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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Partnerships (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The position is that higher education institutions, including universities such as UCD, are autonomous bodies and their day to day operational affairs including issues such as the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Maryland are the responsibility of the management authority and governing body of the University. However I have been advised that UCD and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's policy is to promote a child-centred approach to education of all children with special educational needs including those with autism. As each child with autism is unique they should have access to a range of different approaches to meet their individual needs. This facilitates access to individualised education programmes, fully qualified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, for some time, my Department has been working with the local authority to identify and acquire land for the delivery of school accommodation for a Gaelscoil and Gaelcholáiste in the area referred to by him. I can confirm that agreement in principle has been reached with a landowner in relation to a suitable site. My officials met with a delegation from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 to 129, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that class teachers in schools are required to be fully-qualified with a qualification relevant to the sector in which they are teaching. All primary teachers are qualified to teach in any primary or special school/classroom. It has been the policy of my Department for some time that only...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Appeals (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department received an application under the emergency works scheme from the school referred to by the Deputy for works relating to the provision of boundary fencing to control access to the school grounds. As the scope of the works requested is outside the terms of the emergency works scheme it cannot be considered for funding. The school authority has been informed of this decision. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Libraries (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As I have indicated to the Deputy in reply to previous questions on this matter the management of the university's library is entirely a matter for the university in accordance with its statutory autonomy. I refer the Deputy to Question No. 95 of 24 April, Questions Nos. 87 and 92 of 2 May, 250 of 14 May, 355 of 21 May and 144 of 8 June which set out the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Applications (27 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: A career break scheme for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) was agreed with school management bodies and trade unions representing SNAs in 2012. A circular setting out the regulations and procedures of that scheme issued in June 2012. The scheme was generally in line with the teacher's scheme and one of the items it catered for was for those who wished to pursue further educational...

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

Ruairi Quinn: For student grants purposes, a student is defined at their first point of entry to an approved post leaving certificate course or an approved higher education course or at their point of re-entry to such an approved course. This status will continue to apply for the duration of their studies either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Suicide Prevention (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am also aware of the serious problem of youth suicide and of the role that schools can play in the area of prevention and ensuring the education system is more responsive to those with emotional or mental health difficulties. I can inform the Deputy that last January I launched the Well-Being in Post-Primary Schools: Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware, two new post-primary schools (in Doughiska and Claregalway) will be opening in September 2013, both of which will be multi-denominational. These new schools are being established in order to provide sufficient places for the increased numbers of post-primary pupils within the general area. The Forward Planning Section of my Department will continue to analyse...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Teaching vacancies are filled in the first instance through the redeployment of surplus permanent teachers. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware, I announced at this year's Teacher Union Conferences that I will shortly bring to Government draft heads of a bill – the Education (Admission to School) Bill 2013. I will seek to publish the Bill in draft form to allow a full public discussion, including inputs from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection and the education partners. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The current stage 2(b) includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. The project is listed on the five year school building programme to go to construction in 2014/2015. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Jul 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 schools for special educational needs supports, including the allocation of resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Rehiring (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The number of Temporary Clerical Officers employed in my Department for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 were 9, 6 and 8 respectively. Temporary Clerical Officers for the Department are recruited through the Public Appointments Service selection process which is in compliance with the Commission for Public Service Appointment's Code of Practice for Appointment to positions in the Civil Service...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Council Meetings (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Mr Sahlberg and Ms Blower both made oral interventions at the Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Ministerial Council meeting on 16 May 2013. A summary record of the discussion, which includes a brief outline of these interventions, has been prepared by the Council General Secretariat and is available on the Council's website at the following address: .

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is available on my Department's website at www.education.gov.ie by clicking on 'Schools and Colleges', then 'Building Works' and then on 'Devolved Schemes'.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Further to my response to the Deputy's earlier Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 12th March 2013, it has not been possible to progress the implementation of a cost effective online payslip system for school employees and pensioners, in the intervening period, due to other priorities. Since March of this year, there have been significant developments to the school employee/pensioner payrolls,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The attached table details the number of students awarded maintenance that have yet to be paid, as on 2nd July, 2013, for the 2012/13 academic year by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). SUSI has confirmed that those yet to be paid are students that were awarded in June, but are awaiting confirmation of registration from the college or students who were awarded, or/and who have not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that some 702 students applied for support to pursue a course of study outside of the State in 2012/13. The Deputy will be aware that the provision of information and decisions on student grants are operational matters for SUSI rather than for my Department. While some students may have had the impression that a grant award would...