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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Claims Agency Reviews (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Claims Agency is reviewing its day school abuse cases to identify those that come within the parameters of the judgment of the ECHR in this case. This review is ongoing and I will be reporting back to Government when this review is complete.

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

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the grant application of the student referred to by the Deputy was refused. The student appealed to the Appeals Officer in SUSI and a letter issued on the 17th February 2014, upholding the original decision. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The programme for Government contains a commitment that "People of non-faith or minority religious backgrounds and publicly identified LGBT people should not be deterred from training or taking up employment as teachers in the state." In this regard the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) designate has been asked to consider and provide advice in relation to amending Section...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86, 116 and 117 together. The schools in question made appeals to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board which met to consider appeals in the last week. Schools will be notified of the outcomes of all staffing appeals shortly.

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

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought is being compiled in my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

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

Ruairi Quinn: Current policy in relation to intercultural education is set out in the Intercultural Education Strategy 2010-2015 which includes a number of high level goals and actions for all education stakeholders including schools. The Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), funded by my Department, is responsible for supporting schools in the implementation of the Social Personal and...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The Major School Building Project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning. The Stage 2b Submission (Detailed Design) has recently been received in my Department and is currently under review. Following the review of the submission, subject to no issues arising, officials from my Department will contact the Board of Management with regard to the...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is scheduled to open in September 2014. Start-up accommodation arrangements for the school are progressing to enable this. My Department is keeping the Patron informed of progress in this regard.

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

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. Last year a patronage determination process, overseen by the New Schools Establishment Group, was run to establish who would operate a new 16-classroom school for the Knocknacarra area of Galway City. Two applicants, namely Educate Together and Lifeways Ireland, which provides the Steiner model, demonstrated strong and similar levels of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware from Budget 2014 that additional funding has been provided which will involve an investment of €15m to support the establishment of book rental schemes in primary schools that do not currently operate them. The Department will provide €5m in seed capital per annum over a three year period to such schools. The Department is contacting primary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The end of the school year in which age 65 is reached is the maximum age to which pensionable service may be given by a teacher who is not "a new entrant" under the terms of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. The implementation of the Fixed-Term Workers Act, 2003 in the education sector is governed by a transitional agreement of the education partners...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The most recent information for the 2012/2013 academic year has been provided by the Higher Education Authority to my Department. The top ten countries that students from Irish higher education institutions travel to on a yearly basis as part of their third level education, under the Erasmus language exchange programmes and other similar initiatives, are listed as follows: 1. France 2. Spain...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Students Data (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The most recent information provided by Enterprise Ireland to my Department relates to the 2012/2013 academic year. The top ten non-English speaking origin countries of higher education students in that period were China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Spain, India, Saudi Arabia, Italy and Kuwait.

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

Ruairi Quinn: The outcome of the patronage determination process for the school in question was to defer the opening of the school pending a review of the demographics for the area. This process was overseen by the New Schools Establishment Group. The review has been carried out and supplementary information provided by the Patron has also been assessed. On foot of this review, the opening date for the...

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

Ruairi Quinn: It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that their application for a student grant is submitted before the deadline. The closing date for online applications was 1st August 2013 and this was further extended to 19 November 2013. Late applications may be accepted at the discretion of the awarding authority but not later than one month before the end of the academic year to which the...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy was granted provisional recognition as a special school for children with autism in 2010, having previously participated in the ABA pilot scheme funded by my Department. 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...

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

Ruairi Quinn: It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that their application for a student grant is submitted before the deadline. The closing date for online applications was 1st August 2013 and this was further extended by SUSI to 19 November 2013. The decision on whether to accept a late application after that date is a matter for the grant awarding authority concerned, in this case - SUSI...

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

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to firstly explain to the Deputy that, regardless of the manner in which the resource hours are allocated to schools, resource teaching/learning support is available for all pupils with Down syndrome. 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...

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 his application has been assessed and a letter regarding the outcome issued on 26th February 2014.

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

Ruairi Quinn: I can inform the Deputy that it is the role of the clinical psychologist, or indeed any other health professional, to describe the presentation, strengths, abilities and needs of a child with disabilities. It is the role of the Department to provide transport to the nearest school which can meet those needs. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has announced that the allocation...