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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Responsibility for the delivery of the school referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to the Office of Public Works (OPW). Following a recent tender competition the OPW has issued a "Letter of Intent" to the apparently successful tenderer. Construction works will commence on site as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the schools referred to by the Deputy is completing stage 2(a) of architectural planning. My Department held the Stage 2(a) Stakeholders meeting recently with the Boards of Management and their Design Team. Following this meeting the Design Team are working on an addendum report in order to clarify a number of points. Upon satisfactory completion of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, applications are currently being assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (59/2013) is available on my Department's website www.education.ie. It is my intention to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. I made the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No 20 of 2014) on 28th January. This Order commenced sections 21 and 22 of the 2012 Act which provide for the appointment of an appeals officer and for the appeals process in relation to decisions of a decision maker of the Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy was advised that she must complete an equivalent period of study before being eligible to be considered for funding under the Student Grant Scheme. The student appealed this decision to SUSI in January 2014, and a letter issued on the 25th February 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, which uses the service name Caranua, is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of some 15,000 survivors of institutional child abuse. My Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: While this Department sets out the constitution of Boards of Management and rules of procedure it is not directly involved in the management of schools. Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school, and it is the Board of Management which employs the Principal at the school. The schools Board of Management...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department wrote to the school management recently relating to the matter to which she refers. The school was invited to consider the contents of the letter and revert to my Department with its views. The matter can be considered further following receipt of a response from the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, supporting documents in relation to income from self-employment for the applicant's father are still awaited. When this information is received and considered, the student will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools within the free education scheme. Thus, primary schools receive capitation funding in January and June, and the ancillary services grant in March. The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 73 together. The period 2010-2012 was one of significant change in Mathematics because of the phasing in of Project Maths in all post-primary schools. Project Maths emphasises student understanding of mathematical concepts and the use of contexts and applications that enable students to relate Mathematics to their everyday experience. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise that the policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream primary and post-primary schools, in order to ensure that as many children as possible can be educated with their peers within their own community. My Department therefore provides for a range of placement options and supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware 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, in accordance with my Department's established criteria. That criteria includes the need for pupils with autism to have an assessment based on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream primary and post-primary schools, in order to ensure that as many children as possible can be educated with their peers within their own community. My Department therefore provides for a range of placement options and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school, to which the Deputy refers, was included in the Prefab Replacement Scheme in 2012 and the accommodation works approved under that scheme are now completed. The school has recently submitted an application for funding for an additional mainstream classroom. The application including the design solution proposed by the school is currently under consideration When this process has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department put in place an Occupational Health Strategy as a supportive resource for teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs), to promote their health in the workplace, with a focus primarily on prevention rather than cure. The Occupational Health Strategy comprises of the Employee Assistance and Occupational Health Services and caters for about 64,000 Teachers and 10,000 Special Needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed that the student referred to by the Deputy has appealed the decision of the awarding authority to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board. The appeal was received in the Department on 18th November 2013 and was adjudicated on by the Appeals Board on 8th January 2014. The decision of the Appeals Board issued directly to the student on 9th January 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 124 together. My Department met with the school authorities in respect of the school referred to by the Deputies on 13th February last to clarify and discuss its accommodation needs. I am pleased to advise you that in recent days, an all-in-devolved grant has been approved for the school to provide 3 permanent replacement en-suite mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A Notice of Assessment is issued by Revenue in accordance with a tax return filed by a person for a particular year. This shows a person's total tax liability for the tax year. For Revenue purposes certain expenditure is allowable in arriving at taxable profit/loss which may not be allowable in computing reckonable income for grant purposes. In order that the reckonable income for student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations, including an appeals process. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme...