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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested in relation to the gender breakdown of Primary School Principals is being compiled and will be provided directly to the Deputy. It would take the staff in my Department some time to compile this information on a County basis. I do not therefore propose to divert them from their current work in order to provide this.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 256 together. The allocation process for the 2013/14 school year is currently underway in my Department and the staffing arrangements, including the appeals process, for primary schools have been published on the Department website. The final staffing position for all schools will not be known until later in the year when the allocation process will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that a variety of options are in place for young persons, including those with special education needs, to continue with educational provision after the age of 18. My Department provides funding to Vocational Education Committees (VECs) nationwide for a range of part-time and full-time accredited and non-accredited further and adult education programmes which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department had a leasehold interest in the premises occupied by the school to which he has referred. The lease ran from 1939 for a period of 50 years, thus it expired in 1989. The property in question is no longer used as a national school following the construction of a new purpose built school on a different site.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the appeals on decisions made by Student Universal Support Ireland which are on hand to be considered by the independent Student Grants Appeals Board (Appeals Board). I can confirm to the Deputy that the Appeals Board is currently sitting at weekly intervals to clear the appeals on hand. This arrangement will be continue into April and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme is available for downloading...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: All major school building contracts include a clause specifying the payment of the appropriate Registered Employment Agreement rates of Pay and Conditions of Employment. This is a standard clause in the Public Works Contracts. My Department is continually seeking ways of improving the effectiveness of the delivery of the school building programme particularly in the area of compliance....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Feedback (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought is not readily available in my Department. Officials of my Department have asked the Higher Education Authority to contact the institutions seeking details and I will forward the available information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the student referred to by the Deputy has been awarded a grant and an award letter issued on 6th March, 2013

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement Issues (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform has decided that public servants who retire before the end of August 2014 will have their pension and lump sum calculated by reference to the current pay rates, i.e. the rates before the pay reductions which will apply from 1st July 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) has confirmed that the student referred to by the Deputy appealed the decision on his grant to the appeals officer in SUSI with regard to the rate of grant awarded. Its original decision was upheld and a letter to that effect was issued on the 29th November, 2013. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Mar 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 all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (20 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, including Resource Teaching support for children with more complex special needs. The NCSE operates within my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) has confirmed that the application from the first named student referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision that she was ineligible in relation to her grant application as the reckonable income was over the income threshold. I understand the student appealed that decision to the appeals officer in SUSI and their original decision was upheld...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those which relate to nationality, residency, approved course, previous academic attainment and means. Under my Department's student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is probably aware, on 29 January last, Minister Fitzgerald and I published the Action Plan on Bullying which sets out twelve actions to help prevent and tackle bullying in primary and second level schools. I have ring-fenced €500,000 to support implementation of these actions this year. As part of the Action Plan, new anti-bullying procedures for all primary and second...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The attached table outlines all primary and post-primary schools currently renting temporary accommodation. The commencement date of the earliest rental at each school is also outlined. Of these 615 schools, 60 are Gaelscoileanna and 5 are Gaelcholaistí.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The management authorities of the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application in January for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to replace a flat roof and associated works at their school. As the scope of works for which funding is sought is outside the terms of the scheme it cannot be considered for funding. The management authority of the school has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (21 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Circulars issued by my Department are reviewed in the context of changes to the administration of and/or policies governing the particular subject, programme or scheme rather than on a fixed period review. The timeframe for review of circulars is determined by the subject matter of the individual circular, for example, circulars governing rates of pay and pensions may apply for particular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware under the terms of my Department's Free Fee Initiative the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study which are a minimum of two years duration in an approved higher education institution. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates,...