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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Powers as listed in the table were delegated under SI No. 379 of 2011 Education and Skills (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2011, to the Minister of State with special responsibility for training and skills. It should be noted that SI 379 of 2011 referred to the Labour Services Act, 1987 which has since been repealed by the Further Education and Training Act, 2013. A revised order...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The majority of schools receive grant assistance in respect of caretaking or secretarial services under the Capitation Grants scheme. Within the Capitation grant scheme, the level and extent of services provided is a matter for the school authorities who, through the discretion afforded under the scheme, apply diverse arrangements for secretarial and caretaking services according to their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 246 together. As the Deputy will be aware, QQI has been undertaking a Comprehensive Policy Development Programme since early-2013. The first phase of that programme focussed on putting in place the policies and procedures which would allow QQI to engage with providers with no existing relationship with any of its predecessor bodies, FETAC, HETAC and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Education Welfare Act 2000 requires all schools to have in place a Code of Behaviour. The Act requires that a school Code of Behaviour shall, inter alia, specify the standards of behaviour that shall be observed by each student attending the school and the measures that may be taken when a student fails or refuses to observe those standards. In relation to a school's closing date, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The student referred to by the Deputy was awarded a postgraduate fee contribution of €2,000 for the academic year 2013/14. He appealed this decision to the independent Student Grant Appeals Board and his appeal was heard by the Board on 1st April 2014. The original decision was upheld and a letter issued to the student shortly thereafter advising him of the outcome of the appeal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually. 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 arrangements for the 2014/15 school year are set out in Circular 0007/2014 which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 253 together. My Department does not support the use of certain sanctions or inappropriate strategies for the management of behaviour issues. In particular my Department does not support a strategy which leaves a student in an unsupervised situation (e.g. a locked room or a corridor) while the child is in the care of the school. Many schools withdraw...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A provisional list of pupils enrolled in each primary and post primary school is available on the Department's website at the following link. This list includes the county of each school.http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Da ta-on-Individual-Schools/. Final data, including Annual Statistical Report tables at first and second level, will be published on the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: In Budget 2013 funding of €5million for three years was provided to support the establishment of book rental schemes in primary schools that did not operate such schemes. DEIS schools will receive €150 per child and non-DEIS schools will receive €100 per child in seed capital over the next two years to establish book rental schemes. This will cost approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Statistics section of my Department's website contains information relating to the number of whole time equivalent teaching staff in all primary and secondary schools broken down by county for the 2012/13 academic year.Information relating to the 2013/2014 academic year is currently being compiled and will be available at the end of June/early July 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not hold details of enrolment applicants in schools. Such details are retained by the individual school authority. My Department is engaging with the Patron and the school authority in question relating to pupil places for September 2014 and will continue to keep the matter under review.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not hold details of enrolment applicants in schools. Such details are retained by the individual school authority. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department approved funding to the boys' school in the area in question in May 2012 to provide two additional classrooms to cater for increasing pupil numbers. As part of the same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: This is an operational matter for the City of Dublin Education Training Board (CDETB). I am informed by the CDETB that St John Bosco Youth Centre currently receive funding for two Local Training Initiative programmes operating out of the premises on Davitt road. These programmes have been funded and supported by the Training Centre in Ballyfermot since Jan 2013. These programmes are both at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications for the 2014/15 academic year is a matter for the centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school in question recently submitted an application for funding for toilet facilities for a special needs pupil under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme. This application is currently being assessed and the school authorities will be notified of the outcome once this assessment has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department's priority is to target its limited capital budget for the provision of additional school accommodation in identified areas of demographic growth. Major school building projects, including the school referred to by the Deputy, that are not included in the current Five Year Construction Programme, will continue to be progressed subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (11 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A query has arisen with regard to the certification of some materials used in building works in a school currently under construction in the North Dublin area. The Department is awaiting a detailed report from the contractor on the matter. On receipt of the contractor's report the Department and its Design Team will then determine what next steps are required.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (11 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I have arranged for a response to issue to the Deputy and he will have this shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: This is an operational matter for the City of Dublin Education Training Board (CDETB). I am informed by the CDETB that St John Bosco Youth Centre currently receive funding for two Local Training Initiative (LTI) programmes operating out of the premises on Davitt road. These programmes have been funded and supported by the Training Centre in Ballyfermot since Jan 2013. These programmes are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Awareness (11 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department, along with the Department of Health and the HSE, jointly published 'Well-Being in Post- Primary Schools: Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention' in 2013. The guidelines provide practical advice to post-primary schools on how they can promote mental health and well-being in an integrated manner within the school environment. These guidelines complement a...