of...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Playground Spaces (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the provision of playspace, where site conditions and circumstances allow, is one of the issues considered in the architectural design of new schools and major extensions. The level of facilities, including playspace, that can be provided in schools will therefore vary depending on the extent of classroom accommodation needed for the school. A suite of...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Start Programme (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be pleased to hear that, currently, there are no cuts planned for the Early Start Programme he is referring to in Dublin 17.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The Programme for Government sets out that education will be a priority for this Government and that we will endeavour to protect and enhance the educational experience of children, young people and students. Approximately 15% of the entire budget of my Department – some €1.3 billion – was provided to support children with Special Educational Needs in 2012. My...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that all of the annual expenditure on special educational needs is subject to monitoring and review by my Department and/or agencies under its aegis. All expenditure is also subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor Generals Office, while Departmental spending is examined independently each year by the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Incidence (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports. In relation to the number of pupils with intellectual disability who are enrolled in primary and post primary schools, I wish to advise the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides for a continuum of special educational provision to be made available for children with special educational needs, so that regardless of the level of need of the child, educational provision can be made for them. My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a formal role under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act, 2004 to advise me as Minister in relation to any matter relating to the education of children and others with disabilities. The NCSE have been asked to provide comprehensive policy advice on how the education system can...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: In view of the over-riding objective of ensuring that every child has access to a physical school place, the delivery of major school projects to meet significant demographic demands nationally will be the main focus for capital investment in schools in the coming years. The Five Year school building programme is focused on meeting those demographic needs. In order therefore to prioritise...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that participation in my Department's July Provision Scheme is an option for all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism or severe to profound general learning disability that choose to extend their education services through the month of July. The position in relation to the provision of this scheme in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the documentation initially supplied by the student in question in support of her grant application was incomplete and a request for the further documentation issued in November 2012. SUSI has no record of receiving the birth certificate before January 2013. SUSI wrote again to the student on 15th...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware, a project for the school to which he refers is included in the 5 Year construction programme that I announced in March 2012. It is my Department's intention that this project will proceed to construction in 2015/16. My Department are liaising with the school in this regard. The current status of all projects on the school building programme, including the school in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The question of enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The table following provides a breakdown of the processing position of student grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) on a county basis. The data provided is at a point in time on the 30 January, 2013. It gives the position for student grant applications for attendance at both further and higher education. This data has been provided to my Department by...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that this Government remains committed to the protection of frontline services for pupils with special educational needs. The continued commitment of this Government to special education provision, at a time when savings are being required across a range of expenditure areas has ensured that children with special educational needs can continue to have access to...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not available in my Department. I am aware that there are newly qualified teachers not yet holding teaching positions in schools. My Department has directed managerial authorities of schools to recruit unemployed teachers ahead of retired ones, in an effort to ease the difficulties for those who cannot find work in the profession. In addition, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: In response to Parliamentary Question No.109, dated 29 November 2012 I advised the Deputy that the school in question should submit an Emergency Works application for consideration by my Department. No such application was received until 25 January 2013 when the school submitted an application for retrospective funding for the works in question. My Department does not provide grant aid for...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 Jan 2013)
Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning. To ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of projects to meet the increasing demographic demands will be the main focus for capital investment over the next five years, particularly in those areas where it has been identified that most...