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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: This is a day to day operational matter for City of Dublin Education and Training Board (ETB) and I have asked the ETB to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support. Where children have significant care needs whereby they may need additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is currently occupying a number of rented prefab units pending the construction of the new school building. It will be the responsibility of the school authority to arrange for the removal and return of these units to the prefab supplier when the new school building is completed. Only one of the prefabs on site has been purchased. A decision on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (18 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: An official from my Department has been in contact with the person concerned regarding the issues raised by the Deputy and outlined the current position to her.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together. In the context of the implementation of the new Framework for Junior Cycle the only subjects that will be "compulsory" are English, Mathematics and Irish. This decision has been taken to give schools the flexibility to develop their Junior Cycle programme mindful of the educational needs of their own students and mindful of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The assessment of means under my Department's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources. The means test arrangements of the student grant scheme are applied nationally. In the case of both employed and self-employed applicants, gross income is assessed with certain specified social welfare and health service executive payments excluded. There are no particular supports...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A student may be assessed as an independent mature student if he or she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or of re-entry following a break in studies of at least three years and is not ordinarily resident with his/her parents from the previous October. Otherwise he or she would continue to be assessed on the basis of parental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 to 60, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is progressing a site acquisition to provide permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy. My Department works closely with Galway County Council in relation to all site acquisitions and my officials are in regular contact with Galway County Council in that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: 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. Many pupils with special educational needs, including pupils with Moderate General Learning Disability in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Teaching Council welcomes applications from teachers who qualified outside the EU and are deemed fully qualified and recognised in their home country. Each application is assessed individually to determine if the applicant meets the Council's registration requirements (as set out in the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009) and the evidence of character requirements which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school project for the school to which the Deputy has referred, is proceeding through Architectural Planning. As part of the planning preparation and application for planning permission my Departments design team will be liaising with the local authority and the school in relation to all traffic management and access issues.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The major school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Stage 2(b) submission (Detailed Design) has been approved by the Department, however, as the project was not included in the Department's Five Year Building Programme, the project was not authorised to proceed to tender. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Following a conference in 2011 by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to explore issues relating to the transition between second level and higher education, a Transitions Reform Steering Group was established to include representatives from the my Department, the Higher Education Authority (HEA), National Council for Curriculum...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Education Services (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has given responsibility to Enterprise Ireland to lead on development of trade and business for Education services internationally, promoting Ireland through the Education in Ireland brand. Enterprise Ireland has an office in New Delhi and a locally appointed Education Consultant/Pathfinder and delivers a series of initiatives for the Irish Education sector including trade...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (19 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: On foot of a request from the Committee of Public Accounts, employers in the Education Sector were asked by my Department to confirm that their organisations were in compliance with public pay policy as set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In this context the Heads of Education Sector employers under the remit of the Department certified that no employees in their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware my Department's position is that as each child with autism is unique, they should have access to a range of different approaches to meet their individual needs. Applied Behavioural Analysis, or ABA, is one of the approaches used in special classes for children with autism. The use of ABA as part of the range of interventions is particularly useful for addressing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (24 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Residential Institutions Redress Board was established in December 2002 under the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 to make fair and reasonable financial awards to victims of institutional childhood abuse. Applicants had a period of up to 3 years in which to submit an application to the Redress Board, that is until 15th December 2005 during which time the Board undertook an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Funding (24 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board was established under the Residential Institution Statutory Act, 2012, to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. Contributions from congregations are deposited in the special investment account...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 210 together. The Board of Management (BOM) of the school in question advised my Department that the school will continue in its current locations until the end of June, 2015. My Department has confirmed its willingness to provide grant aid to the BOM to facilitate it renting the premises referred to for the coming school year. My officials and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (24 Jun 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 26th May 2014, upholding the original decision. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and remains of...