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Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of the Education and Training Boards Bill 2012. Vocational education committees throughout the country have an enviable track record in the development of the education system. From their initial involvement in technical and continuing education, the role of VECs has evolved to encapsulate mainstream post-primary...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Not necessarily. Staff is staff, so it is across the whole spectrum of the employment range.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: A legacy from the past.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: There may be hidden liabilities attached to the gift.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The arrangement will be normalised, as with other organisations. The Minister will no longer have a role at that level.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I will go into the detail of that on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is a general provision whereby where one board was incapable, was not able or was in difficulty, we could direct a neighbouring board to step in and assist. It is not displacing one with another. It is a facility which will be seldom used but which we believe should be in the Bill.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Not necessarily, no.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Done.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I have every trust in the wisdom of Galway to make the right decisions in these matters.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is part of the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: May my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, take over for me? I will hand my notes on Senators' comments to him.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such supports. SENOs are a valuable source of support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Third Level Access Measure comprises two sub-priorities: the Student Assistance Fund and the Fund for Students with Disabilities. The overall value of the Fund for the 2013/14 academic year is €16.2m. The management of the Third Level Access Measure Fund rests with the Higher Education Authority and the allocation of funding for the sub-priorities in a particular year is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not provided any hardware or software to either my home or the homes of Minister Ciarán Cannon T.D. or Minister Seán Sherlock T.D.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The total cost to my Department of providing a telephone in my home from when I took up office as Minister for Education and Skills in 2011 to date is €440.98. My Department does not pay home telephone costs in respect of Minister of State Ciarán Cannon. It is worth noting that Ministers, unlike all other Oireachtas Members, are not able to claim for telephone calls relating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Shared full-time posts and travel between schools is a long standing feature of the primary system. There were a plethora of long-standing clustering arrangements in place which were not the most practical, efficient or cost effective way to allocate resources. The new arrangements introduced in the current school year are designed to address the limitations of the previous arrangements....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: There is detailed historical information contained in the Statistics Section of my Department's website relating to the number of teaching posts in schools. The most recent published information relates to the 2011/2012 school year. The NCSE has notified all schools of their allocation of resource hours for low incidence special needs for the 2012/13 school year and has published this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Minister Quinn's Constituency Office is operated from within the Department of Education and Skills. Apart from telephone handsets, which were replaced in April 2012 as part of a standard upgrading of all telephones within my Department, no additional or replacement ICT equipment has been assigned to this office since March 2011. Mobile phone costs for this office since March 2011 amount to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The total cost to my Department for the provision on non-ICT related office equipment in constituency offices is €3,846.59 in respect of a photocopier purchased for Minister of State Cannon's constituency office in Galway in July 2011. Other incidental office costs, such as heating and lighting, are met as part of my Department's overall energy costs.