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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy has sought approval to retain temporary rented accommodation. In that regard, the school last week supplied further information in which it provided details of local arrangements in place whereby this accommodation is currently shared with another local school. This further information is currently under consideration by my Department and a decision...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department's current Financial Management System was introduced in 2003, consequently, the information requested by the Deputy is only available from 2004. Information in respect of years prior to 2004 is not readily available and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile. The relevant information for the period from 2004 to date is outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the amounts paid by my Department to the companies to which she refers is provided in the following table. Annual Cumulative amount in Euro to certain named companies 2003-2013: Year Total 2003 €0.00 2004 €465,596.71 2005 €166,600.86 2006 €430,858.24 2007 €487,671.40 2008 €605,088.88 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in the format requested by her. However, I will forward on the information sought to the Deputy at an early date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Work is progressing well on the implementation of the Action Plan on Bullying, which I published in January 2013 with my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The Action Plan sets out twelve actions to help prevent and tackle bullying in all schools. These actions focus on support for schools, teacher training and awareness raising and aim to ensure that all forms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Details of the number of retired academic staff that have been rehired since January 2013 in the higher education sector for the academic year 2013/14 are set out in the following table. Institution No of staff re-hired University College Dublin 17 National University of Ireland, Galway 1 National University of Ireland, Maynooth 1 Trinity College Dublin 21 University of Limerick 2 St....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tobacco Control Measures (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is currently a compulsory subject in primary schools and at Junior Cycle in post primary schools. The SPHE curricula aim to foster self-worth, self -confidence and respectful relationships and place a particular emphasis on developing a sense of personal responsibility for one's own behaviour, feelings and actions. The issue of smoking is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, FETAC was dissolved in November 2012 and its functions are now performed by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). Before providers can have their programmes of education and training validated by QQI they must agree their overall procedures for quality assurance and enhancement. Those procedures address the recruitment and training of staff. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I will arrange to have a full response issued to the Deputy regarding this matter by the end of this week. I wish to firstly advise the Deputy that the enrolment of a child in a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school. My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment to schools. Where a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, I understand that Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) is reviewing her grant application and will be in contact with her in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Arrangements are underway in my Department for a response to issue to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy. In this regard the Deputy will be aware that guidance is a whole school activity and it does not just involve the guidance counsellor. Under existing arrangements each school develops a school guidance plan as a means of supporting the needs of its students. Since September...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to inform the Deputy that the reply below issued on 11 November. Mr. Charlie McConalogue TD Dáil Éireann, Dublin 2. PLEASE QUOTE REF NUMBER ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE. Our Ref: 1304578 /SR November 2013 Dear Deputy McConalogue The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, T.D., has asked me to refer again to your recent correspondence in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (12 Nov 2013)

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 1 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 parents...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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. My Department therefore provides for a range of placement options and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed that the student referred to by the Deputy has appealed the decision of the awarding authority to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board. The appeal was received by the Board on 31st October 2013 and will be heard within the timeframe set out in the Student Support Act 2011. The student will be notified directly of the outcome of the appeal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Agreements (12 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: A cost benefit analysis has not been undertaken by my Department on the impact of Ireland signing the Antarctic treaty.

Topical Issue Debate: Institutes of Technology Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank Deputy Keaveney for his opening comments regarding my presence here, which I appreciate. GMIT has an excellent reputation and plays a key role in supporting the development of the western region. It facilitates access to third level education for people from Galway, Mayo and beyond and plays a key role in the development of business and industry in the region. It is proposing to...

Topical Issue Debate: Institutes of Technology Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising this serious matter. Institutes of technology are autonomous statutory bodies established under the Institutes of Technology Act 2006. An institute's academic council has statutory responsibility to protect, maintain and develop the academic standards of the institute and, subject to the approval of the governing body, for the making of academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Support Services (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Springboard programme strategically targets funding of free part-time flexible higher education courses for unemployed and previously self-employed people in areas where there are identified labour market skills shortages or employment opportunities. Courses are selected for funding following a competitive tender process that is open to public, private and not for profit higher education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts to schools which is available on the Department website, includes the provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts on developing grounds, using projected enrolment. The staffing schedule also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under...