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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that my Department received correspondence in relation to funding for the provision of an all-weather-pitch at the school refered to by the Deputy. The Deputy will be aware that my Department's priority is to ensure that every child has access to a physical school place and that our school system is in a position to cope with increasing pupil numbers. In the circumstances, I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 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: School Management (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The matter referred to by the Deputy is a matter for the school authorities. I set out below a copy of the relevant circular for the Deputy's information. The circular is available as attachment Q198circular.doc at the top of the web page.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was awarded the Postgraduate Fee Contribution of €2,000. She appealed the rate of the award to SUSI and they requested additional documentation. This documentation was not received and SUSI were unable to consider the appeal for the higher rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the Public Service Transformation Plan, which was published in November 2011, all payments by Government Departments will be made by electronic fund transfer from August 2013. In order to ensure continued payment of pension when Payable Orders cease to issue in August this year, my Department is currently advising the small number of retired personnel who get paid by Payable Order...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 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: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Article 14 of the Student Grant Scheme 2012 sets out clearly the eligibility exclusions for a student grant. It states that a student is not eligible for a grant if he or she has been awarded or holds any grant, scholarship, prize, allowance, bursary or award of similar description made from public funds, with the exception of the following awards: - awards such as scholarships, prizes or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The staffing schedule is the mechanism used for the allocation of classroom teachers to all primary schools. It operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location. The configuration of classes and the deployment of classroom teachers are done at local school level. My Department publishes annual statistics on class size data...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Residential Institutions Redress Board provides compensation to those who suffered abuse as children in residential institutions. The independent Board makes awards in accordance with the framework set out in Towards Redress and Recovery, the report of the independent compensation advisory committee which advised on the appropriate levels of compensation. By the end of 2012, the Board...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The staffing arrangements at post primary level for the 2013/14 school year have been published and are available on the Department website. In accordance with these rules each school management authority is required to organise its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I assume the Deputy is referring to the allocation of additional Resource Teaching support for the school in question for the 2013/14 school year. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department wrote to the school to which the Deputy refers in February 2013 seeking clarification on a number of matters following a visit to the school by my Department's technical staff. A response from the school authorities is still awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a full allocation of 40 hours under the Home Based July Provision scheme has been approved in this case. The applicant was informed of this allocation by letter dated 3 July 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211, 227 and 239 together. I wish to advise the Deputies that pupils with Down Syndrome attending mainstream schools may receive additional teaching support in primary schools, either under the terms of the General Allocation Model (GAM) of teaching supports, if the pupil's educational psychological assessment places the pupil in the mild general learning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. 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 staffing arrangements for the2013/14 school year are set out in Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 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: Student Grant Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 and 231 together. Officials in my Department have been advised by SUSI that an award letter issued to the applicant referred to by the Deputy on 1st May 2013. SUSI further advised that fees for this application will be paid on the 25th July. While it is acknowledged that there were significant difficulties in the operation of the assessment processes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 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: Schools Refurbishment (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information for each of the schemes referred to by the Deputy is attached for information. I wish to advise the Deputy that in the interest of openness and transparency I have requested that information of this nature be available for all on my Department's website and that it be updated regularly. Making the information publicly available reduces the amount of time spent by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the applicant referred to by the Deputy previously had his application cancelled due to incomplete documentation. Additional documentation has now been received and the application is currently under review.