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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (27 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recorded pupil enrolment. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The allocation process for the 2013/14 school year is currently underway in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (27 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The process of assessing eligibility for student grants between 2006 and 2012 was carried out by 66 grant awarding authorities. The process management reporting systems in the grant awarding authorities do not collate the information requested by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (27 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) process management reporting system does not collate the information requested by the Deputy. However, the waiting time for processing a student grant application by SUSI varies depending on a number of factors including the volume of applications received at any given time, the complexity of the grant applicant's circumstances, and time taken by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (27 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The following Circulars relating to the payment of allowances to teachers issued to primary and secondary schools in 2012: - Circular 3/2012: Public Service-Wide Review of Allowances and Premium Payments - Circular Letter 19/2012: Revised rates of Pay in respect of Supervision/Substitution for the 2011/2012 school year. - Circular Letter 28/2012: Payment in respect of Substitution for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (27 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The means test for a grant application is normally based on income in the last full financial year. Therefore, eligibility for a student grant for the academic year 2012/13 is assessed on income from the 2011 financial year. The administrative arrangements for the submission of accounts in place by awarding authorities are the same for all students attending approved courses, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that officials at my Department have held a number of meetings with Down Syndrome Ireland in recent years, in order to consider issues regarding the provision of educational services for children with Down syndrome. I, and my Department, will consider any further requests from parents or bodies representing children with Down syndrome to meet further to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school project referred to by the Deputy is included in the 5 year capital programme and is scheduled to progress to construction in 2014/15. The OPW had agreed to deliver a number of schools including the school referred to by the Deputy and the process of consultation with the relevant stakeholders on the timeframe for the delivery of these schools will commence shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. Approximately 42% of students in full-time higher education in the 2011/12 academic year were in receipt of a student grant. The Deputy will appreciate that these figures are not yet available for the 2012/13 academic year. In addition, I wish to advise that the awarding authorities do not collate information specifically on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware, my Department provides for a comprehensive system of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers in the area of special educational needs including teachers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Central to this is the Special Education Support Service (SESS). The document referred to by the Deputy relates to information compiled in 2004 by SESS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the purpose of the Home Tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The 5 year Capital programme announced in 2012 listed 275 major projects and indicated that these projects would be delivered on a phased basis with initial prioity being given to those projects identified for delivery in 2013 and 2014. As previously advised the project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for delivery and a Service Level Agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities Provision (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the day to day management of how sports pitches and facilities are used in schools is carried out at local level. It is open to local communities to liaise directly with schools regarding the potential use of school facilities after school hours. Many schools use adjacent local facilities, including public parks, playing fields and swimming pools. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Liúntas Múineadh trí Ghaeilge (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: D'aistrigh an duine dá dtagraíonn an Teachta dá deoin féin go dtí scoil eile i mí na Samhna 2012. Faoi théarmaí Chiorcláin 0008/2013 caillfidh múinteoir a t(h)eidlíocht don Liúntas do Mhúineadh trí Ghaeilge má éiríonn sé/í as an jabról sin ar nó i ndiaidh 1ú Feabhra 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Beartaím ceisteanna 108 agus 109 a thógaint le chéile. Mar is eol don Teachta, b'fhéidir, léiríonn an Clár Tógála Chúig Bliana a d'fhógair mé i mí Mhárta 2012 na tionscadail mhóra tógála atá ceaptha chun dul ar aghaidh chun na tógála i gcaitheamh an Phlean. Céim mhór ar aghaidh...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that policy can be expressed and manifested through a variety of forms. Explicitly, it is communicated via legislation, regulations, rulings, orders, plans, strategies, policy statements, and other forms – or through a combination of these. Therefore the Deputy will appreciate that specific policies and objectives are not always articulated in just one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 118 together. The Deputy will be aware of this Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all children with special educational needs, including those with Down syndrome, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. The policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. A Revised Stage 2(a) Submission is currently with my Department for review. Once this Review is complete, and subject to no further issues arising, the project will progress to Stage 2b which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certification, Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the documentation supplied by the student in question is not adequate. SUSI is in direct contact with this student to advise him on outstanding documentation in relation to his application.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the first named student referred to by the Deputy has been awarded a grant and an award letter issued on 7th March, 2013. Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the second named student referred to by the Deputy has been awarded a grant and an award letter...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (28 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 25th February, 2013