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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that under the Education Act 1998, legally, all schools are managed by school Boards of Management, on behalf of the school patrons or trustees. Accordingly, whereas I provide funding and policy direction for schools, neither I nor the Department have legal powers to instruct schools to follow a particular course of direction with regards to individual complaint...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that payments commenced to the student referred to by the Deputy on 18th December 2013. Five payments in total have issued to the bank account provided by the student.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóímheas Dalta le Múinteoir (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Déanfaidh mé socruithe chun go n-eiseofar freagra ina leith seo chuig an Teachta go díreach.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Since September 2012 guidance provision is now provided from within the overall staffing allocation of all schools including the school referred to by the Deputy. The alternative to this budget measure was to increase the standard 19:1 PTR. While the budget measure affected the resources available to schools, schools have greater autonomy to determine how they deploy their teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b - Detailed Design which includes applications for planning permission, Fire Safety Certification, Disability Access Certification and the preparation of tender documents. Once the Stage 2b Submission for the project has been received and assessed, my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As I outlined to the Deputy previously in a response to a Parliamentary Question of 9 April 2014, there is not an individual specific piece of research that supports and demonstrates the effectiveness of any one approach to the education of children with autism or my Department's child–centred policy on the education of children with special educational needs including autism. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy the Task Force on Autism made many recommendations concerning broad educational provision for children on the autistic spectrum from preschool through to third level. These recommendations provided a basis for the development of educational services and supports for children with autism including the establishment of a range of options for children with autism...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 63 and 64 together. Policy on the programmes, interventions and supports for children in education is a matter for my Department. Decisions in this regard are informed by research and advices received covering a range of matters including pedagogy, school curriculum, special needs and child development. The role of the SESS is to attend to the training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has no record of the submissions to which the Deputy refers. However, the Deputy will be aware that a new post-primary school is opening in the north Kildare area in September 2014 and this new school will have an all-Irish Aonad. This supplement all-Irish post primary provision in the area. My Department has confirmed that if sufficient demand for education through the medium...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 May 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 been received in my Department and is currently under review.The Design Team have been requested to submit additional information which on receipt will be reviewed and subject to no other issues arising, officials from my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies Expenditure (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand from Caranua that it retained Athena Media following a process of tendering and approval by the Board to provide communications advice and to develop and implement a communications strategy for the organisation, particularly in relation to public awareness raising about the application process, including distribution of posters and leaflets, development of material for media...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the Five Year Construction Plan, that I announced in March 2012, lists the individual school projects that are planned to proceed to construction over the duration of the Plan. The Plan priorities new school building projects as well as major extensions in areas where significant demographic need has been established so that our school system is in a position to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I have no plans to provide funding to schools to enable them to participate in the Irish Traveller Movement's yellow flag programme. In the current economic climate there is no scope to provide additional funding to schools for particular programmes such as this one. However schools are of course free to prioritise their existing allocation from the Department to meet the identified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Legal Fees (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department, however, I have asked the Higher Education Authority to request details from NUIG and I will forward it to the Deputy when it is received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (6 May 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: Special Educational Needs Data (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with special educational needs in order to ensure that, wherever a child is enrolled, they will have access to an appropriate education. Children with special educational needs may be enrolled in a mainstream school and attend all mainstream classes and receive additional teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department approved grant aid to the school in question on 30 April for the construction of one mainstream classroom with associated toilet facilities and two resource teaching spaces for children with special educational needs. The school has since accepted this grant. The school was also included on the list of successful schools under the Summer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested is not readily available in my Department, however, enquiries are being made with UCD and the Deputy will be responded to as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The position is that my Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA institutions, including the Universities and Institutes of Technology. It is then a matter for the institution to determine how this funding is allocated internally. It is an institution's responsibility, as an autonomous body, to ensure that its academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Forward Planning Section of my Department is currently analysing demographics on a nationwide basis to identify areas where additional school accommodation might be needed into the future. The Dublin 17 area will be examined as part of this process.