Results 14,021-14,040 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: A redundancy payment will issue to the person referred to by the Deputy on the 9th May 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The day to day management of how teaching resources are used in schools is done at local school level. It is established policy that guidance is a whole school activity and under existing arrangements each school develops a school guidance plan as a means of supporting the needs of its students. I have already acknowledged that bringing guidance within quota is challenging for schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: 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 and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has responded to the correspondence appended in the details of the question. The Deputy will be aware, from the correspondence, that a number of issues have lead to delays in the progression of this project to tender and construction stage. Most recently, in March 2013, the previously pre-qualified Contractors were asked to confirm that nothing had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (30 Apr 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: State Examinations Issues (30 Apr 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: State Examinations Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The selection and enrolment of pupils in schools is the responsibility of the authorities of the individual school. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. However, this may result in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (30 Apr 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: Student Grant Scheme Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: To determine eligibility for financial support, a student may submit a fully completed online grant application to SUSI, via www.studentfinance.ie, once the application process for the 2013/14 academic year opens in May 2013. Currently maintenance support is not available for students entering postgraduate courses. Those who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 242 together. The Deputy will be aware of this Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all children with special educational needs, including children 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: Special Educational Needs Staffing (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Behaviour Support Service (NBSS) promotes and supports positive behaviour through the provision of a systematic continuum of support to school communities. The service assists partner post primary schools in addressing behavioural concerns in schools. The Department has been informed by the NBSS that for the academic year 2013-2014, Castlecomer Community School is no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form and supporting documentation, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a student should qualify for the special rate of maintenance grant. The decision on eligibility for the special rate of maintenance grant for the students referred to by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Forward Planning Section of my Department continuously analyses demographic trends to determine where additional school provision will be required into the future. Should any extra needs arise in the area referred to by the Deputy, they will be identified and met under this process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Labour Relations Commission Recommendation (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: On full examination of the Rights Commissioner finding in this case it is the view of the Department that the Rights Commissioner erred in her findings in relation to this matter. The Department of Education and Skills Circular on seniority (DES Circular No. 59/06), which was agreed with both IMPACT and SIPTU, the 2 Unions representing SNAs is clear in that it states that "Seniority is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (30 Apr 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 from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 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 primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports including resource teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees Staff (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Teachers employed by Vocational Education Committees (VECs) who are also members of Public Bodies (i.e local authorities) are allowed up to a maximum of 10 days off each year to attend meetings of such bodies during school hours. The schools in which they teach are not entitled to claim a substitution payment in respect of the teacher's absence. Similar arrangements apply in the case of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: An external review of Student Universal Support Ireland's business processes is currently being undertaken to inform improvements in the system for the 2013/14 academic year. The review is at an advanced stage and it is expected that it will be finalised shortly.