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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Local Training Initiatives Places (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: This a day to day operational matter for FÁS. I have passed the Deputy's query to FÁS and have asked them to contact the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy 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 disability/high incidence disability category, or through an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Information in respect of all school projects where funding has been approved under various schemes, is available on my Department's website, broken down geographically, at www.education.ie, which is updated on a regular basis. The 5 Year Construction Plan that I announced on 9 March 2012 last, outlines the major school projects that will commence construction over the duration of the Plan....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedure document 2011 sets out the procedures for appointment of teachers and special needs assistants at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that last January I launched the Well-Being in Post-Primary Schools: Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention, which were developed by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Health. The guidelines provide practical guidance to post-primary schools on how they can promote mental health and well-being in an integrated way and they also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 to 88, inclusive, together. Guidance is a whole school activity and it does not just involve the guidance counsellor. Under existing arrangements each school develops a school guidance plan as a means of supporting the needs of its students. Since September 2012 guidance provision is now being organised by school management from within the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware I launched new "Guidelines for Developing Textbook Rental Schemes in Schools" on the 28th January last. These Guidelines provide practical advice to primary and post-primary schools on how rental schemes can be established and operated. The aim of the Guidelines is to help as many schools as possible to start such book rental programmes. The publication of these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Voluntary Contributions (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Apart from the recognised fee-charging second level schools, recognised schools are not permitted to charge school fees. All other recognised schools are precluded from charging school fees. Voluntary contributions by parents of pupils in such recognised schools are permissible provided it is made absolutely clear to parents that there is no question of compulsion to pay and that, in making...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can inform the Deputy that all primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or where a NEPS psychologist is not available to a given school through a panel of private practitioners maintained under the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2014 Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The budget for education, including the number of teaching posts that we can afford to fund in schools is a matter that I will have to consider with my colleagues in Cabinet in the context of the forthcoming budget. The decisions in relation to such matters will be announced at budget time.The Government will endeavour to protect frontline education services as best as possible. However, this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (25 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The budget for education, including the number of teaching posts that we can afford to fund in schools is a matter that I will have to consider with my colleagues in Cabinet in the context of the forthcoming budget. The decisions in relation to such matters will be announced at budget time.The Government will endeavour to protect frontline education services as best as possible. However, this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (26 Sep 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 or for children who are awaiting a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for pre-school children with autism. As tuition takes place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on the provision of public relations services since the Government came into office.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The recently announced change referred to by the Deputy involves an amendment to the free fees schemes whereby with effect from the academic year 2013/14, a 'Change of Nationality' clause now forms part of the schemes. This change to the criteria of the schemes provides that students who are not eligible for free fees at the commencement of their course of studies, because they do not meet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Programmes (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that last January I launched the Well-Being in Post-Primary Schools: Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention, which were developed by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Health. The guidelines provide practical guidance to post-primary schools on how they can promote mental health and well-being in an integrated way and they also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Guidance Counselling (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 to 102, inclusive, together. Guidance is a whole school activity and it does not just involve the guidance counsellor. Under existing arrangements each school develops a school guidance plan as a means of supporting the needs of its students. Since September 2012 guidance provision is now being organised by school management from within the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations, determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination. In view of this I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The independent Student Grants Appeals Board has received an appeal from the student referred to by the Deputy. The Appeals Board aims to issue appeal determinations as promptly as possible and within the specified timeframe specified in the Student Support Act, 2011. The student will be notified directly of the outcome by the Appeals Board.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Translation Services Issues (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Curriculum is devised to place the needs of our students at the core of what we do and to ensure they have the best possible learning experiences and outcomes that are age appropriate. I don't consider this suggestion appropriate for second level students. Of course the students may consider the content of some of these documents but as they are official documents they require...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (26 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that in the case of the first named student referred to by the Deputy, following an appeal to the SUSI Appeals Officer the original decision of the awarding authority was upheld and a decision letter issued on 23rd May 2013 stating that the student was ineligible to receive a grant. This student also applied...