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Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: They are there because of what happened last year.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is called regaining our economic sovereignty.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: There have been no cuts in education in this budget.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As everybody in the country has to do.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Is that why the numbers of unemployed have dropped?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Is that why we are in recovery?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The story will get even better.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Contracts specifically in operation in the United Kingdom have not been the subject of discussions. However, changes to academic contracts were discussed and agreed in the context of negotiations on the Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014 (Croke Park Agreement) and more recently the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 – 2016 (Haddington Road Agreement). These changes have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Numbers (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 60 together. JobBridge is a national internship scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection. Recognised schools and Education and Training Boards may participate in the scheme if they wish under Department of Education and Skills Circular 46/2011. Per this circular, an internship in a school must not cause an existing member of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: 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.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (15 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Issues (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: An Employment Control Framework is in place for the higher education sector which provides institutions with considerable flexibility to fill vacancies, through recruitment or promotions on the basis of meeting an overall ceiling of posts. Under this Framework the re-employment of retired staff should only occur in very limited exceptional circumstances and in these cases the salaries...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware the multi annual school funding measures introduced in Budget 2012, provided a reduction in the funding for capitation and related grants of 1% in 2014 and 1% in 2015. Due to my decision to retain posts from previous disadvantage schemes in DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 primary schools, it was necessary to generate alternative savings within the primary education budget....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in preparation for the 2013/2014 academic year, the grants administration process has undergone significant development to enhance its effectiveness and deal with the difficulties experienced last year. SUSI has implemented a number of initiatives recommended by an independent review. These include direct information sharing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The project has been authorised to proceed to Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which involves obtaining planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate and the completion of tender documents. The planning permission is currently under appeal to An Bord Pleanála...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 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 teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 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: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: 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 supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been advised by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) that a response has issued to the Deputy recently in this regard.