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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that officials from my Department have been working closely for some time now with officials from Wicklow County Council in relation to acquiring a suitable site for the delivery of school accommodation in the area referred to by him. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that agreement in principle, subject to contract, has been reached in relation to a suitable site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community Issues (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I have noted the comments of the Children's Rights Alliance in its Report Card 2013 in relation to children who are members of the Travelling Community. I understand that although the Children's Rights Alliance consulted with other groups on the content of the Report Card relating to Traveller children, it did not consult with my Department in relation to developments concerning Traveller...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Government recognises that small schools are an important part of the social fabric of rural communities. They will continue to be a feature of our education landscape. As part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools is being gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014. During...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together. In 2012 my Department spent €11.635m on the Department's School Inspectorate Division comprising of €10.64m on salary costs, €0.84m on travel and subsistence and €155,000 on training and development. The following tabular statement gives details of the current staffing cohort at the Inspectorate together with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Academic Year (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Individual higher education institutions have autonomous responsibility for the management of their academic programmes and staff resources. As far as my Department is aware neither Universities nor Institutes of Technology are planning to increase the academic year to a third semester and therefore no estimate is available of any potential savings that might be accrued from implementing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The specific information requested by the Deputy is not available. However, public sector numbers returns are made on a quarterly basis. As at 31 March 2013 (end Q1 2013) there were 93,624 whole-time equivalent staff employed in the Education sector. This figure includes civil servants and staff employed in NCSAs (Non commercial state agencies) that come under the aegis of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, under the terms of my Department's free fees schemes the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study as set out in the schemes. My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA institutions. The HEA allocates...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Schemes (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland's second National Energy Efficiency Action plan (NEEAP) was published by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources earlier this year. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) has responsibility for overall implementation of the plan and chairs the Cross-Departmental group tasked with ensuring that all the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: There are no officials on the payroll at my Department or FÁS that are in receipt of an annual take home salary that exceeds €100,000.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The specific information requested by the Deputy is not collected by my Department. However, the following table includes details of the number of staff who come under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills with whole-time equivalent earnings of €100,000 and above. Whole-time equivalent Salary Ranges € Number of whole-time equivalent staff €100,001 -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. NUMBERS OF TEACHERS WITH AN ANNUAL GROSS PAY IN EXCESS OF €100,000 2011/12 SCHOOL YEAR PRIMARY POST PRIMARY VOLUNTARY  SECONDARY & COMMUNITY/COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS VEC 0 260 111 Notes The numbers provided above relate to the number of people paid in these ranges and not their whole time equivalents i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of gross salary paid to teachers, Special Needs Assistants and Clerical Officers for the current school year 2012/2013 is not available. I set out below the details for the academic year 2011/2012. The information in respect of capital expenditure for the current school year 2012/2013 is not available. This information is available on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The cost in the 2011/12 school year for the provision of substitution cover in the secondary and community/comprehensive schools sector for teachers engaged in work associated with state examinations was 1.367 million euros. The information in relation to the cost for the provision of substitution cover in the VEC sector would have to be obtained from the 33 individual VECs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 340 together. The statistical breakdown requested by the Deputy will not be made available to my Department by the grant awarding authorities until the end of the academic year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy received funding as follows during the past four years: - €757,254 under my Department's Summer Works Schemes in 2007, 2009 and 2010 for window replacement projects and general upgrade to toilets; - €17,200 in 2009 for Woodwork and Metalwork Grants; - €32,176 in May 2010 under my Department's Energy Efficiency Scheme for wall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy has a priority band rating of 1.2. The project is currently 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 2(b) which includes applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Teaching Council is now the body with statutory responsibility for establishing procedures and criteria for the probation of teachers. A number of changes have been made in recent years to make it easier for new teachers to fulfil employment requirements for probation purposes. The Council has recently published its policy proposals on induction and probation for consultation with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The International School of Martyrs (ISM) is a private educational institution located in Tripoli, Libya. The Irish Leaving Certificate examination is offered each year to candidates in the school. The role of the State Examinations Commission (SEC) is to provide examinations to candidates who have been entered for either the Junior or Leaving Certificate and in this regard I am informed by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission is currently working with the Department of Foreign Affairs to put in place arrangements that would allow the Leaving Certificate examinations to be held in Malta this year. Teachers working at ISM are directly recruited and engaged as employees of that school. Their terms and conditions are private contractual matters between themselves and the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The person referred to by the Deputy attained her full teaching qualification requirements on the 24th April, 2013. Arrangements are now being made to have any arrears of salary owed to her paid on the 13th June, 2013.