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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has been in contact with the school referred to by the Deputy in respect of the application for funding to upgrade a technology laboratory. The school in question is to provide further documentation and on receipt, the matter will be considered further and the school authorities will be notified of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that on 20th March last I announced that 386 schools have been approved funding under the Summer Works scheme to undertake school improvements. This first round of funding will allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works across three categories of projects - Gas, Electrical & Mechanical. In the case of the school, referred to by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that on 20th March last I announced that 386 schools have been approved funding under the Summer Works scheme to undertake school improvements. This first round of funding will allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works across three categories of projects - Gas, Electrical & Mechanical. A second round of the scheme is expected to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 62 together. The Deputy will be aware that, on 20th March last, I announced that 386 schools have been approved funding under the Summer Works scheme to undertake school improvements. This first round of funding will allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works across three categories of projects - Gas, Electrical &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that on 20th March last I announced that 386 schools have been approved funding under the Summer Works scheme to undertake school improvements. This first round of funding will allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works across three categories of projects - Gas, Electrical & Mechanical. The assessment of applications under further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 to 86, inclusive, together. Data on staffing numbers in higher education institutions is collated by the Higher Education Authority at the end of each quarter. The most recent data available is therefore in respect of the last quarter (December) in 2013. Staff numbers are reported in two categories: academic and non-academic. The following data pertains...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy has been included on the five-year construction programme for 2015/16. The conveyancing procedures for the proposed site for the new school are underway and pending their conclusion further details cannot be provided owing to commercial sensitivities. My Department will shortly be in contact with the school regarding the further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 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. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme are available for downloading...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: There are no teachers or special needs assistants currently paid on payrolls operated by my Department in the facility referred to by the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department provides funding to schools from which schools may employ cleaning and caretaking staff as required. However, my Department does not have any role in relation to the recruitment procedures for such staff which are a matter for each individual employing school. Appointment procedures for teachers and Special Needs Assistants are set out in Department Circulars 31/2011 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (26 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 refused a grant as the reckonable income was over the limit. A letter issued to the student on 4th March 2014 advising him of this decision. The student has not appealed this decision to SUSI. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Teaching vacancies are filled in the first instance through the redeployment of surplus permanent/CID holding teachers. The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers is key to the Department's ability to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Expenses (26 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: There are no official cars available to staff in my Department. The payment of travel and subsistence to officers in the Department in connection with official business is made in accordance with Department of Finance Circular 11/82 and such expenses are paid only in respect of necessary absences from headquarters. Officers are required to ensure that expenses are kept to a minimum,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Expenditure (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that the individual in question is a part-time trainee on a SOLAS Local Training Initiative in Co. Kilkenny. SOLAS has confirmed that he is being paid the correct rate, as per the guidelines agreed with the Department of Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Allowances Review (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: In 2012 a public service-wide review of allowances was carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. As a result of the review, qualification allowances were abolished with effect from 1st February 2012. Department of Education and Skills Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of this decision on teachers. The Circular was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers'...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: To qualify for the special rate of grant an applicant must meet the following conditions: a. Reckonable income must not exceed €22,703. b. On the 31st December of the relevant period the reckonable income must include an eligible long-term social welfare payment prescribed under the scheme. In the case of a student whose parents are divorced, legally separated or it is established to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to confirm that I have received the petition which was submitted by the parents association of the school referred to by the Deputy. The Department will continue to provide a book grant as usual to all primary schools. This grant, can be utilised for the purposes of updating or expanding a school's existing book rental scheme. I want to commend all schools that have used it to help...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A circular letter issued to post-primary schools earlier this month on the arrangements for the implementation of the Junior Cycle Student Award for the academic year 2014/ 2015. It clearly specifies what is required in relation to CSPE. If schools opt to offer their first year students entering post-primary school in September 2014 the existing syllabus in CSPE, then those CSPE students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: An application for funding under my Department's Emergency Scheme has been received from the School referred to by the Deputy and this application is currently being assessed. The School Authority will be notified of the outcome of this assessment as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (27 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 63 and 64 together. The school referred to by the Deputy was included on the list of projects, announced in March 2012, to commence construction in 2015/16. The Deputy may be aware that I signed a Memorandum of Understanding between my Department and the County and City Managers' Association (CCMA) in 2012. This Memorandum of Understanding fosters...