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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: In the context of the necessary but difficult expenditure reduction measures announced in Budget 2012, new students entering postgraduate courses from the 2012/13 academic year onwards are not entitled to maintenance payments under the Student Grant Scheme. Those who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible to have their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is in ongoing liaison with the school, referred to by the Deputy, in relation to its accommodation needs. In 2008, the school was offered the option of building or purchasing a mainstream classroom. The school choose the option of purchasing the classroom accommodation concerned. Under the 2010 Summer Works scheme, the school received significant funding to address disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 62 together. I launched new "Guidelines for Developing Textbook Rental Schemes in Schools" on the 28th January 2013. These Guidelines provide practical advice to primary and post-primary schools on how rental schemes can be established and operated. The aim of the Guidelines is to help as many schools as possible to start such book rental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Director of the Teaching Council was appointed for a 5 year term in 2012 following a publicly advertised competitive interview process. The sanctioned salary for the Post is in line with the civil service Principal Officer (Higher) Scale (€85,127 - €103,976). The current Director is on secondment to the Teaching Council from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that officials at my Department meet cross sectorally with officials from the Department of Health, the Health Service Executive, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, and the National Council for Special Education, on a regular basis, in order to consider issues in relation to the provision of educational services for children with special educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction of the project to which he refers commenced last July. Subject to no issues arising, it is envisaged that the project will be completed by the end of 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding to provide a new extension. The current status of all projects on the school building programme, including the school in question, may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie. In view of the financial constraints imposed by the need, as outlined in the Five...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding to provide a new school building. The current status of all projects on the school building programme, including the school in question, may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie. In view of the financial constraints imposed by the need, as outlined in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Representations (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the reckonable income of the student referred to by the Deputy has been assessed in line with Article 22 of the Student Grant Scheme 2013 and that the student was awarded 100% Student Contribution. I understand that his sister was not eligible for a grant due to the reckonable income exceeding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In this regard a Board of Management may find it necessary to restrict enrolment to children from a particular area or a particular age group or on the basis of some other criterion. The criteria to be applied by schools in such circumstances are a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I am committed to making Irish medium education available at post-primary taking account of the demand for such provision in an area and the availability of resources. My Department will continue to identify areas where there is need for a new stand alone Irish medium post-primary school in accordance with a threshold of demand (i.e. 400 pupils) that is considerably lower than the equivalent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's overriding objective is to ensure that every child has access to a physical school place and that our school system is in a position to cater for increasing pupil numbers. In June 2011, I announced that up to 40 new schools are to be established up to 2017 to cater for increasing demographic demand across a number of locations. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The income thresholds for student grants were reduced by 3% for the 2013/14 academic year. There have been no change in relation to the treatment of self-employed income for student grant purposes under the Student Grant Scheme 2013. For the 2013/14 academic year, the reference period for reckonable income is from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. Article 32 of the Student Grant Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The student grants awarding body, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), confirmed on Monday 20th January 2014 that students attending the course referred to by the Deputy are approved for funding. The decision follows a review carried out, as part of on-going audits of student grants, on a valid question which arose over the eligibility of the specified course. On looking into the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Major Building Project for the schools referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of Architectural Planning, Stage 2(a) - Developed Design. On the satisfactory completion of stage 2(a), and subject to no other issues arising, the project will progress to Stage 2(b) which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has recently acquired land which will facilitate the provision of accommodation for the new post primary school, referred to by the Deputy, to open in 2014. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is working closely with the relevant Local Authority in relation to a campus development which includes the school to which the Deputy has referred. Further land is being acquired...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning, stage 2(a) - Developed Design. On the satisfactory completion of stage 2a, and subject to no other issues arising, the project will progress to Stage 2(b) which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Data (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I can advise the Deputy that my Department has not taken on any JobBridge interns in County Louth. While the Department has a number of small local offices in locations around the country, our staff are largely based in one of our three main locations in Dublin, Athlone and Tullamore.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Investigations (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Board of Management of each school is responsible for the care and safety of all of the pupils in their school. The well-being and safety of children should be at the centre of all policy and practices in schools. Many schools withdraw pupils occasionally from the main classroom for short periods of time in order to manage pupil behaviour or to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (28 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority for the registration of teachers. The Council's Registration Regulations were published in 2009 and they replaced the protocols for the recognition of teachers in the Further Education Sector which were in use prior to that time. The regulations flagged an increase to the registration requirements which would come into effect on 1...