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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Where a teacher in a primary or post-primary school is an elected member of a local authority, paid absence of up to ten school days in a school year may be availed of in order to attend meetings, but only where such meetings are held during school opening hours. Substitute cover in such instances is not paid by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Department Circular 49/2013 sets out the position in relation to the Haddington Road Agreement and the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 for teachers in post-primary schools and is available at the following address: . The Agreement applies to teachers employed in Education and Training Board schools (apart from Designated Community Colleges). In general, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Issues (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: An Employment Control Framework is in place for the higher education sector which provides institutions with considerable flexibility to fill vacancies, through recruitment or promotions on the basis of meeting an overall ceiling of posts. Under this Framework the re-employment of retired staff should only occur in very limited exceptional circumstances and in these cases the salaries...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Oct 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 schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware the multi annual school funding measures introduced in Budget 2012, provided a reduction in the funding for capitation and related grants of 1% in 2014 and 1% in 2015. Due to my decision to retain posts from previous disadvantage schemes in DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 primary schools, it was necessary to generate alternative savings within the primary education budget....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in preparation for the 2013/2014 academic year, the grants administration process has undergone significant development to enhance its effectiveness and deal with the difficulties experienced last year. SUSI has implemented a number of initiatives recommended by an independent review. These include direct information sharing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The project has been authorised to proceed to Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which involves obtaining planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate and the completion of tender documents. The planning permission is currently under appeal to An Bord Pleanála...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 Oct 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 Enrolments (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In this regard a Board of Management may find it necessary to restrict enrolment to children from a particular area or a particular age group or, occasionally, on the basis of some other criterion. The criteria to be applied by schools in such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to firstly advise the Deputy that my Department provides for a continuum of special educational provision to be made available for children with special educational needs, so that regardless of the level of need of the child, educational provision can be made for them. My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been advised by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) that a response has issued to the Deputy recently in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Oct 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. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. Preparation for the staffing and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Oct 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: School Staffing (15 Oct 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. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. Preparation for the staffing and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the application to which he refers is currently being considered by my officials and a decision will issue before the mid-term break. Under the terms of the Home Tuition scheme, children who have a diagnosis of autism in accordance with the prescribed criteria and who are aged between 2.5 years and 3 years qualify for 10 hours home tuition as they cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has made an application to my Department for significant capital funding for refurbishment works. In view of the need to ensure that our school system is in a position to cope with increasing pupil numbers, the delivery of new schools, together with extension projects, are being prioritised in the 5 Year Plan to meet significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in regular communication with the school to which he refers regarding the school's accommodation needs. I am pleased to confirm to the Deputy that my Department has approved additional temporary accommodation for September 2013 to accommodate the school's increasing enrolments. In respect of the school's longer term needs, I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware, two new post-primary schools (in Doughiska and Claregalway) opened in September 2013, both of which are multi-denominational in ethos. These new schools were 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 demographic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department provides funding of some €4million across a number of projects and centres that engage with and retain children in ongoing education. Facilities supported by my Department include: Youth Encounter Projects, established in the 1970s as non-residential facilities for children at risk of coming into conflict with authority or are at serious risk of dropping out of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding for these works has been approved by my Department.