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

Ruairi Quinn: The capital allocations issued by my Department since 1 April 2011 to primary and post-primary schools in County Westmeath are as follows: PRIMARY SCHOOLS 2011 (April - December) - €4.038m 2012 - €1.542m 2013 to date - €1.700m TOTAL April 2011 to date - €7.280m POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS 2011 (April - December) - €3.263m 2012 - €4.235m2013 to date -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy his application has been assessed and a letter informing him of the outcome will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that, following an appeal to SUSI from the student referred to by the Deputy, a letter issued on 22nd October 2013 upholding the original decision of the awarding authority. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform adjudicates on a person's entitlement to remain in the State and on the stamp...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has authorised Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board to proceed to tender on the project for Castleknock Community College. The tender specification is currently being finalised by the ETB and its design team and is expected to issue to the prequalified contractors later this month. Following completion of the tender process the start on site date will then be...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy have been approved devolved funding to replace prefabs at their school. The school have submitted a further request for capital funding to provide additional car parking spaces on their school site. I wish to advise the Deputy that, in general, individual school authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for ensuring the safety and welfare of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Following a review of sick leave arrangements and the binding Labour Court Recommendation No. LCR20335, a new Public Service wide Sick Leave Scheme will be introduced across the public service. In recognition of the differences in the education sector, the Labour Court Recommendation stated that while the revised sick leave arrangements should be of general application to all categories of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. An appeal to an Bord Pleanála has recently been concluded and the Design Team are working on the completion of stage 2(b) of Architectural Planning. When the Stage 2b Report has been submitted and reviewed, my Department will contact the Board of Management with regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am aware that there are a range of views among the survivors of institutional abuse. Some 15,000 survivors have received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board and some 60% of applications are from survivors living in Ireland. I have no plans to facilitate a national meeting of survivors as proposed. The legislation establishing the Residential Institutions Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Services Provision (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the Schools Broadband Access Programme the Department provides for the supply of internet connectivity for all recognised primary and post primary schools. All contracts under the Schools Broadband Access Programme were re-tendered last year under a public procurement competition. As a result of this the number of service providers has been expanded from 6 to 13 with the aim of ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is in receipt of documentation regarding the provision of a link building extension at the College referred to by the Deputy. While the matter is still under consideration within my Department such capital resources as are available to the Department must be prioritised to deliver school places. This is the conclusion that the Government came to in deciding on the capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that following a further demographic review, devolved funding has been approved for the provision of a Phase 2 extension to replace temporary accommodation at the school to which he refers. The school authorities have been advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has advised me that the Leaving Certificate results which issue in August each year, are provisional and this is clearly stated in all correspondence they issue. Results may be subject to further check and alteration, usually through the appeals system. While the difficulties for students awaiting upgraded results in order to access their preferred...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Remit (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, the awards formerly made by FETAC have been made by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) since its establishment in November 2012. QQI makes further education and training awards to a large and diverse range of providers, including large bodies such as SOLAS as well as small private providers of education and training. QQI does not collect statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is envisaged that the school work component of the new junior cycle programme which may involve assignments, projects, case studies, oral activities and written pieces could lend itself very well to the use of electronic portfolios. Assessment of short courses, which are also a feature of the new Junior Cycle programme, could also lend itself to the use of ePortfolios. In view of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The majority of schools receive grant assistance in respect of caretaking or secretarial services under the Capitation Grants scheme. Within the Capitation grant scheme, the level and extent of services provided is a matter for the school authorities who, through the discretion afforded under the scheme, apply diverse arrangements for secretarial and caretaking services according to their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Waiting Times (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that there is currently no backlog in the processing of student grants, all priority applications have been processed and SUSI is meeting its targets for the processing of completed grant applications currently on hand. SUSI is calling on those students who have not yet submitted the documentation or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy appealed the original decision of the awarding authority. The appeal was received by SUSI on 24th October, 2013 and it is intended that it will be dealt with within the statutory timeframe of 30 days set down in the Student Support Act 2011. Where an appeal is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers Panel Rights (6 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. Preparation for the staffing and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Haddington Road Agreement is being implemented in line with the general approach taken in the public service. Where only one union has members in a sector the Agreement is either applied or not applied to everyone, depending on whether or not a collective agreement is reached with that union. In ETB schools, where TUI is regarded as the representative union, the HRA applies to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 290 together. Where a teacher in a primary or post primary school is an elected member of a local authority, paid absence of up to ten school days in a school year may be availed of in order to attend meetings, but only where such meetings are held during school opening hours. Substitute cover in such instances is not paid by my Department.