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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, in June 2011, I announced that 20 new post-primary schools are to be established up to 2017 to cater for increasing demographics across a number of locations. This announcement did not include a proposal to establish a new post-primary school in Carlow. The Forward Planning Section of my Department will continue to analyse demographic trends to determine the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

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: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the purpose of my Department's Home Tuition scheme is to provide a compensatory education to children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is currently working on the Leaving Certificate Science syllabuses and is about to commence work on a new Junior Cycle Science specification. The question raised by the Deputy will be brought to the attention of the NCCA.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Relationships and Sexuality Education (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Shout Out is a volunteer organisation, consisting mainly of undergraduates or recent graduates, which offers free workshops to address homophobia and transphobia in schools. My Department is not sponsoring or supporting this work although any initiative by young people to support the development and maintenance of the well being of students is our schools deserves to be acknowledged and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: New school building projects scheduled for completion in 2014 are detailed in the list. Details in relation to all of these projects are available on my Departments web-site. Details of school refurbishments and extension projects are also available on the web-site. The details are updated on a monthly basis. The Construction Programme specific to 2014 will be announced later this year. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Since 1998, the national ICT in Schools programme has focused on building capacity across the schools system for integrating ICT into teaching and learning and developing pupils' digital literacy, The ICT in Schools programme must address new policy challenges and opportunities arising from major developments in curricular reform, digital publishing, digital content dissemination tools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Phase 1 of a 1000 pupil second level school referred to by the Deputy proceeded to tender and construction in 2013. This phase of the project is currently on site and is nearing completion. Phase 2 of the project is currently at an early stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 1 which is the initial sketch Design Stage. At this early stage of architectural planning it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The finances of recognised primary schools, including the schools referred to by the Deputy, are a matter for the Boards of Management of these schools. Boards should budget in such a way as to enable them to meet their commitments and their expenditure should not exceed their income. The running costs of recognised primary schools are not budgeted for individually by the Department. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Phase 1 of a 1000 pupil second level school referred to by the Deputy proceeded to tender and construction in 2013. This phase of the project is currently on site and is nearing completion. Phase 2 of the project is currently at an early stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 1 which is the initial sketch Design Stage. At this early stage of architectural planning it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The General Purpose room in the school to which the Deputy refers has reached substantial completion and was handed over to the school on 1 November 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware the Student Contribution, which currently stands at €2,500, is payable by students who qualify under my Departments Free Fees Schemes. Students who qualify under my Department's student grant scheme have the contribution paid on their behalf by the Exchequer (some 40%). Conscious of financial pressures on families tax relief provisions have been put in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to confirm that the accommodation brief for the school, referred to by the Deputy, has been finalised and agreement in principle for this brief was received from the school authority concerned in October last. I also wish to advise the Deputy that the school will have an opportunity at the Design Stage of the architectural planning process to input to the internal design layout of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 312 together. I can confirm that my Department has received an application from the school, referred to by the Deputy, for funding to provide alternative permanent accommodation to meet its long-term requirements. Officials from my Department will be in contact shortly with the school authorities to work through the details of their proposal and how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2b - Detailed Design. This stage includes the applications for Fire Safety Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. In accordance with Design Team Procedures, the design team recently informed my Department that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Grant aid is available to primary and post primary schools to fund the purchase of furniture/equipment for educational purposes for special needs pupils. Changing Benches are included in that category. On the basis of the information submitted by the school authority the equipment that they requested grant aid for is outside the scope of aid provided by my Department. The school principal...