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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 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 student grant application was appealed to the appeals officer in SUSI and also to the Independent Appeals Board. SUSI was advised by the Appeals Board to review the application. On that basis, the application is currently being reassessed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. 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)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Sep 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: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that as of the 16th July 2013 there were 340 applications at the first appeal stage and there were 433 applications re-assessed as a result of a first appeal. Applicants have up to 30 days within which to appeal a SUSI decision and SUSI has discretion to extend the appeals period by a further 30 days....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: It is not possible to state why there is a difference in price between the English and Irish versions of the same book. Educational book publishers are independent private companies not under the direct control of my Department. Apart from a small number of prescribed texts at second-level, mainly in the case of language subjects, decisions on textbooks are taken at school level....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The application assessment process for the patronage of the new post-primary schools due to open in September 2015 and 2016, including the new school proposed for the north Wicklow area, is currently underway. As part of this process, my Department will prepare a report for consideration by the New Schools Establishment Group who will submit a report to me for final consideration and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 and 350 together. Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, that following an appeal to the SUSI Appeals Officer the original decision of the awarding authority was upheld and a decision letter issued on 20th of December 2012. Where an appeal is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the student referred to by the Deputy has been awarded a grant and an award letter issued on 26th July, 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Earlier this year my Department published the staffing arrangements at primary level for the 2013/14 school year in Circular 0013/2013. This Circular is available on the Department's website. Appendix C of this Circular includes a list of those schools that, because of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that nine Gaelscoileanna have opened since 2008. Details of the schools concerned are contained in the attachment for the Deputy's information.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that as of the 16th July 2013 there were 18 applications awaiting a first decision. While it is acknowledged that there were significant difficulties last year, I am informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in preparation for the 2013/2014 Academic year the application assessment process was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Sep 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: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, that following an appeal to the SUSI Appeals Officer the original decision of the awarding authority was upheld and a decision letter issued on 12th July 2013. Where an appeal is turned down in writing by SUSI and the applicant remains of the view that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have been advised by Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB), the awarding authority in this case, that the student referred to by the Deputy was awarded 100% of the standard Non-Adjacent Rate of grant. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European University Institute (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The European University Institute (EUI) is a postgraduate research institution established by the Member States of the European Union. The convention establishing the EUI was signed in April, 1972 and Ireland acceded to the convention in March 1975. The EUI's functions include advanced post-graduate and post-doctoral teaching, and research across four Departments - History and Civilisation,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Universities Global Rankings (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The new phase of Multirank was launched by the Commission in Dublin at a major higher education conference on Increasing the Visibility of Quality in Higher Education, held at the end of January. Implementation of this new phase is succeeding very well and it has been confirmed that almost 700 universities and colleges have now registered their interest from right across the EU and from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the level of resources being devoted to supporting children with Special Educational Needs has been maintained at €1.3 billion this year. This includes provision for 10,575 Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) and nearly 10,000 Learning Support and Resource Teachers. These resources have been protected despite the ongoing severe financial position and a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 318 together. Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy made an application for the 2013/14 academic year on 31st July, 2013. A document checklist issued to the applicant on 20th August 2013. The requested documentation was recently returned and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations, determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination. In view of this I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, I recently published a draft General Scheme for an Education (Admission to Schools) Bill, 2013 as well as draft regulations for discussion ahead of enacting legislation. I have referred the draft General Scheme and draft regulations to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, to allow a full public discussion of the proposed legislative...