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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: 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 courses of study which are full-time and are a minimum of two years duration in an approved higher education institution. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (22 Oct 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 resource teaching support and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools. The NCSE operates within my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts to schools, which are available on the Department website, include 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose in the answer to indicate the level of funding provided by my Department to all schools in County Carlow for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 under the categories Large Scale projects, Additional Accommodation projects and Prefab Replacement Initiative projects. PRIMARY 2011 Large Scale Projects - €3.979m 2011 Additional Accommodation Projects - €0.812m 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department's policy is focused on ensuring that all children, including those with autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. The policy is to provide for children with special educational needs, including autism, to be included in mainstream schools unless such a placement would...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Allowances (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I will arrange for the information requested by the Deputy to be forwarded directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As a matter of course, existing school capacities in a post-primary feeder area and adjoining feeder areas are examined when the need for additional school places is being assessed. Enrolment for the post-primary feeder area to which the Deputy refers is projected to grow to approximately 4,981 pupils by 2023. This is some 2,357 extra pupils over and above the numbers currently enrolled in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that in line with my Department's policy that children with special educational needs (SEN) access appropriate education intervention in mainstream settings where possible, many deaf/ hard of hearing pupils are integrated into mainstream classes at primary and post-primary level with the assistance, as necessary, of resource teaching and special needs assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together. I wish to firstly advise the Deputy that my Department provides for a continuum of special educational provision to be made available for children with special educational needs, so that regardless of the level of need of the child, educational provision can be made for them. My Department provides for a range of placement options and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm for the Deputy that the two primary schools to which he refers were in contact with my Department in 2009 regarding a proposed amalgamation. The two school authorities subsequently contacted the Department to advise that as no common ground could be found between the respective school authorities at that time, a decision was taken by them to defer the amalgamation and to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Savings Measure 2014 F/Year  Reduction in allocation to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) €25m 0 Abolish €20 long-term unemployment bonus paid to FAS, VTOS and Youthreach participants (new entrants) €2m €7m Require FAS apprentices to pay pro-rata Student Services Charge...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In recent years, the impact of the economic downturn has led to a collapse in demand for apprentices from employers, particularly in construction related trades. Significant numbers of apprentices have also been made redundant before completion of their training. While demand for a number of apprenticeship trades is not expected to recover to pre- recession levels, employment opportunities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Department Circular 49/2013 sets out the position in relation to the Haddington Road Agreement and the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 for teachers in post-primary schools and is available at the following address: The Agreement applies to teachers employed in Education and Training Board schools (apart from Designated Community Colleges). In general, the FEMPI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In this regard a Board of Management may find it necessary to restrict enrolment to children from a particular area or a particular age group or, occasionally, on the basis of some other criterion. The criteria to be applied by schools in such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: For student grants purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent mature student if he/she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or of re-entry following a break in studies...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 91 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As requested by the Deputy I have attached details of school sites purchased over the past five years. I have also included details in relation to funding for site purchases, provided by my Department to the then Vocational Education Committees (now Education and Training Boards). Price information regarding site acquisitions is commercially sensitive and the release of such information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The estimated cost to the Exchequer for a degree course is €6,500 per student per year. As the Deputy will be aware students who qualify under my Department's free fees schemes are liable to pay the Student Contribution which currently stands at €2,500. The Contribution is paid by the Exchequer in respect of students who qualify under my Department's Student Grant Scheme (some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 95 together. The child referred to by the Deputies is currently enrolled in a special school and from the details supplied is due to transition at the end of the current school year. The Deputies will be aware that one of the functions of the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (17 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that in primary schools, additional teaching supports for pupils with special education needs are provided though two channels. Under the terms of the General Allocation Model (GAM) of teaching supports, schools are resourced to cater for pupils whose educational psychological assessment places them in the high incidence, or less complex, disability category. All...