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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and I published the Action Plan on Bullying on 29 January 2013. Since then, good progress has been made on implementing actions designed to help prevent and tackle bullying in primary and second level schools. New National Procedures on Anti Bullying were launched last September. These are currently being adopted and implemented by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: For student grants purposes, a student may be assessed as an independent student if he/she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved post leaving certificate course or an approved higher education course, or of re-entry to an approved course following a break in studies of at least three years, and is not ordinarily resident with his/her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Teaching Council Act 2001, as enacted by the Oireachtas, provides for the regulation of the teaching profession. The Teaching Council was established on 28th March 2006, under the terms of the 2001 Act. 22 of the 37 members of the Council are teachers. A primary function of the Council is to maintain the register of teachers and to determine the requirements for entry onto the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 schedule operates in a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware from Budget 2014 that additional funding has been provided which will involve an investment of €15m to support the establishment of book rental schemes in primary schools that do not currently operate them. The Department will provide €5m in seed capital per annum over a three year period to such schools. The Department asked all primary schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. The Deputy should be aware that it is a breach of Health and Safety Regulations for an individual to work with a CSCS card that has expired and no 'grace period' applies. I am informed that an advanced scaffolding CSCS card is valid for 5 years. If a person renews their card within 5 years of its expiry, there is no requirement to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The new post-primary school opening in Greystones in 2014 will operate under the patronage of the Church of Ireland. In applying for the patronage of a new post-primary school, the Church of Ireland confirmed willingness to enrol children in the area for whom the Department has identified the need for a school. My Department is aware that concerns have been raised. It is the responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the purpose of the Home Tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children awaiting a suitable educational placement and for early intervention for children with autism. As...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department previously acquired significant lands in the Ennistymon area. However, in order to have a site suitable for the development of a building for the new amalgamated school, additional land is required. The Congregation that owns existing school properties in Ennistymon has offered to transfer the properties concerned to the State as part of its offer made in response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The position is that under the terms of my Department's Free Fee Schemes the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students who are pursuing their first undergraduate full-time course of study which must be a minimum of two years duration in an approved higher education institution. Students who already hold a qualification (at degree level or above) do not qualify...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (15 Jan 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: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including the allocation of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A UA/UB 32 Details of Earnings (DSP Form) was completed by my Department in respect of the individual referred to, and sent directly to the Department of Social Protection offices in Enniscorthy on 30/08/2013. On the 11/03/2013 a UP 16 4/10 and a UP38 (7/06) (DSP Form) were completed and sent to the home address of the person referenced. There are no outstanding requests in regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Responsibility for the delivery of a new 16 classroom school referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to the Office of Public Works. The project is at the early stages of architectural planning and is one of the school projects approved to proceed to construction in 2014 that I announced last November. When construction will commence will be dependent on the progress of the project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The following table provides details of Professional Added Years awarded in five Universities and in the Institutes of Technology, with my approval. Added years are only awarded to staff in universities strictly in accordance with the rules of the pension schemes. Individual cases are evaluated by officials in accordance with the pension scheme rules in the Departments of Education &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: For the Deputy's information, details of Membership of Boards can be downloaded from my Department's website www.education.ie. This information is updated when any relevant changes occur. It should be noted that Board appointments, while made by me as Minister, are not in all cases made at my sole discretion. Individuals may be nominated for appointment by various organisations as specified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Data (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has facilitated the following JobBridge internships: 2012: 1 FAS Work Placement Programme internship completed; 2 JobBridge internships completed 2013: 3 JobBridge internships completed; 2 JobBridge internships commenced (to complete in 2014) 2014: 2 JobBridge internships recently advertised 3 additional internships were advertised but no suitable candidates were available for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Data (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Job Bridge is a national internship scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection. Annually, up to 8,500 work experience placements may be provided under the scheme in the private, public, voluntary and community sectors. Recognised schools and Education and Training Boards may participate in the scheme if they wish under Department of Education and Skills Circular 46/2011. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The consolidation of the grants system for schools will require both administrative and Information Technology (IT) input in the development of a robust and efficient grant system. Progress on this initiative will depend on the availability of resources and the priority this project is allocated as against other IT projects being pursued by my Department. Accordingly, it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware from Budget 2014 that additional funding has been provided which will involve an investment of €15m to support the establishment of book rental schemes in primary schools that do not currently operate them. The Department will provide €5m in seed capital per annum over a three year period to such schools. It is my aim to ensure that every primary school...