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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 provides for an appeal by a parent or guardian to the Secretary General of my Department, or in the case of an Education and Training Board (ETB) school to the ETB in the first instance, where a Board of Management of a school, or a person acting on behalf of the Board, refuses to enrol a student in a school, expels a student or suspends a student for 20...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in the case of the students referred to by the Deputy their applications for a grant were refused as the reckonable income exceeded the specified threshold for the academic year 2013/14. In order for eligibility to be reassessed under a change of circumstances the awarding authority must be satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 79, inclusive, together. The information requested is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that following an appeal from the student referred to by the Deputy her application was reviewed and she will be notified directly of the outcome. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and remains of the view that SUSI has not interpreted the scheme correctly in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that following an appeal from the student referred to by the Deputy a grant has been awarded and that SUSI issued an award letter on 26 November 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The main financial support available to students attending further and higher education is my Department's Student Grant Scheme. Under the student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution and meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those which relate to nationality, residency, previous...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that additional information has been requested from the student referred to by the Deputy. When the requested documentation is returned, the student will be notified directly of the outcome. Where an individual applicant considers that he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy assessment of his application has been finalised and a grant has been awarded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that additional information has been requested from the student referred to by the Deputy following notification of a change of circumstances. When this information is received and considered, the student will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that no booklet has been sent to parents. It is my intention to publish a circular on the issue in question to all recognised schools on my Department's website.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Dublin West Education Centre is part of a network of twenty one full time and nine part time centres. In accordance with the Education Act, 1998, these centres are bodies corporate and each centre has a management committee which governs its day to day business. As the Deputy may be aware, all organisations that act as employers must comply with the requirements of Irish and EC laws,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that SUSI had awarded some 43,000 students up to the end of October. Of these 23,000 were first-time applicants and 20,000 were renewal students. The remaining students with outstanding documentation are being requested to return their documentation as soon as possible so that assessment of their applications can be completed. As at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is a non-designated community college under the Patronage of the local Education and Training Board. Non-designated community colleges have a multi-denominational ethos and cater for pupils of all faiths and belief systems. I understand that while the school in question historically had the services of a Catholic chaplain provided by the Archdiocese of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (27 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to clarify that the report referred to by the Deputy does not make recommendations regarding the configuration of the schools in question. The report outlines opinions expressed at a series of meetings and also identifies issues for consideration by the schools' patron body. I met with local representatives and parents' representatives from the area concerned earlier this year to...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The current system pertains to where the Department identifies the need to replace an existing school or build a new school. If the existing patron of an existing school applies for and is granted moneys for the building of a new school, the patronage will stay as it was previously. Where a new school is to be provided because of the growing population, the Department identifies the...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am not aware either officially or informally of such a change. It has been brought to my attention in this House by both Deputies from the constituency. I will make my enquiries. The arrangement that was made in response to a local expression of community interest was the best that could be made that met the desires of the maximum number of people. If both Deputies are telling me that...

Other Questions: School Enrolments (26 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 127 together. Recognised schools in the free education scheme have teaching resources and other funding allocated to them on a different basis from those schools that charge fees. Continued eligibility for such funding arrangements are contingent on a school not requiring mandatory fees or payments from existing pupils or from those seeking...

Other Questions: School Enrolments (26 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Schools are entitled to a voluntary contribution and many parents are happy to pay it if they are in a position to do so. Of the 730 post-primary schools, only 55 are fee charging. There are no proposals to increase this number. In fact, inquiries are being made by some fee-charging schools as to whether they will enter the free education scheme. Under no circumstances can a school in the...

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The adjustments that had to be made in my Department, given my Department and the Departments of Social Protection, Justice and Equality, and Health are the four Departments that are the big spenders, and to make the corrections necessary-----

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Reductions, cutbacks - whatever the Deputy wants to call them.